Exterior paint/tar for garage, advice required.

richard1600 · 15 Jan 2011

I have a stand alone workshop, 30 sq meters in size single story., which i am getting rendered,,,

on one side of it i just wanna make it water/weather tight and not render it,., is this done by some sort of exterior paint??? i have seen below damp courses on buildings a black substance applied???

oh yea, built from concrete blocks..

thanks guys.

foxhole · 15 Jan 2011

Do you mean concrete or themolite blockwork, big difference.Why are you not rendering one side?

richard1600 · 16 Jan 2011

they are medium density concrete blocks, it is a stand alone outdoor garage/workshop.

the reason am not rendering one side is simply, cost and ease. 3 sides will be rendered but one side is on next doors boundry and they have a garge there also with a small gap between our 2 garages (just enough to walk down.
his is a little lower and he has no guttering hence the water goes straight off his roof onto my wall.

i basically want the best water/weather proof thing i can do for the 1 particualr wall.

thx

foxhole · 16 Jan 2011

The most effective solution would be to pay for some guttering on his roof, water running onto a wall will breach most types of seal.

richard1600 · 16 Jan 2011

yes, but i would still like to weather proof that wall,

ladylola · 16 Jan 2011

As it comes down to cost rather than visual aspect how about simply covering the wall in felt or even cheaper a sheet of plastic. The plastic will fall apart after a few years as the sunlight gets to it but both options give you the chance to remove and render at a later date.

richard1600 · 16 Jan 2011

whats that stuff i have seen surrounding bottoms of building, under the damp course level, like a black paint or tar ??????

ladylola · 16 Jan 2011

http://paco-systems.co.uk/bitumastic.html

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Exterior paint/tar for garage, advice required.

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