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I rendered the front of our place last week, the bottom half had crazed from frost cycles, the top half was well stuck so I blended in. The hardest part will be matching the finish, I don't have a clue how the texture on yours was created, maybe that was sprayed on originally.
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That looks like the same horrible stuff my place is covered in. Where it's blown, it will come away from the brick quite easily with a thin stiff blade or screwdriver, but where it is still firmly bonded it becomes difficult without taking the surface of the brick with it. Not too much of a problem if your covering it again. It's been suggested to us that mechanically grinding or chemicals are the best options for full removal, I've tried peel-a-away which softens the paint and works quite well. An unpleasant job however it's done, whoever went round selling this product should be locked up in my opinion!
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Can render be patched up with any success? Mine and the upstairs flat are blowing out around the windows and I suspect causing a damp wall at the back of the house. I know the proper thing would be to strip back and re-render, or repoint, but cheapest quote I've had on that so far is 2.3k. I'm only going to be here another couple of years, so loathed to pile that money into something that won't see any return. I think the suspect is the galvanised edgings rusting, so can these be replaced and sealed back into the existing? I'm replacing my rear window anyway so would need to patch up regardless, or completely re-do.
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