Hi
I have an out building which I have made into a store room and utility - not attached to the house. The bottom meter was rendered and it was flaking off . On removal some brick were missing - flaking until disintegrated. A builder replaced those brick that were too far gone and rendered the bottom. Its only since i'm having a damp problem in the house (sorted it was condensation) that I've started to look into building materials - and I'm sure cement/sand render is not going to do the building any good - shouldn't it be lime (the house is 1896 ish red handmade brick)? The builder did also render the bottom meter of the kitchen extension (3m long)too.
Q - have I had a bog job done?
Q- if so can it be remedied? ie don't paint/seal
Q - I was told to apply masonry stabiliser before using masonry paint - is this right?
Cheers
I have an out building which I have made into a store room and utility - not attached to the house. The bottom meter was rendered and it was flaking off . On removal some brick were missing - flaking until disintegrated. A builder replaced those brick that were too far gone and rendered the bottom. Its only since i'm having a damp problem in the house (sorted it was condensation) that I've started to look into building materials - and I'm sure cement/sand render is not going to do the building any good - shouldn't it be lime (the house is 1896 ish red handmade brick)? The builder did also render the bottom meter of the kitchen extension (3m long)too.
Q - have I had a bog job done?
Q- if so can it be remedied? ie don't paint/seal
Q - I was told to apply masonry stabiliser before using masonry paint - is this right?
Cheers