In some cases if the property is listed or it is in a conservation area you may not have much of a choice about the type of finish you can use as this may be stipulated to you by your local building control office. You may not be familiar with the name but if someone ever mentions render the image that pops into most peoples heads will be that of a rough and uneven finish on the exterior of a house, this is generally a Tyrolean finish or some type of pebble dashed finish. With all your potentially vulnerable areas covered and protected, the first task is to mix up a Tyrolean solution that can be applied to our given surface.

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I have aquired an air texture gun from machine mart and I can honestly say that im well impressed so far To ensure the repair or patching work is as invisible as possible it’s a good idea to paint the entire wall or area that’s been patched and not just the patch itself. For a full and detailed run down on the different types of render finish, including their advantages and disadvantages, see our rendering and exterior finishes project here. As you can see in the image below there is a small lever on the side and this is used to adjust the size of Tyrolean blobs that end up on the wall. To create larger blobs the handle is adjusted so that the fingers or prongs rotate slower causing larger blobs to be emitted, where as when adjusted to rotate faster smaller blobs are emitted for a smoother finish. The type of finish that is suitable for your project will depend on a few factors that include the type of existing finish if there is one (in the case that you are patching or repairing existing render), the type of property it’s being applied to e.g period or new, whether the property is listed, the type of finishes surrounding properties have etc.Once the second coat has been applied you will then need to leave it for 24 hours to fully cure. In some instances if the weather is colder it may take a little longer to fully cure. Apply Paint or Final Finish As there are different grades of Tyrolean finish e.g. small lumps all the way up to fairly large lumps, if you are patching or repairing a Tyrolean rendered area then the new finish is going to need to match the existing finish, otherwise the repair will stand out like a sore thumb! Tyrolean is a form of cement-based render finish for exterior walls that hels to both protect and waterproof exterior walls from the elements. Aside from Tyrolean there are numberous other render finishes that can be used on the exterior of a property, some of these include:

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Tyrolean requires a special type of “Tyrolean gun” to apply it so read on below to find out how to both mix and apply this type fo finish to an exterior wall. Different Types of Render Finish By doing so when you come to make your next mix you will know exactly how much water and powder you need to get exactly the same mix time after time. A good tool to use for this is a scoop as you can scoop exactly the same amount of powder each time. Fill up Tyrolean Gun Once your rendered surface has been laid on or repaired and has fully cured a Tyrolean final coat can then be applied. Tyrolean powder comes in 25KG bags and is essentially mixed in the same way as plaster in that you add the Tyrolean power to the water. A Tyrolean finish is usually applied as a finishing coat over an already rendered surface, see our project here on mixing and applying render and also see this project here on how to repair and patch rendered surfaces.At the end of the day im a good sparky, roofer, plumber and basic chippy but im definitely no renderer !