Hednesford lies where the town meets the heaths of Cannock Chase, a couple of miles north-east of Cannock, with Pye Green, Rawnsley, Hazel Slade, Heath Hayes and Wimblebury around it. It grew from a roadside hamlet into a busy coal town in the late 19th century, and its houses show every stage of that story, from a coaching inn of 1746 to Victorian miners’ terraces, council estates and new developments. Our firm, RCR Connections Ltd, is Birmingham based, covering the whole of the Midlands, and our renderers work all over Hednesford and the surrounding Cannock Chase villages.

This page covers the town’s history and its rendered landmarks, the house types you’ll find, and how each one should be rendered, along with practical advice on systems, colours, pebbledash, planning and looking after a rendered home.

Free, no-obligation quote in Hednesford: WhatsApp me on 07453 614095 with a few photos, or send us a message.

Hednesford through the centuries

Heddin’s ford

Cannock Chase District Council’s heritage trail says Hednesford is first recorded in 1153, as “Hedenedford”, when it was granted freedom from pannage dues, the charge for feeding pigs in the forest. The name is thought to come from a ford over a stream built by a Saxon named Heddin or Hedda. By the late 12th century a family of knights named Trumwyne held land here, but even in the early 16th century only a small number of people lived in the settlement.

Forges and furnaces

The same trail notes an iron forge at Hednesford in 1473, and that around 1561 William Paget built the first blast furnace in the Midlands, along what is now the road from Hednesford to Rugeley. The Victoria County History mentions two pools, “Hedne Ford Poole”, alongside the Rugeley road, possibly linked with iron-working. They have long since been built over.

Coaches and racehorses

The original hamlet stood at Hill Top, around the Cross Keys Inn. The inn dates from 1746 and stood on an old packhorse route, later serving as a staging post for coaches and road wagons. By 1817 the Hednesford Hills were used to train racehorses; the county history quotes a description from 1839 of Hednesford as “the most noted place for training available to persons in the Midland Counties”. The heritage trail explains that the hills’ good drainage and turf made them ideal for training.

Coal and the new town

In 1851 Hednesford was described as “an enclosed hamlet on Cannock heath”, with around 300 people, rising to about 800 by 1860. It grew rapidly after the opening of the Uxbridge Pit, and from the late 1850s the Hednesford Colliery Company drew in many newcomers. The county history says the present town centre, with the railway station at its heart, was built almost entirely between 1860 and 1880. The market hall and gasworks followed in 1872, the public rooms in 1876 and the police station in 1877. The station building of 1859 burnt down and was replaced in 1876.

Decline and change

After the First World War the coal industry fell into depression, and more pits closed after nationalisation in 1947. The heritage trail notes that in the 1940s and 50s many areas of terraced housing were cleared. Large council estates, some from before 1939, were built at Pye Green and Green Heath to the north-west. In 2006, a memorial to local miners was put up outside the library, with bricks engraved with the names of miners and their collieries.

Rendered landmarks

The Anglesey Hotel

The county history records that the Anglesey Hotel, formerly Hednesford Lodge, was built in 1831 by Edmund Peel of Fazeley as a summer residence with stabling for his racehorses. It became a hotel in the 1860s. Its white stucco front has two stepped gables, a smaller gable and a Tudor-arched porch. Part of the original stabling survives, and Historic England lists the building at grade II.

The Cross Keys Inn

The Cross Keys carries its original date stone on an altered stucco front. Lettering on the outside may be a clue to its coaching days. The county history describes Cross Keys Farm, about 100 yards to the south, as the only timber-framed building in Hednesford, probably dating from the 16th century. There are also pre-19th-century buildings in Forge Street and at Littleworth.

Our Lady of Lourdes

Just off the heritage trail on Uxbridge Street, the Roman Catholic church of Our Lady of Lourdes opened in 1934. The heritage trail says it was built of concrete, which was less expensive than brick or stone, and faced with white granite. Because of the risk of mining subsidence, its concrete raft was designed to be adjustable, a feature that attracted wide interest at the time.

What these buildings show

Stucco, smooth render and careful detailing have been part of Hednesford’s townscape for nearly two centuries. On listed buildings, repairs to render need listed building consent and should use matching, breathable materials, usually lime.

