Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Sep 22, 2023 3:35 pm We are preparing to put our house on the market and want to mend cracks on the exterior render -Dulux. We are perplexed by the various quotes and claims we have received. The whole house doesn’t need rendering but we are concerned that it may look patchy and different shades if we just do panels rather than whole sections. Can anyone advise us if they have been through a similar experience or perhaps suggest what we should do. Thank you. Re: Mending cracks in render 3Sep 23, 2023 9:24 am is the finish Dulux Texture coat and do you have product from when house rendered? can repair cracks which typically involves removing render in those locations, patching/fixing then re-render that whole wall from like a corner to an expansion joint or corner to corner with texture. this is to cover the patch, paint wont hide it then paint everything to make colour uniform, so if that crack repair was on front of house would paint front of house Re: Mending cracks in render 5Oct 03, 2023 8:20 pm Thank you all. It has now been suggested to us that we should have cracks patched and then put 2 coats of coloured Dulux membrane over whole exterior. Will everything look the same if this is done or will patches show through. Thank you. Re: Mending cracks in render 6Oct 04, 2023 10:38 am Do you have a scope of works? If have texture on wall now, the patch will show through The standard for repair of texture is to patch, re-texture corner to corner, corner to joint and then paint It’s the shortcoming of texture, great neat and tidy finishing product but cannot blend patches into existing wall and make look like never there Could try a sample spot on house Assuming have texture on wall The mesh is often stuck on wall first then rendered over, which means it does nothing Not to specifications Get a scope of works in writing before start, needs to be… 10 10631 The CSIRO BTF18 explains differnt types of cracks and what "normal" is Google this and the top result is actually the latest version. You normally have to buy this from… 9 10314 ![]() |