Hi All
We have a 200-odd year old property that needs total renovation.
We just discussed plans with an architect/developer who is quoting for the work and he said that we would need to take all the render/plaster off the walls (he's not yet seen the property) and that we would need to re-render the property in "lime render". The property is not listed and we don't have a massive budget.
We assume that the walls are made of stone, render, rock and anything else the original builders could get their hands on (but definitely not "normal brickwork"- most walls are approx 1-2 feet or so wide.
IS it absolutely necessary on these old walls to use lime render or can a "normal" cement render be used instead (I thought it would be cheaper if we did a cement render instead).
Thank you all so much for any advice you can give us.
Thanks
Zigs
We have a 200-odd year old property that needs total renovation.
We just discussed plans with an architect/developer who is quoting for the work and he said that we would need to take all the render/plaster off the walls (he's not yet seen the property) and that we would need to re-render the property in "lime render". The property is not listed and we don't have a massive budget.
We assume that the walls are made of stone, render, rock and anything else the original builders could get their hands on (but definitely not "normal brickwork"- most walls are approx 1-2 feet or so wide.
IS it absolutely necessary on these old walls to use lime render or can a "normal" cement render be used instead (I thought it would be cheaper if we did a cement render instead).
Thank you all so much for any advice you can give us.
Thanks
Zigs