Planning in Hednesford

Hednesford is in Cannock Chase district, so planning and building control are handled by Cannock Chase District Council. The council’s conservation areas are in Cannock, Bridgtown, Brereton and Rugeley; Hednesford itself isn’t in one. Re-rendering a house is normally allowed without an application where the new finish looks much like the old one, but check with the council if your home is listed, if you’re changing its look significantly, or if you’re adding insulation to the outside. Building regulations can also apply when render is replaced over a large area of wall.

Hednesford’s houses and their render

Victorian and Edwardian terraces

The terraces that survive from the mining boom have solid brick walls. Some are bare brick, others have been painted, rendered or pebbledashed over the years. Solid walls need breathable render, such as lime or a breathable silicone system, rather than hard cement.

Inter-war council houses

Pre-war estates at Pye Green and elsewhere have cavity brick walls. Many had roughcast or pebbledash applied, either from new or later.

Post-war council estates

After the war, large estates of semis and terraces were built. Some used non-traditional construction systems, which need careful assessment before rendering.

Private houses from the 1960s to 80s

These usually have cavity brick walls, sometimes with panels of render, tile hanging or cladding on the front.

New homes

Recent developments often have render panels in silicone or through-coloured systems, alongside brick.

K-Rend in Hednesford: rendering on the edge of the Chase

Hednesford grew around the pits, with mining terraces near the centre, inter-war and post-war estates on the hills and newer homes on old colliery land, all on the edge of Cannock Chase. K-Rend monocouche and silicone render suits most of those houses, and the weather off the Chase makes the details matter. RCR Connections Ltd is Birmingham based, covering the whole of the Midlands, and Hednesford is a short run up the A5 from us. These are the parts of the area we work in most, the houses you find there and the K-Rend jobs they usually need.

Wherever you are in Hednesford, the first step is the same: WhatsApp me on 07453 614095 or message the page with a photo of each side of the house and your road or postcode. We work Monday to Friday 7am to 5pm and Saturday 7am to 1pm, and between us we have 62 years of combined experience.

Semi-detached house front finished in white render by RCR Connections Ltd, K-Rend and rendering in Hednesford
A semi-detached house front finished in white through-coloured render.

The render systems we use

Silicone render

This thin finish has its colour mixed right through and sheds water while letting the wall breathe. It’s self-cleaning to a degree and resists algae, making it a good choice for walls on the edge of the Chase that stay damp and shaded.

K-Rend monocouche

K-Rend monocouche is a through-coloured, cement-based render put on in one or two coats, then scraped back once firm to leave a light texture. It doesn’t need painting and is widely used on new homes and on older homes being updated.

Sand and cement

Traditional sand and cement render is strong and economical. It needs painting with masonry paint and is best on sound cavity walls. On solid walls, it can trap moisture.

Lime render

Lime render is softer and breathable. It suits solid-walled Victorian terraces and older buildings, especially listed ones.

Insulated render

Fixing insulation boards to the brickwork and rendering over them can transform a cold house. It’s a bigger project, often needing planning permission and building regulations approval, and details like window sills, eaves and pipes need careful planning.

Pebbledash: strip or cover?

Stripping

If the dash is loose, cracked or hollow over large areas, it’s best removed. That leaves a sound background for new render, but it’s noisy, dusty work, and the brick beneath can be damaged.

Rendering over

If the dash is firmly stuck to the wall, it can sometimes be rendered over with a suitable base coat with mesh bedded in. That saves the upheaval of stripping but adds thickness at window and door reveals.

Testing first

We tap the whole wall to find hollow areas and check for cracks and damp before recommending which way to go.

How a rendering job runs

  1. Survey: we inspect every elevation, tapping for hollows and noting cracks and damp, and agree the system and colour.
  2. Scaffold: scaffolding goes up, with protection for windows, doors, paths and plants.
  3. Preparation: loose material is removed, cracks repaired and the wall cleaned.
  4. Beads: corner, stop and bellcast beads are fixed.
  5. Base coats: the base coat is applied, with mesh where needed.
  6. Finish: the top coat goes on and is given its texture.
  7. Clean-up: scaffolding is removed, sills and paths cleaned, and waste taken away.

Colours and finishes

Coloured-through renders are made in dozens of shades. Lighter colours are traditional and reflect heat; darker ones can show marks less but may fade or get hot in sun. Look at samples outside in daylight and against your brickwork, roof and windows. If you’re in a row of houses, matching or complementing neighbours makes the street look tidy.

Problems we see in Hednesford render

Blown render

If a section sounds drummy under a knock, the bond with the masonry has failed. It usually needs cutting out and replacing.

