Lime rendering done by Welsh Lime Works in Cardiff Lime rendering is a specialist trade (not to be confused with lime plastering or cement rendering!) and as such it takes time served craftspeople to do it well and it also …
Courtesy of http://stonecottagerenovation.blogspot.co.uk/ The majority of old solid stone and brick houses are covered in a liberal amount of cement render these days. I will assume that you know my opinion on cement render on solid walls, so I won’t have …
Cavity walls were designed to keep damp out of homes Cavity walls have been the standard way of building for the past century. They are designed to have two walls (bound together by wall ties) with one acting as the …
Look no hands! Nine bricks being supported by their edges by a 10mm thick piece of cement render. I was planning on capping the wall that abuts into my house (this was to reduce the amount of water that is …
Replacement doors tend to be held in place by screws, not inbuilt frames The door on my house has seen a lot of changes. Since I have owned it we have had 2 doors. The removal of the render showed …
Lovely brick arch revealed on front of house If it weren’t for the addition of cement render over the years I think that this detail would have been recoverable, however the cement has pulled off the surface of the bricks …
Removing render exposes timber issues under cracks One of the other issues that the removal of the cement render exposed was the condition of the wood in the structure. Admittedly the house has a strange array of wood that has …
Money where mouth is moment! I have long been an advocate of treating old solid walls correctly. This means allowing them to breathe using a lime based render (where render is needed of course). Anyway my house has been suffering …
Typical suggestion for a replacement concrete floor My house is a very typical Victorian Welsh terrace. Solid walls made from a mix of local and imported stone, bricks around the windows, doors and chimney etc. It has also had the …
In this sort of weather you might find damp in places that were dry before. Why? Well, when you have driving rain rather than just rain it tends to get into cracks and holes that it might otherwise miss. Key …
