We apply the full range, from a fine sand finish that reads almost smooth through to a heavy rolled texture, in any colour you like. We bring samples and we put them on your wall, not on a card in a showroom.
The texture grades and where they suit
Texture is graded by the size of the aggregate in the coating. That single number changes how the wall reads from the street more than the colour does.
- Fine, around 0.5mm. Almost smooth, contemporary, shows every imperfection underneath so the base render has to be perfect
- Medium, around 1mm to 1.5mm. The Sydney default. Forgiving, hides minor substrate variation, suits almost any house
- Coarse, 2mm and above. Traditional and heavy, good on large plain walls and older homes, hides a lot
- Rolled and sponge finishes, which give a directional or mottled pattern rather than a uniform grain
Choosing a colour that still looks right in five years
Two things go wrong with render colour in Sydney. People pick from a small card under fluorescent light, then get a whole wall of it in full sun and it is two shades brighter than they expected. And people pick a deep charcoal or near black on a west facing wall without thinking about heat.
Dark colours on western elevations reach surface temperatures that plain cement render is not comfortable with. If you want dark, and plenty of people do because it looks superb, go acrylic so the coating can handle the thermal cycling.
We leave sample patches on the actual wall and ask you to look at them at three different times of day before deciding. It costs us an extra visit and it has saved a lot of clients from a colour they would have regretted.
Texture coat over existing render
If your render is sound but tired, a fresh texture coat is the cheapest way to make the building look new. No scaffolding a full render job, no stripping, just preparation, a bonding coat and a new finish.
The qualifier is the same as always. We sound the wall first. Where the existing render has gone drummy it comes off before anything goes on. Coating over hollow render buys you two years and then costs you the whole job again.
Why texture coating beats painting render
A texture coat is many times thicker than a coat of paint, it is tinted through rather than filmed on, and it is far more resistant to UV. Paint on render typically wants redoing every seven to ten years in Sydney sun. A quality texture coat is a twenty year proposition.
It also hides substrate imperfection in a way paint never can. Paint is a thin film that follows every ripple and telegraphs it. Texture has body and it evens the wall out.