The damage rain can cause to your home's walls

You might be surprised to learn just how much damage the rain can cause to your home’s walls if left unchecked and untreated. Particularly after a wet summer like we’ve had this year – without the warm, dry months, by next spring your walls may have taken quite a battering at the hands of the elements.

Without protecting your walls, you may start seeing cracked, blown and discoloured patches over your walls. It’s worth paying close attention, because noticing these small signs could save you a fortune in the long run.

So what can you do if you start to notice them? Painting over the damage can be a start, and will provide a little protection for a while, but within a few years the paint will crack, peel, and discolour in the sun. A rendered exterior can make your house look truly stunning, adding extra value to your home and making it a nicer place to live in.

On the other hand, exterior rendering can provide an excellent and long lasting solution to the problem of rain damage. A rendered wall coating will last for upwards of 25 years, and with a well maintained exterior, your house will weather the weather even better than ever.

Well maintained exterior rendering can also alleviate rising or penetrating damp, which can be a major cause of colds and sniffles. If your home is already suffering from rising damp, you should to seek expert advice before continuing

If your house is looking old and tired, perhaps it’s time to give it a facelift. A rendered coating will save you money over the long term – and to save even more money, get an instant quote for rendering your property by heading over to renderingquoter.co.uk now.

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Painting the exterior of your house

Painting the exterior of your home needn't be a chore any more. Exterior painting and rendering technology has moved on with the latest coverings not only making your home look fresh, they actually act to inhibit mould and fungi as well as forming a tough weather-proof barrier to the elements.

The key to a successful and long lasting exterior painting of your home is in the preparation so it's worth spending the time filling in any cracks or missing rendering / pebble-dashing as well as cleaning the old surface before applying the new coat.

Then there's the balancing act atop ladders, coping with tight spaces and those hard to reach corners.

So small wonder that more and more home owners are turning to professional exterior rendering and decorating companies to come and complete the work for them.

A typical job involves cleaning down the surface, removing any flaking or damaged rendering or old coats of paint, before repairing as required. Then the area is masked off and finally, the new coating applied.

Did we mention that in many cases, not only is their a choice of colours, but also a choice of textures too.

Home Improvement Quotes has developed its own online rendering quote website - just enter a few address details, type in the approximate measurements of the surface to be rendered or painted and our clever website will generate an quote for you in seconds, giving you a rough expectation of cost.

It's completely free and only takes a few moments to complete and get an online quote. Why not try it today? - Click here.