Removing Render

[bobski1]

New place that we have moved into has the render crossing the damp proof in places.

I have an angle grinder and hammer drill in order to remove the render from the brick, however I'm a little nervous having never really dealt with render before about taking off part of the brick.

Questions I had was

1) once I have taken off the render up to the right level, do I need apply some kind of seal to the bottom of the newly exposed edge?

2) If any brick does come off, is there any sealant or anything which should be applied to it to stop any major effects?

[essayer]

Ideally the bottom bit should be rendered to a ‘bell drip’ so water running off drips far enough from the brick

[bobski1]

essayer said:

Ideally the bottom bit should be rendered to a ‘bell drip’ so water running off drips far enough from the brick

Makes sense, given I am having to remove a few brick courses of render to take it about the damp proof in order to stop damp is there something I can fit after, perhaps a bead of sealant or something?

I don't mind going up a few more courses and adding a strip of render at the bottom to give the bell drip, I need to fill some holes in the render and paint it at some point anyway

[Saleen836]

Take the old render a bit higher up then use this..
http://www.designcurial.com/products/bellcast-bead... then re-render, any exposed brickwork can/should be repointed to tidy it up

[bobski1]

Any techniques to join the two parts of render together?

This sounds like more than a weekend job.

Might get somebody in to help with this, especially trying to get a good curve on it & repointing.

Awfully tempted to just remove the lot

[essayer]

bobski1 said:

Any techniques to join the two parts of render together?

This sounds like more than a weekend job.

Might get somebody in to help with this, especially trying to get a good curve on it & repointing.

Awfully tempted to just remove the lot

It’s worth doing properly, a decent plasterer/renderer will not take too long. But you then might need to paint it ?
It’s a massive job to remove it all (days, skips, scaffolding) and the bricks underneath will get damaged

[bobski1]

essayer said:

bobski1 said:

Any techniques to join the two parts of render together?

This sounds like more than a weekend job.

Might get somebody in to help with this, especially trying to get a good curve on it & repointing.

Awfully tempted to just remove the lot

It’s worth doing properly, a decent plasterer/renderer will not take too long. But you then might need to paint it ?
It’s a massive job to remove it all (days, skips, scaffolding) and the bricks underneath will get damaged

Yea I think I will start getting quoted from somebody