Spray Cork Render
Exterior & interior — walls, renders, cellars & containers
Nearly half our work is outside, and on this Island the outside is the hard part. Wind-driven rain, salt on any elevation within sight of the sea, and old solid walls that were never built to be sealed. The wrong system on a wall like that traps water in it, which is worse than the problem it was meant to fix.
So the choice is a technical one before it is an aesthetic one. Spray cork insulates, breathes, flexes over hairline cracks and resists algae and sea salt naturally — and it will go straight over old pebbledash rather than needing it hacked off. Lime and mineral systems are the breathable route for older and registered buildings. Light weight systems and through-colour renders cover most modern work. Cement render and pebbledash are still the right answer where matching what is already there matters.
It is not only elevations. Chimneys, gables, garden and boundary walls, driveway entrances, conservatory roofs and garage doors are all on this page — and so is a shipping container.
Finishes that suit an exterior
Ranked by how often we have actually used them here.
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Ecorend Silicone Render
A three-storey terraced house finished in the Ecorend thin coat silicone render system — the flat cream and maroon gone, the mouldings picked out white against a warm pale grey.
Finishes:
Render Systems, Light Weight Render Systems
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Thin Coat Render, Colby
A dated pebbledash house in Colby brought up to date without hacking the dash off — an Ecorend thin coat render system applied straight over it and finished in a coloured silicone top coat.
Finishes:
Render Systems, Light Weight Render Systems
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Parliament Street, Ramsey
A corner building on Parliament Street prepared in a turquoise Light Weight Render System as the base for a mural by Karolina Pawlowska, with Corksol insulated spray render in olive green on the rear.
Finishes:
Render Systems, Light Weight Render Systems, Spray Cork Render
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Conservatory Roof, Laxey
A flat glazed conservatory roof in Laxey, green with age and buried under moss and leaf litter, sprayed in ThermoCork and finished in a clean dark grey.
Finishes:
Render Systems, Spray Cork Render
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Bungalow, Castletown — Cork Render
A Castletown bungalow with old spar dash, sprayed all over in ThermoCork — front, sides, back, extension and garage — for a thermal barrier.
Finishes:
Render Systems, Spray Cork Render
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Two Conservatory Roofs, Andreas
Two tired conservatory roofs in Andreas sprayed in ThermoCork and finished light grey: cooler in summer, warmer in winter, quieter in the rain.
Finishes:
Render Systems, Spray Cork Render
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Shipping Containers
A steel container is the coldest thing in its own box, so moisture lands on it and drips onto the contents. Sprayed ThermoCork takes that away.
Finishes:
Render Systems, Spray Cork Render
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Onchan Cork Render
Failed pebbledash on an Onchan property was letting water in. Rather than strip it back, we applied ThermoCork over the top — the water problem cured, and a fresh new look with it.
Finishes:
Render Systems, Spray Cork Render
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Laxey Cottage Cork Render
A lovely cottage in Laxey, its tired cream render and green-streaked gable recoated in ThermoCork — breathable, sustainable, and warm as well as good looking.
Finishes:
Render Systems, Spray Cork Render
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Cottage Wall, Wetherby Thin Coat Render
The weather had taken the old render off this cottage wall in sheets. We stripped what was left and applied a Wetherby thin coat render system with a silicone top coat.
Finishes:
Render Systems, Light Weight Render Systems
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Sea Front Property, Castletown
A seafront house in Castletown whose render had been exposed and damaged by the sea, recoated in ThermoCork — impervious to salt water, and carrying a 15 year warranty.
Finishes:
Render Systems, Spray Cork Render
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Cork Render, Port Soderick
The old arcade at Port Soderick — empty and open to the elements for years — reborn as a kayak store for Heroes On The Water Isle of Man, wrapped in ThermoCork render right on the shoreline.
Finishes:
Render Systems, Spray Cork Render
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Front Porch in Crystal Quartz
A front porch in Crystal Quartz with gold glitter — sand walls, a bronze sill, and a set of night photographs to show what the flake does once the lanterns come on.
