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Plastering & Rendering

A section of render above my front door has dropped off leaving some of the wooden lintel and brickwork exposed! It is winter so rendering will be hard- is there a way to do a temp repair until spring

Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 2.45 PM

The wood lintel feels dry but there is driving rain at the moment with more storms forecast so I am really worried. Called a couple of tradesmen but no-one will touch it until weather starts to improve. Is there anyway I can temporarily make this water tight?

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4 Answers

Jason Wood

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Manchester
use rapided setting cement sets in 1hour
Answered21 December 2011
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Anonymous user

Cover it with a piece of visqueen/membrane with a couple of battens.
Answered21 December 2011
5

Anonymous user

You could cover timber with expanding mesh and put a scratch coat render(add water proofer) over it and should be good till weather improves.
Answered4 January 2012
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Anonymous user

I would square it off ,chase out the pointing above it & down each side & place lead flashing lover the top, This would make a presentable feature,protect the wooden lintel & if needed easy to remove when better weather is with us ,if render is still required
Answered21 November 2020
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