Cracks

Fine cracks can be filled, but larger cracks may mean the render is failing or the wall is moving.

Damp

Damp can come from cracks in render, missing bell beads at the base, or render bridging the damp-proof course.

Algae and staining

Green and black staining on shady walls is common. Silicone renders resist this better than painted finishes.

Mining and movement

The Victoria County History says the geology changes from sandstone around Cannock to coal measures further east, and mining has shaped the whole district. Our Lady of Lourdes was built with an adjustable raft because of the risk of subsidence. If your walls show stepped cracks or continuing movement, get them checked by a structural engineer before re-rendering.

Hednesford Pool, the park and the hills

From pool to park

The heritage trail explains that the whole of Hednesford Park was once Hednesford Pool, covering 27 acres. White’s 1834 directory said it was full of pike, perch and roach. When the Valley Pit opened in 1874, it was first known as the Pool Pit. To stop the mine flooding, the colliery company diverted the brook that fed the pool, and by 1900 it had dried up completely. Hednesford Park opened in 1931, paid for by a levy of a penny per ton on coal from local mines and handed to the council by the Cannock Chase Miners’ Welfare Committee.

Valley Colliery and the museum

The Valley Colliery was linked underground to Wimblebury Colliery in 1887, and pithead baths opened in 1940. From 1946 the site was the coal-mining training centre for the Cannock Chase, Shropshire and South Staffordshire coalfields, and more than 17,000 trainee miners passed through it. The old corn store became the training building and later the main building of the Museum of Cannock Chase, which the council opened as the Valley Heritage Centre in 1989.

The war memorial

Across the Rugeley Road, on the edge of the hills, stands the war memorial. The Marquess of Anglesey gave two acres of land in 1920, and the grey granite memorial, about 8.5 metres high, was unveiled by Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, on 9 November 1922. Bronze laurel wreaths at its base carry the names of 234 men.

Hednesford Hills

The council describes Hednesford Hills as a nationally important lowland heath and acid grassland, now a Local Nature Reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest. Most of the land was given to the council by the Marquess of Anglesey on 7 March 1933. Grazing resumed in 2002 after a gap of about a century. For homes near the hills, that open, exposed ground matters: wind-driven rain hits the north and east faces of houses on the higher roads hard.

The mining villages around Hednesford

Chadsmoor and High Town

The county history says Chadsmoor and High Town grew in the late 19th and 20th centuries as Cannock expanded with mining, and now form an almost continuous built-up area between Cannock and Hednesford. Much of West Chadsmoor is council and private housing from the inter-war years and later.

Heath Hayes and Wimblebury

Heath Hayes and Wimblebury, south-east of Hednesford, were mostly built between 1890 and 1910, with later houses on the edges, including a council estate at Wimblebury. Splash Lane, between Hednesford and Wimblebury, takes its name from “le Plash”, a plot held by Roger Trumwyn when he died in 1362.

Rawnsley

At Rawnsley, the Cannock and Rugeley Colliery Company built 100 terraced houses in 1914. Terraces like these were built quickly and plainly, and today many have been rendered, re-pointed or had their fronts repaired.

Prospect Village

The county history says Prospect Village, south-east of Rawnsley, was built in its entirety around 1926 and consists of roughcast semi-detached houses in small gardens. Roughcast nearly a century old is often still sound, but where it has blown or cracked, patching needs to match the original texture, or the whole face is re-rendered.

Hazel Slade

Hazel Slade was moved into Cannock Urban District in 1934 from Brereton. Like its neighbours, it has a mix of older miners’ houses and later council homes.

Pye Green and Green Heath

The big council estates at Pye Green and Green Heath were the latest major expansion of the town in the 1950s, when the county history was written, with prefabricated bungalows at Pye Green too. Many of the permanent houses from these estates have been bought by their tenants and improved over the years.

Building on mining ground

Raft foundations

The county history notes that since 1945 new houses near Leacroft have been built on raft foundations because of the danger of subsidence. The adjustable raft beneath Our Lady of Lourdes is an earlier example of the same worry.

What it means for render

Render is rigid, so where a house has moved in the past, old cracks often show through. Before we render, we look for stepped cracks in brickwork, sloping sills and doors that stick. Movement that has stopped can be dealt with by repairing the cracks and using mesh in the base coat. Ongoing movement needs a structural engineer first.

