Work in Barrhead
Two kinds of wall, one street
The older Barrhead stock is stone built terraces and tenements; round and between them are inter war and post war semis in block and brick.
They are not the same job. A solid stone wall has to be allowed to let moisture out, and a modern impermeable coat on it traps water in the stone. A block built semi has no such requirement. Getting that wrong is how a well meant render job makes a house damper than it was.
Repairs and gables
Barrhead sits high and the exposed elevations show it. Gable only work is common and sensible.
Where a failed coat has let water in, the repair has to deal with the path the water found as well as the hole it came through, or it comes back in the same place.
Inside
Older property means lath and plaster, cornice work and walls that have been papered many times. Newer property means Artex and boarded ceilings.
Both get the same first step: tap the wall, find out what is actually stuck to what, and decide from that rather than from how it looks.
Before and after
A job of the kind we are describing
White and black dry dash on a corner semi. Drag the handle to see the before.
Straight answers
Questions about work in Barrhead
My house is stone. Can it be rendered?
It can, with the right build up. The important thing is that whatever goes on it lets the wall breathe. We will look at the wall before saying what it needs.
Do you do one wall only?
Yes. Gable only jobs are common. The thing to agree up front is colour, because a new coat will not match a wall that has weathered for twenty years.
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