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The same way people refer to all vacuums as a Hoover, which is a brand name of a vacuum, K-rend is a brand name of a type of rendering that’s owned by the Kilwaughter company and people refer to all kinds of rendering a K-rend. K-rend however does have its own unique properties and benefits:
Pristine Plastering can transform your property with K-rend; depending on the size of the project, K-rend can be mixed and applied by hand or by machine.
It’s worth noting that if your external walls are painted, this will need to be removed by us first in order to apply the K-rend, otherwise a proper seal will not be formed. Additional time and costs will apply to prepare your brickwork before K-rend is applied.
In recent years K-rend have started to produce organic resin renders, which can also be referred to as a ‘bucket mix’. The mix is cement-free but has silicone added to it in order to make it water repellent and low maintenance. If this type of K-rend is what you’re looking for, Pristine Plastering can transform your Reading property into a beautifully rendered property that won’t cause you any hassle.
Using K-rend to render your property is extremely beneficial as it’s very durable and low maintenance, so you won’t need to worry about repainting your house every few years as K-rend is designed to last for 30 years. There is also no need to paint the property after rendering as K-rend comes in different colour options.
To clean your K-rend property, it simply needs to be treated yearly with algaecide by spraying the mixture on the property with a hose. Properties with K-rend are weather-proof and permeable to water vapour, which means there’s unlikely to be condensation problems on the inside of the property.
This type of finish is a patterned design, made using saw blades or similar tools to create lines and a cracked effect. The best way to create a scraped finish pattern is to allow the final coat of plaster to stiffen for a few hours, then create the effect with the blade.
A classic look for external wall rendering and popular in seaside and suburban homes, a pebble dashing finish is made by applying pebbles in the final coat of plaster. The pebbles can be gently pressed into the mortar mix with a wooden float.
This is a coarse wall made from a mortar mix of cement, sand and aggregates in a ratio of 1:1:3. The mortar mix is applied to the prepared plaster surface and is roughly finished using a wooden float.
This type of plaster finish is water-proof and tough, making it good for resisting cracking. It’s mainly used for external use.
Pristine Plastering specialises in sand and cement facing plastering. In a nutshell, sand is added to cement and this is then used as the plaster render to cover exterior walls. The overall look is neat yet a little grainy too.
This type of rendering is very popular with older homes where the owners don’t want a brick finish anymore. Once the plaster is dry, it’s ready to be painted any colour of your choice, which will result in a clean and fresh looking home.
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In older times, asbestos was used in the plastering to help soundproof the walls, what we do nowadays at Pristine Plastering is use fibres or aggregates in the plaster which absorbs sound - this is referred to as acoustic plastering. To soundproof the walls of your Reading property, we at Pristine Plastering will use a base layer of absorptive substrate panels, typically made from mineral wool or blow-glass granulate.