Hello to all. Newbie here with help sought.
I've had my front outside wall rendered about 3 months ago. The builder had someone else to do the work. Once the rendering was complete, the following day there was rain for a few hours which obviously soaked the still damp/drying render. A whole load of cement/gray dust started running down the bottom half of the wall which now dried has stained the paint and is difficult to clean off.
The render which eventually dried now is covered in hairline cracks - which, when it rains is obviously allowing rain to be soaked/sucked in.
The builder said the method used to render the wall was a 'new' type of rendering whereby the old render did not need to be hacked off and a skip wouldn't be required.
The new render is supposed to be painted over with some kind of weather proof paint.
There's a few things I'm not convinced about that the job has been done right.
1. The cement has cracked and to me is allowing water to seep inside.
2. The builder has denied there was no need to cover the render.
3. No cover protection was used to protect the paintwork of the lower half of the house.
I want the render painted but no way can this be painted like this?
Also, how can any weather/water proofing be applied to the render like this with the cracks, surely sealing it in this state would just be sealing water that's already soaked into the render.
Any help/ideas on what to do next would be greatly appreciated.
I've had my front outside wall rendered about 3 months ago. The builder had someone else to do the work. Once the rendering was complete, the following day there was rain for a few hours which obviously soaked the still damp/drying render. A whole load of cement/gray dust started running down the bottom half of the wall which now dried has stained the paint and is difficult to clean off.
The render which eventually dried now is covered in hairline cracks - which, when it rains is obviously allowing rain to be soaked/sucked in.
The builder said the method used to render the wall was a 'new' type of rendering whereby the old render did not need to be hacked off and a skip wouldn't be required.
The new render is supposed to be painted over with some kind of weather proof paint.
There's a few things I'm not convinced about that the job has been done right.
1. The cement has cracked and to me is allowing water to seep inside.
2. The builder has denied there was no need to cover the render.
3. No cover protection was used to protect the paintwork of the lower half of the house.
I want the render painted but no way can this be painted like this?
Also, how can any weather/water proofing be applied to the render like this with the cracks, surely sealing it in this state would just be sealing water that's already soaked into the render.
Any help/ideas on what to do next would be greatly appreciated.