Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Sep 12, 2012 1:26 pm hi guys, finally finished our new home and has been soo hard making a choice for the right render colour. ive attached 2 images, just wanted to see peoples thoughts? light and dark or more dark and light? is dulux RAKU in real life really dark? or a nice medium grey? does it throw off any tinges of different colour? any pics would be great http://i.imgur.com/ZYe9c.jpg http://imgur.com/3aH8u colour reccomendations would be appreciated Re: 3 MONTHS AND STILL DECIDING RENDER COLOUR!!! 2Sep 12, 2012 2:06 pm I am not feeling either of them... I feel like something is missing in both pics.... dont rush render especially when the whole front is rendered..... Have you driven past display homes to get some other ideas on colour choices? that might help.... it so hard picking render colour I also got told that the darker the render colour the more you have to touch it up over time Re: 3 MONTHS AND STILL DECIDING RENDER COLOUR!!! 3Sep 12, 2012 2:14 pm i think we made a bad choice with window and garage door colours! its real hard to match, either have to go really light or really dark! this is the house atm with plain render... this is the display home originaly, we thought we might go in reverse and have the posts lighter and rest darker as the posts really stand out being lighter do you think the colour on the lightweight material as the base colour on house and dark posts? the windows and garage door will really blend into the render, dont really know how i feel about that http://imgur.com/I130Z http://imgur.com/S9v7F Re: 3 MONTHS AND STILL DECIDING RENDER COLOUR!!! 5Sep 12, 2012 3:10 pm I think keep the render as you do now and doing the posts a darker colour will be nicer..... another idea would be to do stacker stone on the middle post (brick post)... Re: 3 MONTHS AND STILL DECIDING RENDER COLOUR!!! 6Sep 12, 2012 3:15 pm had a bit of a toy around with this aswel? think it looks nice and modern? thoughts? http://imgur.com/M7Ore Re: 3 MONTHS AND STILL DECIDING RENDER COLOUR!!! 7Sep 12, 2012 3:19 pm yes that looks really nice, i think you have to go stacker stone in the middle pillar just to give it more texture.... we are doing the same for our home just to break up the render colour This certainly doesn't look good. I would be engaging with an independent inspector to have a look at this. As for the unscheduled site visits, most builders are quite… 1 28326 Hi Alex, Thanks for the reply again. I had a chat with the builder, he said he will use primer, then hydrotec which comes with colour and sealer as well. A Renderer I… 12 18098 I am looking for someone who might have tackled a similar issue as me. I have a few rendered interior walls, the surface condition is hardly flat. I can see all the bumps… 0 7967 |