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Having read the BBA it appears this system can utilise a variety of insulations which can be rendered with Portland Cement rather than the EXPENSIVE acrylic renders used with other systems.
I haven't priced the product but having used some of the systems it seems a no-brainer cost wise simply because inexpensive sand/cement/lime renders can be used. Or am I missing something?
Had a good look at it a while back and I if I remeber correctly all in price wasn't that different from acrylic EWI sys. , though those seem to have gone up quite a bit recently I like the idea of the 'through colour' nature of the acrylic finished, hopefully reducing future maintenance ( though I usely use the 3 coat sys. so not really true single coat through colour) But then if you're not painting it , or going for a cast finish then this isn't an issue. How about weight of the finish on the thicker insulation , would this be an issue ?
I guess not, just like the trad. expamet type mesh for rough cast over timber frame etc.
The cost surprises me a little, though I guess the production process and raw materials of the meshed panels outweighs the savings made on the cement render v acrylic. Another one bites the dust :(
Looks good, particularly if you want a heavy cast finish, i find the polymer renders bit chiselled and formal, still it would have to carry a lot of weight? And that’s down to the adhesive on the insulation?
Worth checking the costing though Mike , before you give up on the idea . I think the pirce i was looking at was for stainless mesh , not galv , which was cheaper .
With acrylic renders, we've abandoned the cast iron rule of ventilated space behind the render, simply because it's been done without for decades on the Continent without trouble - may even be Agremented here. But Rendalath offers no such hope, so on the face of it has to be done 'the old way', with ventilation. It's definitely a 'modernised old skool' product, not part of the new wave. That means cost and detailing, not like for like.
I have done several jobs 25 years+ ago with a product called twillath, very similar.
In those days I was considered mad to be doing EWI with 75mm of fg batts. large head nylon fixings and 3 coat render, no air gap, even wood beaters top, bottom! and round openings, 3 coat render.
No problems to this day with any of it, spring indoors arrives a month early and winter 5 or 6 weeks late.