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Rendering

External render that keeps the weather out and looks right. Sand and cement, monocouche and repairs to cracked or blown render on houses across the North East.

The brick rear wall of a Middlesbrough extension, scaffolded and prepared for render

What’s included

  • Traditional sand and cement render
  • Through-coloured monocouche render
  • Failed render hacked off and replaced
  • Crack and blown-patch repairs
  • Extensions, garages and garden walls
  • Bell casts, beads and drips done properly

Render is the coat that keeps the weather off your brickwork. When it cracks, blows or was never done well, water gets behind it and you get damp inside. When it is done properly it protects the house for decades and makes it look cared for.

What we render

  • New extensions and garages, including the preparation, beads, bell casts and the finish coat.
  • Full re-renders where the existing render has failed across a whole elevation.
  • Repairs to cracked, hollow or blown patches, blended in so the repair does not show.
  • Garden and boundary walls, which take the worst of the weather.

Sand and cement or monocouche

Traditional sand and cement render is strong, repairable and can be painted any colour. Monocouche is a through-coloured one-coat system with a clean, modern finish that never needs painting. We will talk you through which suits your house and your budget at the quote.

Render and damp

A good proportion of the penetrating damp we survey turns out to be a render problem on the outside of the same wall. Because we do both, we can fix the outside, treat the inside and re-plaster, all as one job with one quote.

Questions we get asked

Can cracked render cause damp inside?

Yes. Cracks and hollow patches let rain in behind the render, where it soaks the brickwork and shows up inside as penetrating damp. Repairing the render is often the fix for a damp patch on the inside of the same wall.

What is monocouche render?

A modern one-coat render that is coloured all the way through, so it does not need painting and does not flake. It gives a clean, even finish and is a good choice for extensions and full re-renders.

Do I need scaffolding?

For anything above ground-floor height, yes, and we arrange it as part of the job. Single-storey extensions and garden walls can often be done from the ground or a tower.

How long does render take to cure?

Sand and cement render needs a few days between coats and a couple of weeks before painting. Monocouche is finished when it is on. We plan the job around the weather because rendering in frost or heavy rain is a waste of everyone's money.

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