Browse Forums Building A New House Re: What's the benefit to rendered a house? 21Sep 03, 2009 8:44 am some estates require you to put render or moroka finish, either to the front facade or thru out the house. Theoretically every layer must add some sort of insulation but who knows how much....and its quite an expensive deal if you are being enforced to do so even when you prefer face brick facade. Re: What's the benefit to rendered a house? 22Sep 03, 2009 9:38 am We went brick, only because we prefer the look (only rendered a couple of pillars). My thought is that you can always render your bricks later if you get sick of them but those who go render straight away don't have the opportunity to go back to brick because they use the most cheap and horrible bricks underneath. Stevep79 & Principessa Finished building Wisdom Homes Impression 33mkII in The Ponds, Sydney http://lilypadintheponds.blogspot.com Re: What's the benefit to rendered a house? 23Sep 03, 2009 11:43 am From what I can tell, the benefits of render are a) It's in fashion, and b) some estates require contrasting colours/textures on the facade and render provides this. Metricon Riva 33 - http://herlihy-riva.blogspot.com Site start 15/03/2010 - Handover 23/12/2010 9 months and 8 days (284 calendar days) from site start to handover Re: What's the benefit to rendered a house? 24Sep 03, 2009 11:52 am As mentioned above there's more cons in rendering. I'm not a fan of render, but the estate we bought in requries 20%. I was spewing, so we're only rendering pillars on the facade. Re: What's the benefit to rendered a house? 25Sep 03, 2009 11:54 am room4acubby I too really like the look of render, particularly on modern facades. However if you look at a two or three year old rendered house, in my opinion, they look horrible. Sometimes its the cracks but my big problem is the water stains. You so often get horrible looking dark stains flowing down the render. I avoid them for that reason. I still think it is a very personal preference though. Agreed with the wet stains. More noticeable on light coloured render. Re: What's the benefit to rendered a house? 26Sep 03, 2009 2:09 pm Hi aya99 Have you decided yet whether you will go for render or brick face or cladding etc? viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22917 Building thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22917 27.07.09 Contract signed. 08.09.09 Site scraped. 18.09.09 Slab completed! 23.11.09 Bricking done 09.03.10 - Tiling 15.04.10 PCI 01.05.10 Handover Re: What's the benefit to rendered a house? 27Sep 03, 2009 5:44 pm stonecutter1309 Andronicus - what colours are you using with Unitex? It doesn't hold dark colours well - they fade within 18 months and you need to repaint. This isn't covered by the Unitex warranty either. SC, Going for a light colour - Solver Pale Biscuit. It's sort of like colourbond classic cream. Hopefully that will give us more than 18 months before i send the wife out to repaint the entire house. Re: What's the benefit to rendered a house? 28Sep 04, 2009 6:04 pm I am not a fan of render. Our estate also says you must have 20% of your facade rendered or material other than brick. We are going with cladding as I think it will look more timeless. Re: What's the benefit to rendered a house? 29Sep 06, 2009 10:34 pm What is acrylic render, Caroline? Where can I get some info about this? Thanks. CarolineJ We are getting acrylic render rather than painted. Then it doesn't need to be repainted after time.... Waiting for 2010 Land registration.... Re: What's the benefit to rendered a house? 30Sep 06, 2009 10:38 pm Hi tc2000, We haven't decided, my husband is a fan of rendered house but I'm more budget conscious since this is our first house to build. I'm worried about the crack/dirty water from the rain too, still trying to find out more about rendering house since it will cost us at least $20K. Thanks for your info. tc2000 Hi aya99 Have you decided yet whether you will go for render or brick face or cladding etc? viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22917 Waiting for 2010 Land registration.... Re: What's the benefit to rendered a house? 31Sep 06, 2009 10:50 pm Thanks a lot to everyone who have given me some ideas and input regarding rendering house. I'll let you all know what I will choose soon. Thanks!! Waiting for 2010 Land registration.... Re: What's the benefit to rendered a house? 