Advice of way to go for rendering an old cottage

[Anneliese]

Hello everyone.
I have recently undergone renovating a mid 1800s cottage and now I want to tackle the external. Currently the walls are covered in flakey paint and it seems lots of concrete patches have been applied to cover holes and blown bricks. I need to remove old paint and then I would like to apply a render to make the house look good and to provide a some protection from the elements. Can anyone give me advice of where to start?
Many thanks in advance.

 

[marshman]

Start with a needle gun and remove all the old paint

 

[Anneliese]

Thank you for that. Would that not damage the brick underneath seeing as the tool is designed for metal?

 

[marshman]

The rougher the brick face the better the key for render, it will not blow the bricks apart if that's what your thinking.

 

[harleythedog]

Soda blasting is a soft clean off option if you have a good budget, maybe a good quality petrol power washer (2.5-3000 psi) with a turbo nozzle. I have a real love of this

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• harleythedog
• 8 Sep 2010
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• harleythedog
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AFTER. one day 52 mtrs. Cool

 

[NickB_99]

, maybe a good quality petrol power washer (2.5-3000 psi) with a turbo nozzle.

looks good. Did you find the guy and the bench after you finished?

 

[harleythedog]

, maybe a good quality petrol power washer (2.5-3000 psi) with a turbo nozzle.

looks good. Did you find the guy and the bench after you finished?

Put him back in garden with hit pointy hat and fishing rod.

 

[NickB_99]

Put him back in garden with hit pointy hat and fishing rod.