22 Sept 2013

Fully Rendered




Nice weather for the last few days and the render finish coat is on. Fitting the rainwater goods has started; when that's finished a bit of trimming and tidying up and the scaffold can go.

6 Sept 2013

Rendering Started




Base coat and reinforcement mesh applied. Finishing coat to be applied next week, weather permitting. Base coat looks to have a grey/pink tint but top coat will be pure white.

2 Sept 2013

Render Specification

Specification of external skin / render system:

Lower edge protection profile. Photo also illustrates the density of fixings used to attach render carrier boards

Sto Verotec (also known as Ventec) 12mm render carrier board attached to timber frame structure with 47x75mm treated timber battens

2-coat acrylic render system with reinforcement mesh. Pallets of Sto Armat Classic natural white render basecoat, Sto Silico K1.5 natural white render finish coat ready for rendering starting later this week

Pile of various Sto profiles - 4mm mesh angle beads and 4mm stop beads