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Is this cement render or lime render?
@sxturbo OK - thanks. That's useful in itself. I should be getting someone round fairly soon to look at it all anyway so hopefully they can confirm what it is. -
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Is this cement render or lime render?
I have an 1890 victorian terraced house whose front is quite elevated and exposed and has a covering of render plus paint. I'm trying to establish if it's cement render or lime render (I suspect the former, and there's lots of places elsewhere in the brickwork where the original lime render has... -
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Should the front of my Victorian house have render over the brickwork, and if so what kind?
@JohnD Thank you John. Now that you mention it, I think there did used to be something against that wall, some kind of lean to. @sxturbo Ah so that's what that is! Thank you, I've just been reading up about soil pipes after your post. We just thought it was some inexplicably poorly attached... -
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Should the front of my Victorian house have render over the brickwork, and if so what kind?
@JohnD Thanks for your reply. Interestingly, the house next door has a balcony where the front wall is protected by hanging slate. I think the rust is coming from some old external rusty light bracket that someone must have fitted at some point. All the houses in the row have a white painted... -
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Should the front of my Victorian house have render over the brickwork, and if so what kind?
I have recently come into ownership of a Victorian terraced house on the south coast, with the front wall quite elevated and facing the sea (though at a distance of 200m or so) so it is subject to a lot of severe weather. The back of the house has exposed brickwork on the first floor and...
