Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Acrylic Rendering with new Clarendon Home 22May 31, 2011 12:52 am My building thread : viewtopic.php?f=31&t=36059 Paid initial deposit 24/7/10 Tender appointment 20/8/2010 Flooring and tile appointment 25/9/10 Colour and Electrical appointment 13/9/10 December site start delayed Site start (YAY!) 17/1/11 Slab pour 1/2/2011 Re: Acrylic Rendering with new Clarendon Home 34Aug 23, 2011 9:55 pm Keep the issue simple. Just stat you want it like the display. If they dont want to at least get them to put there excuses in writing. Also you may even ask them who the supplier of the render is and speak to them. Re: Acrylic Rendering with new Clarendon Home 35Sep 20, 2011 4:16 pm Hi all, Clarendon has finally responded to my email today after 4 weeks of waiting and the warranty officer and site area manager have confirmed that no further work will be carried out to fix the rendering issue. They don't see a problem with it in daylight. Problem becames obvious when I have the lights on. The main problem I have is that the Waterfall display home I built doesn't have this facade and since has been sold. The Waterfall previous displayed at Eldersie had the New Port facade. The current Clarendon display homes don't have the Waterfall displayed anymore. I can only reference and go with the acrylic rendering done on the newer homes. Not sure what I should do. For me the next thing to do is to take this to Fair Trading. Is this my only option? Has anyone been through fair trading about a arylic rendering defect and what was the experience? What tolerance does the Fair Trading allow for arylic rendering? It seems like I'm going around in circles. Any advice or help will be great. Thanks Andy Re: Acrylic Rendering with new Clarendon Home 36Sep 20, 2011 8:38 pm Next step, Department of Fair Trading. You may want to get an independent inspectors report stating whether the problem is acceptable or not. Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 Re: Acrylic Rendering with new Clarendon Home 37Sep 20, 2011 9:25 pm Hi all, Just sent another email to Clarendon escalating the issue and the area site manager has agreed to meet onsite next Friday to discuss this further. My only problem with this acrylic rendering issue is that is not clearly visible during the day. The issue is only visible during the night when the up and down lights are on (refer to second pci with circles indicating the defects). Chances are during the appt next week, Clarendon will say I can't see anything wrong with the acrylic rendering under natural light hence no fixing is required. The issue is caused by the up and down lights so please change the lights if you want to fix the issue. Can you please help me out by recommending what I can say or do to streghten up my case and order Clarendon to fix this issue. Also, another problem is the Waterfall display home is no longer available and is the wrong facade anyway. The Waterfall display home had a bagged finish, whereas we went for the acrylic rendering finish. Thanks in advance, Andy Re: Acrylic Rendering with new Clarendon Home 38Sep 20, 2011 9:53 pm atx, did you get a PCI inspection done? if yes, has your inspector picked this issue and included in his report? If the issue is in the report, then the builder has to fix it or provide an acceptable answer to why they wouldnt want to fix it. Good luck man..hope this all gets sorted out soon Re: Acrylic Rendering with new Clarendon Home 40Sep 21, 2011 11:44 pm Thanks guys! I have been trying to sort out this acrylic rendering issue since handover back in Sept 2010. Unfortunately, I didn't notice the problem until after handover when I installed the lights and turn them on. I was completely shocked by the poor quality finish on the acrylic rendering. I reported the problem to Clarendon and they agreed to fix it after a lot of hassling. Their first attempt was to apply 2 coats of paint but that obviously didn't fix the problem. I complain again and the area site manager came to inspect the problem and decided to re-render the front facade. Refer to the before and after shots. I'm still not happy with the re-rendering. There are four areas where the rendering is inconsistent as indicated by the circles. These rendering defects can only be seen at night when the up and down lights are turned on. In the daytime, the problem is barely noticeable. Refer to daytime picture. http://bigbo.com.au/Daytime.jpg In summary: I have another appointment with Clarendon next Friday and want to strength my case to get Clarendon to rectify the issue. I can't use the Waterfall display home as it was built in the new port facade and had a bagged finish but it did have the up and down lights! The Clarendon display homes in Parklea have some houses with the acrylic rendering finish and also the up and down lights but don't have the inconsistent finish. Can I use these findings to support my case? I guess if Clarendon doesn't agree to fix it the issue then my next steps will be Fair Trading. Do you guys think I have a case or am I wasting my time!??!?!? Any help will be appreciated. Andy 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 18131 Suggestions please for acrylic rendering Color to match austral brick urban one pepper. Pic for reference. Thanks 0 5097 It's a classic case of aesthetics subjugating function where style takes precedence over practicality. 3 3954 |