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One wall of my house is rendered and due to change of ground level I now need to patch up the render as there are several courses of exposed brick.
The plot is sloping so the damp proof course is high, about 60cm above the ground, and currently there is no drip bead. The render is bridging the DPC with no damp issues inside, but there is a thin crack in the render where the DPF is. The drive slopes away from the house but the wall is in an exposed location so the entire wall gets soaked when it rains, so I don't think a bead would actually achieve much.
As I've got no damp issues I’m not sure whether to fill the (hairline) crack with flexible filler and just patch the lower area (preferable!) or bring it 'up to spec' just for the sake of it and cut out a long section (about 10 metres) to install some drip bead. My worries about cutting out render to install drip bead is that I might end up with hairline cracks above and below the beading where I’ve repaired the render and end up with a visible scar across the house.
Whilst searching other threads here I saw one recommendation to grind out a slot and fill with mastic, that would be much easier if the consensus is strongly in favour of installing some sort of break in the render.
Any advice welcome.
The plot is sloping so the damp proof course is high, about 60cm above the ground, and currently there is no drip bead. The render is bridging the DPC with no damp issues inside, but there is a thin crack in the render where the DPF is. The drive slopes away from the house but the wall is in an exposed location so the entire wall gets soaked when it rains, so I don't think a bead would actually achieve much.
As I've got no damp issues I’m not sure whether to fill the (hairline) crack with flexible filler and just patch the lower area (preferable!) or bring it 'up to spec' just for the sake of it and cut out a long section (about 10 metres) to install some drip bead. My worries about cutting out render to install drip bead is that I might end up with hairline cracks above and below the beading where I’ve repaired the render and end up with a visible scar across the house.
Whilst searching other threads here I saw one recommendation to grind out a slot and fill with mastic, that would be much easier if the consensus is strongly in favour of installing some sort of break in the render.
Any advice welcome.
