Removing acrylic render

[mfr-render]

We have a Victorian terraced farmer's cottage, which somebody, at some point, saw fit to render with an acrylic wall coating (Eurocote, to be specific).

Over the past few months, the render has cracked significantly and completely delaminated in parts.

Of course, it's still waterproof by itself, so it's been really good at allowing rain to fill up the gaps and come through the ceiling.

The covering is out of guarantee (as you need to renew it every few years), and the company are next to useless in responding to enquiries about quoting to have it fixed.

I've never been a fan of rendering (in general, let alone on solid walled buildings that use lime mortar), I'm considering stripping it off entirely, and letting the wall dry out before thnking about what to do next.

I have two questions though - firstly, does that sound sensible, and secondly, other than being careful of the brickwork when scraping off the coating, what else do I need to consider?

Cheers!

 

[bobasd]

your info is limited and there are no pics of damage inside and outside the house.
i suppose your aware of the various difficulties that can crop up with render applications?

 

[mfr-render]

your info is limited and there are no pics of damage inside and outside the house.

What additional information would be useful?

For what it's worth, I've attached photos of the cracks in the render - they don't quite show how much it has delaminated and come away from the wall

The internal damage is wet & blown plasterboard directly below the rendered wall.

i suppose your aware of the various difficulties that can crop up with render applications?

In terms of removing them you mean? Or in general render terms?

 

[bobasd]

stand back and photo all elevations including elevation with a "flat roof"?
photo the inside please as asked for.
all that treatment will have to come off - start by removing it in a less visible area.
you can use scrapers sf 20018 and sf 87299 for a start.
and sf wire brush 13734.

your flat roof doesn't look to be in good shape - the detailing and flashing is rubbish.
when the brickwork is cleaned off do pics of any remaining cracks.

search on here for applying renders and removing them.