We have recently had work done on our house which included a full re-render of the property as required by planning. The render was completed in January and since then we have been in dispute with the builder over the cracks that have appeared in several sections of render. These cracks aren't small, they are large mosaic types. He said that this was because we hadn't painted the render. Other plasterers and builders have told us this is unlikely and that in their opinions the cracking is caused by the new render not bonding possibly because it was allowed to dry out too quickly or because in the affected sections the builder has rendered on top of 30 year-old render.
The builders latest statement is: "we did recommend the sand cement base be primed and painted after the drying out period of 28 days in line with the Render association guidelines for the product. Cracks often appear if the render is not ‘stabilised’ in this way cannot take responsibility for the maintenance of the render as this was outside our duty of contract."
This is the first time he has mentioned this to us. Does anyone have any thoughts on what we can do to get the builder whom we thought we had a good relationship with and who we paid on time and in full.
The builders latest statement is: "we did recommend the sand cement base be primed and painted after the drying out period of 28 days in line with the Render association guidelines for the product. Cracks often appear if the render is not ‘stabilised’ in this way cannot take responsibility for the maintenance of the render as this was outside our duty of contract."
This is the first time he has mentioned this to us. Does anyone have any thoughts on what we can do to get the builder whom we thought we had a good relationship with and who we paid on time and in full.
