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The ultimate exterior protection for South Shropshire homes. Fully meshed, breathable, and self-cleaning silicone render systems that last 25+ years.
The Definitive Exterior Protection for Your Home.
The Definitive Exterior Protection for Your Home.
It’s not just a face-lift. It’s a shield against the Shropshire weather.
If you live in Ludlow or South Shropshire, you know the weather can be unforgiving. Driving rain, freezing winters, and damp conditions attack your masonry year-round. Traditional sand and cement render is brittle; it cracks, lets water in, and eventually "blows" off the wall.
At Abode Plastering, we don’t use outdated materials. We specialise in the Thin-Coat Silicone Render System. It is flexible, breathable, and water-repellent—designed specifically to protect your property investment for decades, not just a few years.
Why Silicone? The Science of a Dry Home.
Why Silicone? The Science of a Dry Home.
Why are homeowners upgrading to silicone thin-coat systems? Because it solves the problems that cause traditional render to fail.
It is Flexible (No More Cracks): Unlike rigid cement, silicone render is flexible. When your house expands and contracts in the summer heat or winter frost, the render moves with it rather than cracking.
It "Breathes": Old render traps moisture inside the wall, leading to damp. Silicone is vapour-permeable, allowing your house to breathe while stopping rain from getting in.
It is Self-Cleaning: The finish is "hydrophobic"—water runs off it like a duck’s back, taking dirt with it. This keeps your home looking freshly painted for years without maintenance.
The Abode Process: Engineering Longevity
The Abode Process: Engineering Longevity
A bucket of render is only as good as the preparation behind it. We treat the substrate (the brickwork) to ensure the new system never fails.
1. The "Salt Neutralisation" Step
1. The "Salt Neutralisation" Step
When we hack off old, blown render, we occasionally find "efflorescence"—rock-hard salt deposits caused by years of damp.
The Risk: If you render over these salts, they will eat through the new finish in months.
Our Solution: We mechanically remove the deposits with an angle grinder and treat the brick with Safeguard Salt Neutraliser. This chemical barrier stops the salts from returning, protecting your new render from the inside out.
2. Full Structural Meshing
2. Full Structural Meshing
We never rely on the render alone to hold itself up.
The "Steel Rebar" Effect: We embed a high-strength fibreglass mesh into the entire basecoat layer.
The Result: This acts like steel rebar in concrete, distributing tension across the wall and making it virtually impossible for the render to crack due to normal structural movement.
3. The Premium Finish
3. The Premium Finish
We use industry-leading materials (such as K-Rend TC15 or VPI) to provide a consistent, textured finish in a colour of your choice.
Self-Cleaning Technology The finish is "hydrophobic," meaning rainwater runs off it like a duck’s back, taking dirt with it. This keeps your home looking freshly painted for years without maintenance
No Painting Required—Ever Because the colour is integrated into the material itself, you will never need to paint this wall again.
Critical Design Note: The "Overhang" Rule
Critical Design Note: The "Overhang" Rule
We build to NHBC Standards because we want your render to last. For a rendering system to work, the water must be directed away from the wall face.
The Requirement: Before we can render, your walls must have protective "cappings" (coping stones or flagstones) with a minimum 40-50mm overhang and a proper damp-proof course.
Why? Without this overhang, water runs down the back of the render, causing it to fail.
Our Promise: We will assess your current copings during the estimation process. If they are insufficient, we will advise you on how to rectify them before we start, ensuring you don't waste money on a system that is destined to fail.
See The Quality for Yourself
See The Quality for Yourself
We have transformed homes across Church Stretton, Ludlow, and Wenlock Edge.
Case Study: Read how we restored a 1960s home with severe "blown" render and salt damage: Worth Every Penny" - A Client's Story.
Watch Us Work: See the transformation of a chimney stack in Bircher Common using K-Rend TC15 Pure White:
Ready to Protect Your Home?
Ready to Protect Your Home?
Invest in a finish that lasts. Because every house is different (access, substrate condition, and square footage), we do not offer generic menu pricing. We provide accurate, considered estimates based on your specific property.
Get Your Free Online Estimate Upload photos of your property to our secure form, and we will assess the access and substrate to provide you with a detailed quote.
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