Simon Hawthorne wrote:
On 26 Feb 2005 15:34:56 -0800, wrote:

why do you want to render the walls? Or do you maen something else
by
'render treatment'?
what are the walls made of, how old, and in what condition?
what problem are you trying to solve?


The walls are brick, with the plaster straight onto the brick inside.
The house was built in 1870.

I had a dodgy drainpipe a few months ago that allowed rainwater to
run
down one of the gable ends - which caused some damp inside. I fixed
the drainpipe, and now, some months later, the damp has dried out.

I am renovating a barn that is attached to my house- and am going to
finish it with a tyrolean (I think that is what it is called!) finish
- which will match the house. The house gable ends are just painted
-
or a very thin layer of something - but not render.

I can't sretch to have the lot tyroleaned - and thought I could
prevent any future damp spots and just help protect the house with
some sort of water repellant finsh.

Thanks

Simon

ok, victorian houses work very differently to modern buildings when it
comes to handling damp. Waterproof coatings on the bricwork actually
worsen damp problems. AFAIC see you dont have a problem that needs
solving, nor a wall that is for any reason in need of protection.

To find out more about Vic houses, damp and treatments,
http://www.periodproperty.co.uk/cgi-...sing/forum2.pl

In most cases it is not advisable to apply render to unrendered Vic
buildings.


NT