Hi There
First time poster - wonder if anyone can give advice on this.
I live in an 8 year-old house, still covered by NHBC's 10 year warranty. Ours is a timber-framed, brick house, covered by white rendering (sorry - not sure of material).
We're currently embarking on what I suspect will be a long-haul fight with our builder - our rendering is cracking badly, and some areas are 'bossed', across the whole house. The builder is suggesting patching the bossed areas, and filling the cracks with a rendering mastic.
My concern is that the mastic will be a temporary fix, and will need done again in the near future (once the NHBC warranty has expired), and that the patched areas will always stand out as a different colour - giving the house a patchy, spotty appearance. And finally - that with 33 cracks, and 7 separate bossed areas, chances are that more cracks will appear.
Can anyone confirm if my impression is right on this - and, if they do go ahead and patch the bossed areas, if it would make a difference if they paint the house, to give it a uniform colour (or, if indeed, the patches will weather to become the same colour).
Many thanks
First time poster - wonder if anyone can give advice on this.
I live in an 8 year-old house, still covered by NHBC's 10 year warranty. Ours is a timber-framed, brick house, covered by white rendering (sorry - not sure of material).
We're currently embarking on what I suspect will be a long-haul fight with our builder - our rendering is cracking badly, and some areas are 'bossed', across the whole house. The builder is suggesting patching the bossed areas, and filling the cracks with a rendering mastic.
My concern is that the mastic will be a temporary fix, and will need done again in the near future (once the NHBC warranty has expired), and that the patched areas will always stand out as a different colour - giving the house a patchy, spotty appearance. And finally - that with 33 cracks, and 7 separate bossed areas, chances are that more cracks will appear.
Can anyone confirm if my impression is right on this - and, if they do go ahead and patch the bossed areas, if it would make a difference if they paint the house, to give it a uniform colour (or, if indeed, the patches will weather to become the same colour).
Many thanks