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I can’t afford lime render!

By EcoHomeCentre Posted on 30 June 2015 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with breathing structure, cement, damp, lime, limewash, maintenance, render

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 …

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Cement render on solid walls

By EcoHomeCentre Posted on 19 February 2015 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with cement, guttering, maintenance, render

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 …

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Cavities not immune from damp

By EcoHomeCentre Posted on 26 January 2015 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with cavity wall, cement, damp, insulation, maintenance, render, repair, repointing, wall ties

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 …

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The strength of cement

By EcoHomeCentre Posted on 3 October 2014 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with cement, damp, lime, render, solid walls

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 …

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Lime render and doors

By EcoHomeCentre Posted on 29 September 2014 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with cement, doors, lime, refurbishment

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 …

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Brick detailing ruined by cement

By EcoHomeCentre Posted on 26 September 2014 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with cement, lime, refurbishment, render

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 …

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Cement render = Rotten wood

By EcoHomeCentre Posted on 19 September 2014 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with cement, lime, rainwater, refurbishment, render, wood

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 …

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Lime rendering my home

By EcoHomeCentre Posted on 7 August 2014 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with cement, damp, damp proofing, lime, limewash, refurbishment, render, solid walls

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 …

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Concrete floors – hate them!

By EcoHomeCentre Posted on 10 June 2014 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with cement, damp, damp proofing, floor

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 …

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Damp appearing?

By EcoHomeCentre Posted on 28 January 2014 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with cement, damp, guttering, lime, lindab, maintenance, rainwater, render, repointing, silicone

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 …

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