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Painting & Decorating

Decorating breeze block wall

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 3.17 PM

The property next door to us is a commercial one. The party wall is a part of their building and is 3m high all the way until the back of our garden - all exposed breeze blocks. While it is an eye sore at the moment, I think it will look great with a smooth white finish. My question is - what is the cheapest possible way to achieve this? There is about 100m2 of wall.

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3 Answers

Room's Painters

Rating: 5 out of 5
York
The cheapest way to do this is to get santex smooth white masonry paint, although it is not the cheapest on the market buying a none trade product you will find you will be pulling your hair out after 5 minutes, 2 coats will do the job with santex. If the wall is crumbly and not sound a stabilizing solution will be required as the first coat. Good luck with your project.
Answered1 January 2016
6

PRM Decorating

Rating: 5 out of 5
Cardiff
The best (not necessarily the cheapest) way would be to have it rendered and painted- you will get a nice smooth finish if you employ the a decent plasterer to do the render. You can then always paint yourself. Alternatively you could seal the blocks and then paint with masonry paint.
Answered31 December 2015
4

Coventry Decorating Contractors

Rating: 5 out of 5
Leeds
Hi Firstly I would approach this job once weather conditions improve, most exterior works should be carried out when there is a good weather window not forgetting the The minimum to ideal painting temperature get this right and it will save you time and the loss of material You could either carry out the proposed works by applying the exterior masonry paint using a masonry roller or if like me you have a Titan spray gun it will be much faster and would achieve a much better finish, May be look for a hire shop which will allow you to hire a basic model which is easier to use you will find spraying very very fast the work may even be able to be completed in 1 Day. I hope this answer helps you. P.s please consider wind direction if you do decide to spray and you are right the wall will look amazing once completed.
Answered31 December 2015
2