subject: The Many Benefits Of Wall Coatings [print this page] Wall coatings offer an excellent method of protecting a building from the elements. Imagine not having to re-paint the exterior of your property each summer, because there was no corrosion or damage. This is one of the many benefits that wall coatings offer.
Even the best conventional house paint that money can buy will fade and degrade through exposure to sunlight, and will crack and then flake off due to constant expansion and then contraction in temperature change.
White-coloured paint in particular suffers from the ugly effects of algae and mould growth, and needs quite a bit of maintenance to stay looking respectable. Pollution in the air also causes paint to peel, and acid rain breaks the bond between brick and paint. Wall coatings, however, last approximately ten times longer than masonry paints, resisting the changes and damages that the elements inflict for longer.
The brilliant thing about wall coatings is that they are breathable. They create what is in essence a protective skin around a building which can't be penetrated by damp and which improves heat insulation, but coatings are also microporous, meaning that any moisture that accumulates within your building and penetrates walls can escape, helping to prevent growth of mildew and blackspot.
Jonathon Pinder had wall coating applied to his five-bedroom home in Lanarkshire two summers ago, and is so far delighted with the results.
Jonathon, 62, has lived in the property for 17 years, and every spring time he has painted the whole of the exterior with standard white masonry paint. This was a job that he used to enjoy, taking a couple of days off work to do it, and feeling very proud once the house was restored back to a gleaming white once the job was completed. But as he got older, slight mobility problems meant he wasn't as confident about scaling a tall ladder and spending all day stretching and painting. This, coupled with the trend for rainy summer weather in Scotland, drew him to the conclusion that it was time to seek a more permanent or at least longer-lasting solution.
As yet, he hasn't had to re-touch any of the exterior, and is very impressed with the appearance of the house. Hopefully, it will be ten years before any more work needs to be done to maintain the finish.
Wall coating has turned out to be a good financial investment for Jonathon too. He would have had to have gone to the trouble of hiring and paying for painters and decorators to paint the house each year, but thanks to his wall coating, he has peace of mind that that won't be necessary for a few more years.
by: Dominic Donaldson
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