32Sep 06, 2009 11:07 pm hi aya - i had to have full render due to covenant requirements - probably should have thought about it more but i bought the block to suit my house that i had already spent a lot of time modifying, i was lucky that my builder only charged just under $7000.00 to render (over double brick) my 22 square house thank god... to be honest, next time i will probably consider a nice brick with some funky feature render, as opposed to full render but that's just me... i think if you can, have the best of both worlds - choose a beautiful brick and some awesome render feature colours to compliment your brick 2014 - Prepping to build the Soho 4 with Plantation homes, industrial style 2009 - Built the Brampton with Coral Homes viewtopic.php?f=31&t=15399&start=280 Re: What's the benefit to rendered a house? 33Sep 06, 2009 11:17 pm Acrylic render- this is what I understand... It has the paint colour through the render, and thus doesn't need periodic repainting. The down side is apparently when there is damage, you have to replace the whole area rather than just patch it. Re: What's the benefit to rendered a house? 34Sep 06, 2009 11:54 pm Acrylic render actually means that a polymer (acrylic) has been added into the product, this gives it a little flexibility and good adhesion properties. The colour is actually in the texture coating which is applied over the cement render. if you seal the texture coating there is no need to paint it for many years. I love both render and bricks, it really depends on the house. Mez Re: What's the benefit to rendered a house? 35Sep 07, 2009 12:22 am Meza Acrylic render actually means that a polymer (acrylic) has been added into the product, this gives it a little flexibility and good adhesion properties. The colour is actually in the texture coating which is applied over the cement render. if you seal the texture coating there is no need to paint it for many years. I love both render and bricks, it really depends on the house. Mez Thanks Mez! I was really winging it with my explanation! Re: What's the benefit to rendered a house? 36Sep 08, 2009 9:12 pm Hi sg, Is Moroka the same as bagged and painted? sg we are having our house 'bagged' with a moroka finish, it was half as much as render. looks like render but not as thick. Also, moroka is 'flexible', to a certain extent (it is acrylic and not cement based) so it is able to withstand some movement in the foundations. Waiting for 2010 Land registration.... Re: What's the benefit to rendered a house? 37Sep 08, 2009 9:27 pm Hi Jess09, Wow tha's rreally good price for rendering double storey. Which builder do you use? Jess09 hi aya - i had to have full render due to covenant requirements - probably should have thought about it more but i bought the block to suit my house that i had already spent a lot of time modifying, i was lucky that my builder only charged just under $7000.00 to render (over double brick) my 22 square house thank god... to be honest, next time i will probably consider a nice brick with some funky feature render, as opposed to full render but that's just me... i think if you can, have the best of both worlds - choose a beautiful brick and some awesome render feature colours to compliment your brick Waiting for 2010 Land registration.... Re: What's the benefit to rendered a house? 38Sep 08, 2009 9:43 pm hi aya only single story 22 square, but i mentioned the double bricks because i've heard of builders that will just render over blueboard instead of bricks to save cash you definitely want render over bricks, my builder is coral homes 2014 - Prepping to build the Soho 4 with Plantation homes, industrial style 2009 - Built the Brampton with Coral Homes viewtopic.php?f=31&t=15399&start=280 Re: What's the benefit to rendered a house? 39Sep 14, 2009 11:24 pm Hi aya, What you need to consider about bag and paint is that it is the cheaper alternative to other types of render (be it cement render, acrylic render). From what I've seen when I drive around the streets is that a sand bag - paint finish can sometimes still show the outline of the bricks. Building thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22917 27.07.09 Contract signed. 08.09.09 Site scraped. 18.09.09 Slab completed! 23.11.09 Bricking done 09.03.10 - Tiling 15.04.10 PCI 01.05.10 Handover Re: What's the benefit to rendered a house? 40Sep 14, 2009 11:36 pm What's the benefit to rendered a house? From my basic understanding render can change the thermal properties of brick. The outline of the brick is from the thin faring coat to fill the mortar lines. ...and only a base coat of render a few mms thick. To stop the sand finish looking all cracked you can apply a siloxane water repelant. so the render doesn't 'take up' the wter Always try and avoid rendering in the direct sun or where the sun wil be in half an hour Waterproofed render can be, a second defence against sound & drafts. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... The spacing of the studs looks pretty large especially for a load bearing wall. 3 11122 Thanks mate, is there a standard off the shelf type breathable product I can apply DIY? Thanks 2 8222 |