Lime Rendering Is it to late?

[pete32]

Hi,

Just trying to get a bit of advice, my timber frame cottage has the lovely cement render on the front which in one area is falling off. Is it a bit late to rip it off and re-render in lime, I was origonally going to re-render in March next year but now am stuck between a rock ad a hard place.

The sole plate has been replaced this year from the inside out so the frame is in good shape overall. So do I rip off the cracked and exposed area and re-render in cement to get me through or do I re-render in lime and hope the weather is on my side.

Any advice would be appreciated

Pete

 

[Nemesis]

That depends - where are you, when do you expect frost?

We are currently building a wall using lime, and expect about another month before we would stop - north, frost pocket...

 

[pete32]

cambridgeshire

 

[Nemesis]

You should be OK as long as you get moving pronto.

Some protective cover (hessian) should be looked at.