Tell Me Something............Anything!

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Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

When you say coat I assume you mean this :ner:

https://www.googleadservices.com/pag...IARCjAg&adurl=

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What the hell is that!!

Whatever happened to all the houses that were given the horrible artificial 'block' stone cladding treatment in the eighties. Did it all fall off? There used to be loads around here, I can't think of any now, they've vanished. Must have been fun chipping that lot off and rendering. It was an idea that was doomed from the start.

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

Whatever happened to all the houses that were given the horrible artificial 'block' stone cladding treatment in the eighties. Did it all fall off? There used to be loads around here, I can't think of any now, they've vanished. Must have been fun chipping that lot off and rendering. It was an idea that was doomed from the start.

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this is a 'nice' one :doh:

https://www.neverpaintagain.co.uk/wp...1299023513.jpg

not a big lover of that red brick but its way better than that cladding

Decopierre is much better, as its really just a concrete screed which has moulds pressed against it. its french really and can look rather good.

https://www.neverpaintagain.co.uk/wp...decopierre.jpg

this is not too bad as the house can take it visually

I pity the poor bugger who lives in that upstairs room.

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Originally Posted by struth

this is a 'nice' one :doh:

https://www.neverpaintagain.co.uk/wp...1299023513.jpg

not a big lover of that red brick but its way better than that cladding

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Only a real fan of Coronation Street would think to post a picture of Jack and Vera's house ;)

Why does my laptop think I've moved to Devon? I keep getting random pop-ups of important news bulletins, like "Overturned lorry on M5", or "Exeter man falls out of tree".

On a similar but unrelated note, I tried (unsuccessfully) to bring my van clock into line with BST the other day, and the van thought it would be nice to start giving me unsolicited traffic announcements from BBC Radio Mersey.

I feel like unseen forces are running my life for me, and not in a good way.

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Originally Posted by walpurgis

Whatever happened to all the houses that were given the horrible artificial 'block' stone cladding treatment in the eighties. Did it all fall off? There used to be loads around here, I can't think of any now, they've vanished. Must have been fun chipping that lot off and rendering. It was an idea that was doomed from the start.

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Loads of them round here, two in the next street to me. I've never seen an example of it where it actually improved the look of the house. You can't imagine what people were thinking.

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Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

Why does my laptop think I've moved to Devon? I keep getting random pop-ups of important news bulletins, like "Overturned lorry on M5", or "Exeter man falls out of tree".

On a similar but unrelated note, I tried (unsuccessfully) to bring my van clock into line with BST the other day, and the van thought it would be nice to start giving me unsolicited traffic announcements from BBC Radio Mersey.

I feel like unseen forces are running my life for me, and not in a good way.

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Chorley FM round your way isn't it?

https://i.ibb.co/64Ft1Vj/chorley.jpg

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Originally Posted by Macca

Loads of them round here, two in the next street to me. I've never seen an example of it where it actually improved the look of the house. You can't imagine what people were thinking.

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I remember it was touted as providing added insulation, which I guess is true and many liked the aesthetics (I didn't). A problem is that all those joints simply won't remain watertight and moisture gets trapped, leading to frost lifting the tiles loose eventually. This can also cause internal damp.