Silicone Render in Maghull
Maghull. A bungalow taken off a tired painted finish and into a grey through-colour silicone render, stopped on a bell cast bead above the brick plinth.
What the customer wanted
A bungalow in Maghull with a tired painted finish that had been patched more than once and had started to look it. They wanted one colour across the whole thing, a grey rather than the usual white, and they wanted the brick plinth at the bottom left alone.
What was done
A grey through-colour silicone system, taken across the elevations and stopped on a bell cast bead above the brick plinth. The bell cast is the small detail that does the real work down there. It throws the render face proud of the wall below it so rain running down the elevation drips clear instead of tracking back onto the brick and the damp course. Without it you get a dirty grey streak along the top of the plinth within a couple of winters.
Grey is less forgiving than white on a long low elevation, because a mid tone shows any unevenness in the substrate that a white would flatten out. That means the basecoat has to be right rather than nearly right, with the mesh properly bedded and the coat ruled flat, before the top coat goes anywhere near it.
The finish
One continuous grey across the bungalow, the corner arris straight, and the brick plinth still doing its job at the bottom. Because it is through-colour, the grey is in the material rather than painted on it, so there is nothing to strip and repaint later.
Bungalow height also takes real cost out of a job. Most of an elevation like this can be reached off towers rather than a full scaffold, which is worth knowing before anyone assumes a re-render is out of reach.
The system and what drives the price are set out on the silicone renderingPlastering page, and stripping a failed finish first is on the external renderingPebbledash RemovalRender Repairs page. This job was in Maghull.
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Questions people ask about this
What is a bell cast bead for?
It kicks the bottom edge of the render out from the wall so water drips clear of the brickwork and the damp course underneath instead of running back onto it.
Is grey harder to get right than white?
On a long flat elevation, yes. A mid tone shows any unevenness in the coat below it, where a white tends to wash it out. The work goes into the basecoat rather than the top coat.
Do you need a full scaffold on a bungalow?
Usually not. Most of a bungalow elevation can be worked off towers, which takes a real cost out of the job compared with a two-storey house.
What customers said
4.7 out of 5 on Google and 5.0 from 35 reviews on MyBuilder, plus 100% recommended from 6 recommendations on Facebook. Every review below is verbatim from those profiles, and each one says which.
External rendering of front wall of bungalow
I am happy to strongly recommend Birkdale Plastering & Rendering. Anthony made an excellent, neat job of re-rendering a section of the front wall of our bungalow and the price was quite fair for what was quality workmanship. Anthony gave us good advice and was always friendly, punctual and reliable. Great job!
Rendering to pathway boundary wall
I received a first class service from Birkdale Plastering. Anthony always attended as arranged. He was invariably polite and hard-working and cleared any mess before leaving. I am very pleased with the finished job.
Rendering
Antony did a great job would highly recommend him
Rendering exterior wall
Render of an outside wall. Excellent job and finish Turned up when he said, cleaned up and took the time to protect the areas around the job. Would highly recommend to family and friends.
Pebbledash rendering to 3 bed semi-detached house and adjoining garage
Anthony did an outstanding job pebble-dashing our entire house. It was a challenging project but he handled every aspect with professionalism and care—nothing was ever too much trouble. He worked incredibly hard and maintained a clean and tidy worksite throughout. We couldn’t be happier with the result.
Kitchen ceiling repair after a leak
Anthony has done an excellent plastering job today for us in Formby. Repaired a hole on our kitchen ceiling after a leak whilst on holiday. Very good finish and so tidy too! Would Definitely recommend him!
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