Over the last 2 weeks we have had a few ups and downs. As we are building in a rural location sometimes getting tradesmen can be tough. This was particularly so with getting renderers. It took us weeks to get a renderer lined up then on the day he was supposed to start he pulled out. We then had to go through the process all over again, and guess what exactly the same thing happened with the second renderer. We finally hit gold with the third team. This however put us about 3 weeks behind schedule. The frustrating thing is that we can’t pull the scaffolding down until we get the rendering done and while the scaffolding is up we cannot get equipment access to the rear yard to start the landscaping work. One thing leads to another - ouch.

Our third team of renderers has now started and I must say everyone is impressed with their work.  We are using the Dulux Acratex system for the finish. This consists of the following:

Dulux Acratex Hebel Skimcoat - This prepares the Hebel for a texture coat application.
Dulux Acratex Renderwall - This can be applied to the Boral blocks.
Dulux Acraprime - This prepares the surface for the texture coat.
Dulux Acratex Tuscony Fine - This is the texture coat it is tinted to a colour called Balleek.
Dulux Acrashield - This is a final protection coat. It is also tinted to Balleek.

Click on the links to download the data sheets.

I have posted a heap of new photos in the photo gallery under week 38 . Check out the progress