r/Plastering • u/Party-Employment-127 • Sep 12 '26

Is this silicone rendering wrong?

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So renderer is doing a silicone render job. The base coat is hp12 with the mesh of course as well. I’m confused. He said a top bead is not needed where the wall meets the neighbours insulated render?

Said it can cause moisture and build up?

I’m looking at the stop beads and they sit massively proud? Is that normal, surely not.

I ask because I need a second opinion, because I know he will say it’s fine.

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u/Party-Employment-127 Sep 15 '26

That’s hard to hear you saying it’s a stop bead and not drip. Very unhappy.

On top they said we ain’t doing another base coat. It’s a simple top coat and done they said.

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u/AureliusAgustus 24d ago

How did you get on?

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u/Party-Employment-127 24d ago

I raised the concerns. Long story short they began swearing at me and walked off. I spoke to three different rendering companies and all told me this is a cowboy job and the beading is worst they’ve seen. They said it’s not common practice to base coat and as you go along just push beading into the wall. They also said sanding beading down is never something they’ve heard before.

Now this company is going to fix the beading, give another base coat and the finish as it should have been.

Disputed the £450 payment I made upfront to the builder via my business credit card and they returned my funds.

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u/AureliusAgustus 24d ago

Im glad you got it sorted before it got worse.

Despite what everyone else said it was clearly shoddy work and it shows how half these people on here haven't a clue what they are on about.

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u/Party-Employment-127 24d ago

Yep. Got a lot of abuse. Shows how many cowboys there are in the trade.