Hello everyone
I will explain my current predicament and would like some advice on how to remedy it.
I suspect it is the result of painting my 1860s property in exterior paint 8 years ago and I am now reaping the whirlwind
8 years ago I bought an 1860s property, end of terrace. The property was originally L shaped and to increase size and long term value we decided to square it up on both stories doubling the size of the living room and adding an extra bedroom.
This process meant that one of the walls is now half new brick (with cavity, I believe) and half 1860s.
The both halves were rendered at the time I think, but the whole job was done at minimum cost and although not half a**ed was not the most comprehensive on the planet. The new vs old is quite equivent from the smooth finish on the new vs less smooth on the old
After this was finished we had a local yokel come round and put weatherproof paint on all the walls as this seemed like a good idea at the time.
Now here is my current situation:
The walls of the new build have crazed as they settled leaving some hairline cracks and one or two larger ones, this is a slight concern, although the side that really worries me is the old half of the same wall. I noticed that we had some plaster starting to 'blow' on the inside wall in on the old side. The side has larger cracks and we definitely have water encroachment. A chap came round today to do a quote for the cellar conversion, I mentioned it to him and he used his water level gadget on it. The inside wall is badly damp and that is what is causing the blowing .
The guy suggested that we get a local builder in to re render the wall and that he would put the specification in with the quote for the cellar, apparently the warranty that he would give us just wouldn't be worth the extra cost, so a general builder would be a better bet.
Its a two story building maybe 8m in depth, can anyone tell me what this is likely to cost? And if this is the best way to go? What also worries me is that all the other faces are painted with the same stuff and although the front of the house is brick the rear is rendered and I don't want the same problem occurring
A I KNOW this is against the guidelines but can anyone tell me what kind of financial hit I should be expecting to take for this
Cheers
mb
I will explain my current predicament and would like some advice on how to remedy it.
I suspect it is the result of painting my 1860s property in exterior paint 8 years ago and I am now reaping the whirlwind
8 years ago I bought an 1860s property, end of terrace. The property was originally L shaped and to increase size and long term value we decided to square it up on both stories doubling the size of the living room and adding an extra bedroom.
This process meant that one of the walls is now half new brick (with cavity, I believe) and half 1860s.
The both halves were rendered at the time I think, but the whole job was done at minimum cost and although not half a**ed was not the most comprehensive on the planet. The new vs old is quite equivent from the smooth finish on the new vs less smooth on the old
After this was finished we had a local yokel come round and put weatherproof paint on all the walls as this seemed like a good idea at the time.
Now here is my current situation:
The walls of the new build have crazed as they settled leaving some hairline cracks and one or two larger ones, this is a slight concern, although the side that really worries me is the old half of the same wall. I noticed that we had some plaster starting to 'blow' on the inside wall in on the old side. The side has larger cracks and we definitely have water encroachment. A chap came round today to do a quote for the cellar conversion, I mentioned it to him and he used his water level gadget on it. The inside wall is badly damp and that is what is causing the blowing .
The guy suggested that we get a local builder in to re render the wall and that he would put the specification in with the quote for the cellar, apparently the warranty that he would give us just wouldn't be worth the extra cost, so a general builder would be a better bet.
Its a two story building maybe 8m in depth, can anyone tell me what this is likely to cost? And if this is the best way to go? What also worries me is that all the other faces are painted with the same stuff and although the front of the house is brick the rear is rendered and I don't want the same problem occurring
A I KNOW this is against the guidelines but can anyone tell me what kind of financial hit I should be expecting to take for this
Cheers
mb