Mining searches

If you’re buying a house in the area, the conveyancing search will normally include a coal mining report. It’s worth reading before you plan major work on the outside.

Choosing a render for your Hednesford home

Terraced houses from the coal boom

Many Victorian and Edwardian terraces in the town centre, Chadsmoor and Heath Hayes have solid nine-inch brick walls. Breathable systems let moisture escape. A hard cement render can trap it, leading to damp patches inside. For these homes we usually suggest lime or a silicone system on a suitable breathable base.

Roughcast semis

For roughcast houses like those in Prospect Village, the choice is between repairing the roughcast, rendering over it, or stripping and starting again. The right answer depends on how well it’s stuck to the wall.

Council houses

Cavity-walled council houses take most render systems. If your house is one of the non-traditional types built after the war, a specialist survey comes first.

Modern homes

On newer houses with render panels, we can repair, clean or re-coat the existing panels, or replace tired painted render with a through-coloured finish.

Getting the details right

Window sills

Render should stop neatly beneath sills, which need a drip on the underside so that water falls clear of the wall. If old sills are too shallow once new render adds thickness, they can be extended or replaced.

Bell beads at the base

A bellcast bead at the bottom of the render throws water off and keeps the render above the damp-proof course. Taking render right down to the soil lets it wick moisture upwards.

Corners and reveals

Corner beads give straight, strong edges. Around windows and doors, stop beads give a clean finish against frames.

Pipes, cables and fittings

Downpipes, satellite dishes, lights and cables usually need taking off and refitting. We’ll talk about which items to remove and what to do with old fixings.

Bays and porches

Bays and porches often have their own roofs and joints, where render can crack. These areas need mesh and careful finishing.

Garden walls

Garden walls and gate piers can be rendered to match the house, with coping on top to stop water getting in.

Weather on the edge of the Chase

Exposure

Houses on higher ground towards the hills catch more wind and rain. Walls facing north dry slowly, and green growth takes hold there first.

Rendering season

Render shouldn’t be applied in frost or heavy rain, or in strong sun and wind that dries it too quickly. Spring to autumn is the main season, and we plan each stage around the forecast.

Protecting new render

Fresh render is covered if rain is forecast, and in hot weather it may need shading or misting so it cures properly.

Looking after rendered walls

Cleaning

Silicone and monocouche renders can be cleaned with a gentle wash and a suitable biocide. Avoid pressure washing at high settings, which can damage the surface.

Gutters and downpipes

Overflowing gutters and leaking pipes soak render and cause staining. Clearing them each autumn helps.

Small cracks

Fine cracks can be sealed before water gets in. Ask us if you’re unsure whether a crack is cosmetic.

Painting

Painted sand and cement render usually needs repainting every few years. Through-coloured renders don’t need painting.

Insulating before you render

Is it worth it?

Many older houses in Hednesford lose a lot of heat through solid walls. Boards beneath the render keep rooms warmer and cut down condensation on cold walls.

What’s involved

Insulation is pinned and glued to the brick, then meshed and finished in render. Window sills, eaves, gas meters and pipes need extending or moving. The work is often covered by building regulations, so allow time for approval.

Grants

Grant schemes change often. Check with Cannock Chase District Council or the government’s current schemes before you start.

Questions to ask any renderer

  1. Which render system do you suggest for my walls, and why?
  2. Will you strip the old render or pebbledash?
  3. How will you deal with sills, pipes and fittings?
  4. How long will the job take?
  5. What happens if the weather turns?
  6. Do I need planning permission or building regulations approval?
  7. Will you remove all waste?

Neighbours and shared walls

Terraces and semis

If you’re rendering one house in a row, the render needs a neat stop at the party wall line. Talk to your neighbour about scaffolding access and how the finish will meet their wall.

Party Wall Act

Most rendering doesn’t need a party wall notice, but some work, such as cutting into a shared wall, can. Ask if you’re unsure.

What we bring to a Hednesford job

How long it takes

A typical semi takes a week or two, depending on preparation, weather and the system used. Stripping pebbledash or adding insulation adds time.

Railways, canals and the town centre

Trains and coal

The heritage trail notes that the Cannock Mineral Railway, crossing the road at Old Hednesford, opened in 1859. Many branch lines served the collieries. The county history adds that the Cannock extension of the Wyrley and Essington Canal reached its terminus at Hednesford by 1858, and that the later Churchbridge link had fallen out of use by 1957 because of the danger of subsidence.

