Well well well.. another twist and turn in the story of Render..

Whilst perusing rightmove, I came across a local ‘exhibition’ house which has been extended and altered by the new owners. Giving into curiosity, I thought I’d have a look through the original exhibition catalogue to see exactly what they’d done. Flicking past the “Balgores Lane” section – I noticed..

…which seems to suggest the other houses built around the time of ours were all cement roughcast rendered. Indeed some even mention “hollow walls”. I’d always taken it on the value of our original survey that we had solid walls – but now I wonder.

Since all the brickwork is covered with Render, I was suspecting I was going to have to drill a hole to figure out whether we really could have cavity walls. Then I had a moment of inspiration..

Taking a photo of the front wall above the porch seems to suggest that all the bricks are facing the same way. If I’m not mistaken, I’m pretty sure this means we do in-fact have cavity walls!

So – sounds like cement render is back on the cards – and maybe roughcast rather than smooth? Back to planning then..