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Hi,
Since we moved into our house we noticed the kitchen extension render is delaminated (80% +). Main reason seems to be because they rendered below the DPC as it’s a suspended floor with a cavity. The render below dpc was 100% delaminated to the extent I took most of it off with my bare hands! The last 2 inches of the render physically went into the ground which I can’t believe was done. I have let the wall dry out and cleaned it up as best I can; I have used a wire brush drill bit attachment and undiluted brick acid. It looks loads better but still an eyesore. I had a guy come round to quote for re doing the render above the dpc and he thinks the bricks used below dpc were not great because they are very smooth (almost like glass), he can’t comment on bricks above dpc as not taken render off yet but assumed to be the same.
He obviously won’t render below dpc and I wouldn’t want him to. My question is what can be done to change the aesthetics of the bricks below dpc? I would imagine bricks slips, cladding etc will all fail? Is the only alternative to do brick replacement with nicer looking engineering bricks? Pictures attached of current state.
Thanks for any advice offered.
Since we moved into our house we noticed the kitchen extension render is delaminated (80% +). Main reason seems to be because they rendered below the DPC as it’s a suspended floor with a cavity. The render below dpc was 100% delaminated to the extent I took most of it off with my bare hands! The last 2 inches of the render physically went into the ground which I can’t believe was done. I have let the wall dry out and cleaned it up as best I can; I have used a wire brush drill bit attachment and undiluted brick acid. It looks loads better but still an eyesore. I had a guy come round to quote for re doing the render above the dpc and he thinks the bricks used below dpc were not great because they are very smooth (almost like glass), he can’t comment on bricks above dpc as not taken render off yet but assumed to be the same.
He obviously won’t render below dpc and I wouldn’t want him to. My question is what can be done to change the aesthetics of the bricks below dpc? I would imagine bricks slips, cladding etc will all fail? Is the only alternative to do brick replacement with nicer looking engineering bricks? Pictures attached of current state.
Thanks for any advice offered.