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AFTER: Whole bungalow smooth render project, walls initially primed & waterproofed with RenderGrip, scratch coat reinforced with mesh throughout, smooth top coat render with lime for elasticity. 05/25
AFTER: Whole bungalow smooth render project, walls initially primed & waterproofed with RenderGrip, scratch coat reinforced with mesh throughout, smooth top coat render with lime for elasticity. 05/25
DURING: Whole bungalow smooth render project, Top coat complete, with aluminum doors and windows covered in plastic to protect them from damage. Highcliffe May 2025
DURING: Whole bungalow smooth render project, Scratch coat complete, with aluminum doors and windows covered in plastic to protect them from damage. Highcliffe May 2025
AFTER: Whole bungalow smooth render project, walls initially primed & waterproofed with RenderGrip, scratch coat reinforced with mesh throughout, smooth top coat render with lime for elasticity. 05/25
DURING: Whole bungalow smooth render project, RenderGrip already applied with scratch coat under way with reinforcing mesh to minimise the risk of the render later cracking. Highcliffe May 2025
AFTER: Whole bungalow smooth render project, walls initially primed & waterproofed with RenderGrip, scratch coat reinforced with mesh throughout, smooth top coat render with lime for elasticity. 05/25
BEFOR: Whole bungalow smooth render project, walls initially primed & waterproofed with RenderGrip, scratch coat reinforced with mesh throughout, smooth top coat render with lime for elasticity. 05/25
AFTER: Whole bungalow smooth render project, walls initially primed & waterproofed with RenderGrip, scratch coat reinforced with mesh throughout, smooth top coat render with lime for elasticity. 05/25
BEFORE: An old window that had been blocked up and scratch coated by the customer. February 2026
AFTER: The freshly rendered patch, smoothed in nicely with the existing wall. February 2026.
AFTER: Job done, work area left as found, all rubbish removed and disposed of responsibly at the nearby commercial tip. October 2025
DURING: Scratch coat finished fully embedded with reinforcing mesh to stop cracking, first bit of top coat render with lime for extra elasticity and crack resistance. October 2025
DURING: Initial prep stage, no corners cut, doors/windows covered in plastic, beads glued up, RenderGrip applied for better adhesion/waterproofing, mesh in scratch coat render for strength & longevity
BEFORE: Multiple walls on this job to be rendered including two walls that had already been rendered and painted but needed rendering over. October 2025
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AFTER: Two coat render applied, with RenderGrip primer, mesh reinforced scratch coat and smooth top coat with lime for flexibility. Work area and face brickwork left clean and tide. Bmth 08/25
DURING: In all twenty beads were used on this garden wall, the face brickwork being left exposed at the bottom, separated with stop beads. Four custom beaded holes were made to house the new lights.
BEFORE: A new garden wall ready top be rendered. Talbot Woods, August 2025
BEFORE: A new garden wall ready top be rendered. Talbot Woods, August 2025
AFTER: And now the job is complete with a smooth render which includes lime for extra elasticity and extra protection against any cracking. Charminster, August 2025
DURING: New plastic beads have been fixed with pink grip adhesive, the advantage of plastic beads is that they don't rust! The scratch coat has a reinforcing mesh inside to reduce any future cracking.
DURING: Old render has now been removed and an exterior stabiliser has been applied. Charminster, August 2025
BEFORE: Client had to have a new lintel installed causing damage to existing render and as existing finish was poor they decided to remove all old render back to the cable. Charminster, August 2025