Roofing

cement rendered parapet wall - remove or patch

Anonymous user 16/03/2024 - 2.42 PM

The cement rendered wall is a water ingress ( causing water coming to come into the house) problem and is cracked and spalding I know the bricks behind the render are in a bad state. In the attic area the exposed bricks of the parapet wall are cracked and poorly laid and I suspect the render was laid to cover awful bricks. render is also on both sides of the parapet wall except where the pitched roof adjoins the parapet wall. There seems to be two options here. Keep the cement render and patch all the cracks and anywhere the water is getting in. Or option 2 remove the render and be prepared for rebuilding a parapet wall in part. It will be a bigger project since the pitched roof behind the parapet could be affected by any rebuilding of the supporting wall. It will involved roofers and brick layer(s) I think i might go for option 2 - remove the render because a. it is a certain solution and b. I will have tenants in that part of the house. But it seems that there is such a huge difference between the two options and no middle ground. Option 2 is of course considerably more expensive. I just wondered what thoughts our roofers and builders had on this.