Why It Is Important to Render Your Walls

Render refers to a mixture of water, cement and lime. That mixture is applied on the exterior walls of a building. This article discusses some risks that you would face if you did not render the walls of your building.

Lack of Esthetic Appeal

Some of the materials used to put up the walls of the building are uneven or may be cut to size in order to maintain the level of the edges of the building. For instance, bricks close to the corner of a building may be trimmed in order to maintain the level of the edge of that wall. Such trimming makes the wall to be less attractive than it would have been if all bricks used were uniform. Render helps to cover such blemishes and improve the visual appeal of the building. Thus, a building without render will look less attractive to those who see it.

Susceptibility to Weather Damage

Render acts as a protective layer for external walls. Any rain that falls onto the wall will trickle downwards without getting a chance to penetrate that wall. This "guardian" will keep even strongest winds at bay so your home will last much longer since it will be hard for the elements to wear it down. However, if you do not render your external walls then it will be very easy for the elements to damage those walls and you will be compelled to incur the cost of repairs each time a section of the wall succumbs to the elements (cracking due to trapped moisture expanding when it freezes, for example).

Poor Home Insulation

Energy conservation is a buzzword these days because the cost of heating or cooling homes has been spiraling out of control in recent years. Consequently, homeowners have been taking every possible step that they can take in order to improve the insulation of their homes. One of those steps is rendering all external walls. The render forms a protective envelop that reduces how quickly heat escapes or gets into the interior of that home. A wall that has not been rendered will leak heat more easily so you will incur a higher cost if you want to heat or cool your home.

Rendering by companies like Reliable Restorations plays a functional and esthetic role so you should not overlook this phase of external finishing for buildings. Hire an experienced rendering contractor and you will enjoy the lasting effects that rendering bestows upon walls.