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    How bad is this render?

    I would really appreciate opinions on this. I'm considering buying an end terrace house but the state of the render, or the potential expense of replacing it, is putting me off. The render is fully intact and feels quite solid to touch, but when tapped it seems hollow in places so I presume...
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    Lime Render

    Anyone Trades person able to lime render two small exterior terraced walls in the Doncaster area. Having difficulties find anyone who has the skills to take the job on.
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    Rendered wall wet at the bottom after rain

    Hi there. We have recently had an extension built onto the house that has been finished with pebble dash render. After rain, one particular section of the wall often has large dark damp patches towards the bottom (wider at the bottom than at the top - see the attached photo). Internally there...
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    Staining on white rendered wall from stone slabs

    Hi All - Bought a house with lovely white painted rendered garden walls with York stone caps. Every cement joint between the stone caps bleeds horrible dirty brown stains down the walls. How do I stop this from happening? Repainting lasts a month, if that. As you can see, these walls have fence...
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    Attaching an external light (flat backed) to a rendered wall?

    Struggling up here, I'm trying to attach a light to an exterior wall that has a rendered surface (a 'Harled wall' ) the back of the light is a flat surface but the wall surface is like the Himalayas (relatively). I don't want to bash away at the render so is there anything that can close the...
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    RENDERING OVER SOLID OLD RENDERING ?

    HI FOLKS NEED SOME ADVICE ON EXTERIOR RENDERING OF A VICTORIAN HOUSE. I VE CURRENTLY GOT SOMEONE RENDERING THE HOUSE. ORIGINALLY THEY SAID THEY WOULD STRIP BACK THE HOUSE TO BRICKWORK BUT HAVE STOPPED SHORT AND LEFT SOME OF THE OLD RENDERING ON THE WALL SAYING THAT IT WAS SOLID AND BY REMOVING...
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    Drilling and fixing for exterior rendered walls

    Exterior walls of the house are red brick with a render finish on top (Weber monocouche, basically same as K-Rend). One wall is sandstone that's been levelled and rendered to match the rest of the house. Render on that wall is quite thick. Need to fix some exterior wall lights and a mailbox and...
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