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    Painting new external sand & cement render

    Thanks Wayners, I really don't know but Id assume having done a 3 full coats after the mist one that it couldn't seep through? Im going to do another one and use a long pile roller which is 12" hopefully that helps. Sometimes I think it could just be the light and because there is a tree...
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    Painting new external sand & cement render

    Thanks for reply - can I ask what you mean by staining coming through? its not patchy in terms of overall colour, just looks like the colour is a light grey and not white? Can I also ask what the best roller is to use for a sand & cement render? I phoned Dulux and they want me to send them...
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    Painting new external sand & cement render

    Would appreciate some thoughts on this. We had our house rendered, overall a decent finish but there are some areas where its a not perfect which was only visible after painting. Waited till the render was fully cured... Originally we used Dulux Trade Weathershield in brilliant white - the...
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    Guarantees for external rendering

    I dont think they were desperate for the work and it was 4 weeks lead time before they had a gap. There is always a risk unless you know them & their work but sometimes you just have to go on online reviews if you dont and they have great reviews across a couple of different sites and google...
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    Guarantees for external rendering

    Thanks for reply its a 1930's semi-detached in London. with the reviews they have, you would think that they would feel confident giving out a 5 or 10 year guarantee so I'm a little bemused. I really want to use them to do the front, then when we sell the property I can pass on their details...
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    Guarantees for external rendering

    I have found someone with very good reviews online and operating a good number of years who is offering to do a scratch coat & sand/cement render over the pebbledash on my house. Ive asked if there is a warranty they give for the work but they have said that they dont do written guarantees for...
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    Levelling patio concrete - advice / Price?

    Adding to this, I am also wondering what the cost would likely be for a tradesperson to level the concrete areas (20 M2) and also concrete over the paving slab area (10 M2) so that I could lay porcelain tiles myself? Any help greatly appreciated.
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    Pleached trees for privacy

    you could create a bamboo type fence along it.
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    Levelling patio concrete - advice / Price?

    Hi all, long time reader, first time posting. I've attached pics of paving and some concrete slabs in my garden. The paving I want to use some time of cement mortar to fill in the gaps to stop weeds coming through... and I wanted to see if there were any recommendations (avail in the UK)...
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