On 20 Aug 2004 17:16:15 -0000, Jerry Built
wrote:

"Mark S." wrote:
However this crappy weather has forced a big sheet off (4 x 6)
at a guess which was on the floor when I went round tonight so
that's now bagged up to go to the tip Saturday.

On the ground outside, I assume?


How important is this render in the first place?

I ask because the house isn't running with damp (ok it's "damp"
a bit but there's no central heating as such). The walls aren't
running with it etc.

Given that it's solid concrete construction (foot thick) what's
the render actually doing?

You've concrete walls! That's unusual. I expect that the render
is there only there for decorative reasons.

I was going to suggest that the reason that the render is falling
off is because it's harder than what's underneath, but if it's
concrete that should not be the case. Perhaps the original house
or render was painted with something before being rendered?

How old is this very interesting abode?


J.B.

Well a bit misleading in that they are poured concrete not "solid"
like a bunker so my bad there guys, sorry. :-)

The stuff you see on TV where they fasten a load of polystyrene boxes
with wire then fill them with concrete well this is a 1955 version of
that idea minus the polystyrene. So the walls are as thick as the
usual but with no cavity.

The stuff is like a concrete slurry mixed with pebble/ballast type
material set hard.

The exterior walls have a coat of cement render that's thin then they
had another coat of some seriously sandy render with chippings this
was painted poo brown then at some point (long before I bought it) had
another very sandy and thick render with the more usual chippings over
the top.

Yes it was outside, arm down the drain tomorrow to fish the stuff out
of there. :-(

No need for a kango that's for sure, I poked off the bits left on
after the two falls with a stick. lol. Secure it ain't.

Only reason the back wall is so bad is the cowboy guttering next door
runs the wrong way and overflows at my end.

Mark S.