Home Refurbishment

All Home Refurbishment products

Whether you're planning to let, sell, or stay, revamping your home can be a great investment. Go green and improve the thermal efficiency of your home or enhance the property's kerb appeal by improving the aesthetics of the facade. We can offer a variety of ways to improve your home and it's value.

Solutions for Home Refurbishment

Facades

Extend the life of existing buildings by keeping the old structure warm and stable using External Wall Insulation, a combination of thermal, aesthetic and structural elements to protect and decorate your home. Our range of renders and decorative finishes are also available if you choose to rejuvenate your home with high quality durable weather resistant finishes. Our Technical Mortar solutions are also available to repair damage to concrete elements within your home before decoration.

Bathrooms

Once you've chosen your tiles, it's time to fix them in place using the correct adhesives and grouts. We have an wide selection of tile adhesive to choose from; suitable for every tile and surface type - whether you're tiling a wall or floor. We also have a fantastic choice of tile grout; choose from many colours to find one that matches your style. If you are fitting a wetroom it is critical to ensure it is sealed and waterproofed, our tanking kit will offer a watertight seal for walls and floors.

Kitchens

Cook up a new look in your kitchen by introducing some new tiles. Create an eye-catching splashback or add a spectacular wood or stone effect floor. To assist your project we can make sure that the correct adhesive and grout is chosen to finish the job whether you are tiling a wall or floor.

Flooring

Our range of floor screeds and levellers offer you a quick and easy solution to improve uneven or damaged floors, protect underfloor heating elements and prepare your floor ready for covering. We can offer pre-installation primers and levelling compounds, right through to tile adhesives and anti-mould grout.

Brochures & Guides

Brochure External Wall Insulation System Guide (PDF - 1,08 MB) Download • Send
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Brochure Flooring Guide (PDF - 8,85 MB) Download • Send
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Brochure Renders & Decorative Finishes Guide (PDF - 6,47 MB) Download • Send
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Brochure Refurbishment Guide (PDF - 2,63 MB) Download • Send
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Brochure Tile Fixing Guide (PDF - 9,3 MB) Download • Send
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Brochure External Wall Insulation Training Guide (PDF - 7,37 MB) Download • Send
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Case Studies

External Wall Insulation

Essendon Lodge, Hertfordshire

Renders & Decorative Finishes

Attractive Render Refurbishment, Newport

External Wall Insulation

Hesketh Road - Preston

Problems and Solutions

How to lay large format floor tiles

When tiling with large tiles extra considerations must be made to ensure they are fixed level and firmly in place

Protecting render from algae growth and other contaminants

Whilst monocouche render is low maintenance, like any other building facade it is not immune from the gradual buildup of organic growth and dirt

Repairing cracks in external rendered walls

More noticable cracks in monocouche render can be repaired to retain a similar level and texture to the existing render

Rendering over painted render and backgrounds

Painted backgrounds aren't suitable for rendering directly over, so the paint will first need to be removed

Removing and replacing existing render

Removing existing render without damaging the brick/substrate is a large undertaking.

Using a decorative finish over existing render

Applying a decorative finish over existing render is the preferred option when refreshing the appearance of existing render

Apply floor screed to underfloor heating

There are a number of things to consider when applying an underfloor heating screed, but it’s not as complicated as you might think.

Tiling over tiles

Tiling over existing tiles is possible, but there are a few things to first consider.

Strengthening a wooden floor for tiling

Because wooden floors naturally bend, bounce and expand, tiles can end up cracking under the pressure if installed incorrectly.

Tiling on plywood

Tiling on plywood is possible, but you’ll need an appropriately flexible tile adhesive to ensure tiles and grout can stand the test of time against cracking

Tiling onto tongue and groove floorboards and chipboard

It's possible to tile directly onto tongue and groove wooden floors by using an ultra-flexible (S2) tile adhesive, but another option is to strengthen the substrate with either a layer of floor screed...

Tiling onto timber or non-tongue and groove floorboards and chipboard

Timber and non-tongue and groove floorboards and chipboard are usually subject to large amounts of deflection/movement, and therefore cannot be tiled onto with even the most flexible of tile adhesives

Working with natural stone - protection/maintenance

Natural stone tiles require careful preparation prior to grouting, and need regular maintenance

Tiling with natural stone

Tiles classed as 'natural materials' vary immensely from ceramics in appearance and application requirements

Tiling onto green screeds or concrete

Newly-laid screeds take time to stabilise, so tiling onto the screed too early can end in disaster as the screed shrinks during the drying process.

Tiling onto floating floors

Floating floors are those which are used to improve insulation and/or to reduce noise. As they are not attached to a rigid substrate, they require extra care when tiling onto.

Tiling onto anhydrite screeds

Anhydrite screeds have become quite popular, but tilers must be aware of a number of potential problems.

Tiling uneven floors

Preparing an uneven floor prior to tiling involves a number of steps to ensure a smooth and even finish

Tiling with an uncoupling membrane

Since uncoupling membranes are available in many different types, it is important to be aware of issues you may face when tiling.
Image courtesy of Schluter Systems Ltd

Tiling with underfloor heating or under tile warming

Underfloor heating can cause an array of issues if not tiled onto correctly, from cracking due to heat expansion to damaging wires with your trowel.

Tiling on wood

Tiling onto wood comes with a number of considerations regarding substrate strength and flexibility of adhesive used. Image courtesy of Schluter Systems Ltd.

Application of webersys protect tanking kit

Protecting a water-sensitive substrate

Tiled areas in kitchens, bathrooms and showers can be subject to high humidity or water, which means the a waterproofing layer needs to be applied before laying tiles.

Rendering over existing render

We do not recommend rendering over existing render due to the large amount of unknown factors affecting its suitability

Insulating structural frames

A proven fast-track method of concrete or steel frame construction. Infill walls need to be provided and the structural frame kept warm and dry

Using mesh reinforcement in external render

Rendering inappropriate surfaces

Renders are sometimes required to be applied to cover up bad construction practice and inappropriate surfaces

Remodelling facades

Changing the use of a building often requires physical changes to its external fenestration, completely reshaping its structure

Upgrading the thermal insulation of a building

Initially a choice needs to be made regarding where to position additional insulation in the structure

Upgrading non-traditional housing

Early non-traditional or system built housing wasn't built for the long-term and doesn't meet today's thermal standards

Insulating single-skin construction

Single-skin construction requires significant attention to detail at openings to avoid moisture tracking around seals and into the inner face

Insulating and rendering a timber-framed construction

Although timber frames are treated, they are vulnerable to rot and need to be kept in a warm, dry environment

Concrete corrosion in need of restoration

Concrete restoration

Concrete damage has many causes with various different solutions to restore the structure

Protection against ingress

A range of specialist products are available from Weber that can protect concrete from the ingress of water and chemicals

Rendering on surfaces with poor key

Renders are not adhesives and require a combination of suction and mechanical key to bond to the substrate

Applying render over existing masonry

Existing masonry is designed as a finish in its own right but may not be suitable to accept a direct application of render

Refurbishing decaying concrete facades

Concrete structures often show signs of unsightly degradation over a period of time and can eventually affect the structure

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