A Victorian centre

Because the core of the town went up so quickly between 1860 and 1880, many shops and houses on and around Market Street share the same age, materials and style. Red brick, slate roofs, sash windows and simple stone or brick detailing are typical. In 1877 Cannock was split into three wards, Cannock, Chadsmoor and Hednesford, under a Local Board, which became an Urban District in 1894.

Market Street memories

The heritage trail records long-running family shops: Blagg’s ironmonger’s arrived from Leek in 1865 and traded until 2003, and Tranter’s butcher’s moved from Wimblebury around 1905 and closed in 2000. Market Street was two-way until the early 1990s.

Rendering above shopfronts

Many Hednesford shops have flats or storage above. Rendering the upper floors needs scaffolding that keeps the shop open, safe access for customers, and a neat stop where render meets the shopfront fascia.

Racing heritage

Edmund Peel’s stables

The county history says that by 1834, about 100 horses were trained each season on the Hednesford Hills, and by 1851 eleven trainers and jockeys were working with about 120 horses. Edmund Peel built Hednesford Lodge in 1831 with stables beside the pool, and the Grand National was won four times by horses from Hednesford stables.

Stables and outbuildings

Some older properties still have outbuildings, stables or coach houses. These often have solid walls with no damp-proof course and need breathable lime, not cement.

Brick or render?

Reading the brickwork

The heritage trail points out the brick bonds you can spot around Hednesford: English bond, with alternate rows of headers and stretchers, and Flemish bond, with headers and stretchers alternating in each row. Locally fired bricks often came out darker where they were nearer the kiln’s heat, and builders used that to make patterns.

When to keep the brick

If the brickwork is sound and attractive, re-pointing with the right mortar may be all it needs. Rendering over good patterned brick on a terrace can spoil the look of a whole row.

When render helps

Render makes sense where the brick is spalling, badly patched or porous, where a wall lets in damp from driving rain, or where the house was already rendered. It’s also a way to tidy up a mix of bricks after alterations.

Patch repairs or a full re-render?

Small areas

Where a small patch of render has blown, it can be cut out and repaired. Matching an old painted finish is straightforward because the wall can be repainted. Matching a weathered through-coloured finish is harder.

Bigger failures

If tapping finds hollow areas across much of a wall, patching becomes a false economy. A full re-render of that elevation gives a uniform finish and removes the weak areas at the same time.

Mixing systems

Different render types behave differently. A patch of hard cement in a lime wall, or a flexible finish over a weak base, can crack along the join. We match the repair to what is already there, or advise re-rendering the whole face.

Extensions, chimneys and other jobs

Rendering an extension

New block extensions are often rendered to match the house or to give a clean modern finish. Blockwork needs to be dry and the joints even before we start.

Chimney stacks

Stacks stand in the full force of the weather. Once render cracks up there, rain gets into the brick and down into the house. It’s usually best dealt with while scaffolding is up for other work.

Gable ends

Gable walls on end-terrace and semi-detached homes are often the most exposed. Some owners render just the gable to stop damp coming through, leaving brick at the front.

Garages and outbuildings

Detached garages and sheds can be rendered too, often in the same colour as the house.

Planning the job

The survey visit

We look at each side of the house, test the existing render, check sills, gutters, pipes and fittings, and talk through colours and textures. If anything needs a specialist, such as a structural engineer, we’ll tell you.

Access and parking

On tight terraced streets, scaffolding and deliveries need planning. We may need a scaffold licence from the highway authority if scaffolding stands on the pavement.

Staying put while we work

You can usually stay at home throughout. There will be noise when old render is stripped, and some windows may be covered for a few days.

Landlords and tenants

If you let a property, give tenants plenty of notice about scaffolding and noise, and arrange access for the survey.

Selling a rendered home

Buyers and surveyors look closely at render. Cracks, staining and hollow patches can raise questions, while a tidy, well-detailed finish helps a house look cared for.

What affects the size of a job

Every house is different. The main things that affect how much work is involved are the area of wall, how much old render needs removing, how many windows and fittings there are, the access, whether insulation is being added, and which system you choose. We explain all of this at the survey.

Common mistakes to avoid

Finding the cause of damp first

Rain coming through

On exposed gables, wind-driven rain can soak porous brick or cracked render until damp shows inside. Repairing the outside face usually solves it.

