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Lucky break - I found my post in the spell-checker that was still open!! Firstly thanks for some good suggestions. I might just get away with a coarse textured paint, but feel that a high build coating would be better and am leaning towards having it done professionally, particularly in view...

I just wrote a long and detailed reply, but because I'd been logged out I lost the lot and don't have the heart to do it all again. It's really annoying when this happens and I usually copy to clipboard just in case, but I can't help thinking it wouldn't be too difficult to design forum sites...

Thanks Micilin. Various cracks and repairs have been made and the finish is as good as can be expected, but it's almost impossible to hide these completely in a smooth rendered finish. That's why I'm looking for a finish with a texture that will conceal any unevenness, otherwise I'd just use...

My house has a smooth rendered exterior finish, but being over 100 years old it isn't perfect and there are many repairs/filled cracks etc. The overall flatness is still pretty good and I'll redo anything that's not up to scratch before applying the finish. However, without re-rendering the...

I've repaired cracking on an old flat roof, but there's not enough of the granite chips to cover the roof properly. This may have something to do with the cracking in the first place given that I've not lost any and I understand that their function is to prevent damage from UV radiation. I've...