The Job: Existing customers called us having noticed the render on the front façade of their house had developed some cracks. They suspected some water might be penetrating around the sill of one of the gable windows.
Our assessment suggested the cracking could have been patched and the sill replaced. However, our preferred approach, and the customers’, was to remove the existing render, perform a thorough inspection of the underlying brick and stonework, and then reharl the front and side façades and chimneys.
Our Approach: First we stripped back the façade to the bare bones, an underlying combination of brick and stone - a legacy of an old extension to the original house.
We then applied a wire mesh system to the whole face, and covered the cracks and joints between the stone and brick. We also replaced the concrete windowsills with natural stone, as they would have been when the house was first built.
The trickiest part of the whole job was removing the heavy old sills without damaging the windows, which required scaffolding for the walls and chimney. One of the windows needed replacing, so our joiners crafted a bespoke match in our workshop.
Finally, we tidied up the windows, and applied a natural coloured product to the façade for the overall finish. Our customers are delighted that their new finish is maintenance free, as opposed to the old one, which required periodic painting for upkeep.
What the customer said:
We feel we were given very sound advice by Key Square and are delighted with the end result. Without exception all involved on and off site were friendly, helpful and committed to achieving a good result for us