Hi all, first post here, so go gently!!!
I hired a builder to replace the pebbledash and the render underneath on my house since it was cracking and falling off. They managed to take off all the old render apart from underneath my top bay window where they said the wall was too thin and may be damaged if they tried there.
They then applied a cement render all around the house (and put lots of wavy lines in as well). Don\\\'t think they wetted the bricks before doing so. However, they started yesterday to pebbledash the back wall by applying some mix of white cement and sand (after wetting the walls). They totally botched the job up with different coloured patches and \\\'cracks\\\' in the pebbledash. They told me too bad, they can\\\'t do anything about it!
I then told them I no longer wanted pebbledash since it was obvious they couldn\\\'t handle it. Instead, I wanted the place rendered and painted instead. So they\\\'ve now started another wall and have been applying a mix of cement and sand together with some sort of waterproofing agent on to the render they had already done. They\\\'re wetting the walls before they do this and then sponging this new layer to make it smooth (I guess).
Does all this sound correct? Comments?
I hired a builder to replace the pebbledash and the render underneath on my house since it was cracking and falling off. They managed to take off all the old render apart from underneath my top bay window where they said the wall was too thin and may be damaged if they tried there.
They then applied a cement render all around the house (and put lots of wavy lines in as well). Don\\\'t think they wetted the bricks before doing so. However, they started yesterday to pebbledash the back wall by applying some mix of white cement and sand (after wetting the walls). They totally botched the job up with different coloured patches and \\\'cracks\\\' in the pebbledash. They told me too bad, they can\\\'t do anything about it!
I then told them I no longer wanted pebbledash since it was obvious they couldn\\\'t handle it. Instead, I wanted the place rendered and painted instead. So they\\\'ve now started another wall and have been applying a mix of cement and sand together with some sort of waterproofing agent on to the render they had already done. They\\\'re wetting the walls before they do this and then sponging this new layer to make it smooth (I guess).
Does all this sound correct? Comments?