Hello everyone,
I have an appointment with my site manager next week. Before that, I wanted to gather some opinions and maybe someone has already experienced the same issue or at least seen it before.
The problem is as follows:
Last week, when it was raining very heavily and the wind was quite strong, our facade suddenly looked like this (see photo). You could clearly see the joints of the blocks through the render and there were slight cracks in the base area. Does anyone have any idea what this could be? Could this indicate a construction defect? For example, an insufficient base coat thickness?
Details about the house:
Year built: 2016
Masonry: 30 cm (12 inch) Ytong blocks, glued
Render: according to the building plan, 15 mm (0.6 inch) base coat and 3 mm (0.1 inch) top coat
I have an appointment with my site manager next week. Before that, I wanted to gather some opinions and maybe someone has already experienced the same issue or at least seen it before.
The problem is as follows:
Last week, when it was raining very heavily and the wind was quite strong, our facade suddenly looked like this (see photo). You could clearly see the joints of the blocks through the render and there were slight cracks in the base area. Does anyone have any idea what this could be? Could this indicate a construction defect? For example, an insufficient base coat thickness?
Details about the house:
Year built: 2016
Masonry: 30 cm (12 inch) Ytong blocks, glued
Render: according to the building plan, 15 mm (0.6 inch) base coat and 3 mm (0.1 inch) top coat
I looked at the photos again. It’s not that bad; after heavy rain, the facade dries off, especially in areas where more heat escapes from the inside, so it does dry. Exterior insulation and finish systems (EIFS) facades don’t dry out, which is why they develop algae, as new dew constantly forms on them. This facade, however, will stay free of algae for a long time. No worry, be happy. It looks completely different when the sun is shining.
halmi schrieb:
Here, a lot of construction is done with Ytong, which is not common at all. You usually only see that in cheaper houses like those from budget builders such as Stadt and Land, etc.Why should that be the case? Here, only very expensive buildings use it, and they all do. I don’t think you can conclude anything about quality from that...
Tarnari schrieb:
You’re scaring me!
I’ve never seen anything like this before and honestly, I don’t really want to have that xD Then you’d better not build if something like this already scares you. There will be much bigger challenges waiting for you that you'll have to handle sooner or later.
That’s nothing to worry about at all…
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