Damp from below

Tide marks low on inside walls may point to a bridged or failed damp-proof course, soil piled against the wall, or render taken below the damp course line. These need fixing before or as part of re-rendering.

Condensation

Dark mould spots behind wardrobes and in room corners are usually condensation rather than penetrating damp. Better heating, ventilation and, where suitable, insulation help more than new render alone.

Leaks

Faulty gutters, downpipes, flashings and overflows are common causes of damp patches. We’ll point out anything we notice during the survey.

The first weeks after rendering

New render keeps curing for some time after the scaffolding comes down. Avoid fixing anything to it straight away, keep sprinklers and hoses off it, and don’t pressure wash it. Some through-coloured renders can show slight patchiness at first, which usually evens out as the surface weathers. Let us know if anything looks wrong.

Fitting in with the street

Victorian rows

On streets of 1860s and 1870s houses, quiet stone, cream or off-white shades tend to suit the red brick and slate. Picking out sills and window heads in a contrasting colour can echo the original detailing.

Estates

On council-built estates where many houses are already rendered, choosing a shade close to neighbouring homes keeps the street looking uniform. On a detached house you have more freedom.

Modern developments

Some newer estates have rules in the deeds about outside finishes. Check before changing colour or material.

Help for older and disabled residents

If you or someone in your home has limited mobility, tell us at the survey. We can plan access, keep paths clear and arrange the work around care visits. Adaptations such as ramps or widened doorways sometimes need rendering or making good afterwards, and we can fit that in.

Bats and nesting birds

The council’s records for Hednesford Hills include soprano pipistrelle, brown long-eared and noctule bats. Bats sometimes roost behind fascias, in gaps around eaves or behind loose render, and they and their roosts are protected by law. If you’ve seen bats around your roof, tell us before work starts, as a bat survey may be needed. Nesting birds are protected too, so we check eaves and gutters before scaffolding goes up in spring.

Plastering

We also plaster inside: walls, ceilings, re-plastering and plasterboard. See our Cannock rendering page and K-Rend monocouche page.

Areas we cover near Hednesford

We render houses in Hednesford, Pye Green, Rawnsley, Hazel Slade, Heath Hayes, Wimblebury and Chadsmoor. See rendering in Cannock, plastering in Burntwood, plastering in Lichfield, rendering in Walsall, and all the areas we cover.

More services: Rendering with sand and cement · Rendering new extensions.

Contact

Send us photos of each side of your Hednesford home on WhatsApp at 07453 614095 and we’ll tell you what we can see. The team has 62 years of combined experience. Prefer email? Write to rcrconnectionsltd@gmail.com, or send the short form on the contact page, and we’ll arrange a survey visit.

Rendering in Hednesford: common questions

Do you cover Hednesford and the surrounding area?

Yes. RCR Connections Ltd is Birmingham based, covering the whole of the Midlands, and works across Hednesford and south Staffordshire. We also cover Tamworth, Cannock and Burntwood. For the full list, see areas we cover.

How do I get a rendering quote in Hednesford?

WhatsApp me on 07453 614095 or message the page with photos of each side of the house, and tell us what finish you have in mind. We will come back with a free, no-obligation quote, or arrange a visit to look at the walls first.

Do you do K-Rend in Hednesford?

Yes. K-Rend monocouche and silicone render is our main rendering system, and we fit it on houses, extensions, garage conversions and garden walls right across Hednesford, from West Hill and Pye Green to Rawnsley, Hazelslade, Wimblebury and Keys Park. WhatsApp me on 07453 614095 or message the page with photos for a free quote.

Which render is right for my house?

It depends on the wall, the house and the look you want. We work with sand and cement, silicone, through-coloured monocouche (such as K-Rend monocouche) and insulated render, and we will recommend one after seeing the wall. Our guide K-Rend monocouche vs silicone vs sand and cement render explains the differences.

Will render hold up on a house facing the Chase?

Yes, with the right details. Walls near the Chase get a lot of wind, rain and shade. We use mesh in the base coat, drip beads over openings and a bead at the base, and silicone where a wall stays damp and green.

Can you render a mining terrace in Hednesford?

Yes. We look at the wall first, because these terraces are usually solid brick and may have patched or failed render on the back. We take off what is loose and use a breathable system where the wall needs to dry out.

What hours do you work?

Monday to Friday 7am to 5pm and Saturday 7am to 1pm.

For a nearby property, see our rendering in Heath Hayes page.