Rendering Painting Exterior walls

We welcome inquirys from the industrial sector and can offer a wide range of solutions

for the protection and enhancement of your building.

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and general information and is available for :

This contract was over the top of Tescos in Commercial Road

London.

It was a new build and part renovation contract building 20 luxury

apartments . Our specification from the client was a fine

external sprayed finish that would remain clean in a busy commuter area with the min of maintenance over the years,

Extensive rendering and preparation was needed by us before we could carry out the final spraying works. Although a straight forward contract for us the difficulty was in getting access to the site as

everything had to be craned up from the road and the only working

times allowed was 10am to 4 PM....We decided to put 2 crews on it to get the contract done within the specified timescale.

This exterior walls of this residential property in London was in urgent need of "weatherproofing " due to excessive damp patches in the flats. The external coloured render was less that 5 years old and was already cracking and porous allowing rain to enter the substrate. Major gaps around the windows was also allowing water to enter and cause damage to the render and cavity wall insulation. After consultation with our clients MASTEX carried out all the remedial works as requested working with there own in house surveyor. One of the requirements was a flexible coating that would remain clean and crack free for at least 15 years, GUNEX WALLCOTE was the product used.

* Erect scaffolding to all elevations

* Remove and replace all blown rendering

* Cut back all cracks and fill with epoxy resin

* Fill all voids around door and window frames.

* Mask all areas not to be treated.

* Apply a primer base coat by airless spray.

* Trowel fill all imperfections on surface.

* Apply WALLCOTE top coat by high pressure spray.

* Demask and clean-up on completion.

* Strip scaffold touching in scaffold tubes marks

at the same time.

* Check with clients and sign the contract off.

This property sits high on the cliffs overlooking the sea in Bournemouth Divided up into holiday flats the building was in need of urgent external works due to the salt laden atsomphere.With wall tie falure, blown rendering and extensive penertrating damp it really was time for a major overall of the external walls.

1 Replacement and isolation of existing cavity

wall ties

2. Removal and replacement of blown render

and structural brick replacement

3. Extensive crack stitching

4. Power washing all areas of building.

5. Applying a biocide to all areas to be treated.

6. Masking all areas not to be treated.

7. Applying primer base coat to all areas

8. Apply GUNEX top coat using Graco High Pressure

spray rigs.

9. De Mask and clean up on completion

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This property in Tunbridge Wells was just outside its NHBC guarantee scheme when the owner came across major problems with the external walls. A survey by there insurance company found the following problems and we was instructed to rectify the problems that had been found.

! / All of the external render was cracking and coming away from the blockwork.

2 / Large areas of pointing was eroding

3 / All of the main copings on the property was loose with no lead DPC under them.

4 / Cavity wall ties missing on various elevations.

5 / Cavity bridged in various areas with mortar. causing internal damp problems

1 / Scaffold complete property

2 / Remove all render and replace

3 / Apply GUNEX WALL COTE sprayed coating to all new render

4 / Remove all copings

5 / Insert new lead DPC capping to the cavity.

6 / Replace with new cast stone copings to all areas as required.

7 / Repoint all defective pointing

8 / Insert new cavity wall ties on all elevations

9 / Clean cavities of all bridging mortar.

One of the flats in this block caught fire and severely damaged the K Rend

external rendering and we was awarded the contract for the renovation of the external elevation as shown.

! / Clean down elevation removing all soot and damaged fittings.

2 / Remove all damaged K Rend rendering

3 / Replace all K Rend to match existing substrate.

4 / Mask all areas not to be treated

5 / Apply a stabilising coat to the fire damaged areas

6 / Apply GUNEX primer to all areas.

7 / Apply by Heavy Duty spray GUNEX COATING to all areas.

8 / Demask and clean up on completion of works.

This property property is located in marine parade west Clacton on sea Divided up into holiday flats the building was in need of urgent external works due to the salt laden atmosphere .With wall tie failure, blown rendering and extensive penetrating damp it really was time for a major overall of the external walls.

On completion of the works the main flat roof and copings was renovated with WALLCOTE to complete the total weather proofing of this building.