Finishes:
Decorative Finishes, Crystal Quartz, Glitter
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ThermoCork, Property in Douglas
A Douglas property whose cracked, unsightly render was stripped off, re-rendered in sand and cement and sprayed with ThermoCork — anti-cracking, and a ten year product warranty.
Finishes:
Render Systems, Spray Cork Render, Cement Render
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Cork Render Bungalow, Castletown
ThermoCork Render sprayed over the tin cladding on a Castletown bungalow to modernise it and hold the warmth in — excellent insulation values and a 10 year warranty.
Finishes:
Render Systems, Spray Cork Render
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Garden Water Features
Bespoke garden water features made to order in microcement — large and very durable, light enough to move, and finished to choice in rust, glitter or slate grey.
Finishes:
MicroCement, Bespoke Finishes
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Coastal Property, Brither Cliff House
Brither Cliff House on Onchan Head: Keim lime thin coat render over the old face brickwork, then Keim mineral paint, built for a seafront.
Finishes:
Lime Thin Coat Render
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Lyncroft
Lyncroft's failed high-build coating stripped back to brickwork, then rebuilt with Keim Mineral thin coat breathable render and Keim mineral paint — looks like a new house, with a 15-year warranty.
Finishes:
Lime Render
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Confederate Cottage, Bride
A stone cottage at Bride cleaned, repointed and given a slurry coat of Keim Mineral Render, then two coats of Keim mineral paint — the stonework still reading through the finish.
Finishes:
Lime Render
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Exterior Refurbishment, Bradda Head
A vast improvement to this lovely house on Bradda Head, using the Wetherby thin coat render system with alkali resistant fibre mesh, finished with Mineral Epsicoat render.
Finishes:
Render Systems, Light Weight Render Systems
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Braddan Cemetery Chapel
A sympathetic restoration of Braddan Cemetery Chapel, inside and out, in Keim Lime Universal Render with Fistard Project Services.
Finishes:
Lime Render, Lime Thin Coat Render
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Microcement Spheres, Rust Finish
Micro cement meets ironic: garden spheres in microcement with an oxidising iron finish, coat by coat, until the rust glows.
Finishes:
MicroCement, Curves & Columns, Glitter
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Cottage at Bradda Head
Busy with Keim Mineral Render on this lovely cottage at Bradda Head — final coat applied with the attention to detail that makes a good job.
Finishes:
Lime Render
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Exterior Refurbishment, Piccadilly Court Apartments
Phase 1 of 4 at Piccadilly Court on Douglas promenade — lintel and damp proof course replacement, then 10mm of Keim render in two coats decorated with Keim Royalan long life mineral paints.
Finishes:
Render Systems
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Feature Garden Wall, Dalton
A curved raised bed in a Dalton garden, finished in a white through render K-Rend. Monocouche, so the colour runs all the way through the material and there is no paint film to fade or flake off it.
Finishes:
Monocouche Render, Render Systems
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No. 2 Ravenscliffe, Laxey
Three elevations of a Laxey house, each on a different substrate and each given its own KEIM specification — stone repairs, lime render, paint.
Finishes:
Render Systems, Lime Render, Stone Restoration & Mineral Paint
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The Cat With No Tail Pub, Douglas
Badly cracked elevations on this Douglas pub given a thin coat over-render in KEIM Universal Render with mesh, then two coats of mineral paint.
Finishes:
Render Systems, Lime Thin Coat Render
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Garden Walls in Weber Rend
Garden walls finished in Weber Rend — a through-coloured silicone render with a weathered, pitted finish, under slate copings.
Finishes:
Monocouche Render
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Tudor-Style Setting Out
Kev setting out the battens for a Tudor-style property — the careful geometry that makes mock-Tudor panelling look right before a trowel ever touches the wall.
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1970s Gable Over-Render
A badly cracked 1970s dry dash gable cured with a KEIM Universal Render thin coat over-render, glass-fibre mesh and two coats of mineral paint.
Finishes:
Lime Thin Coat Render, Render Systems
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Shower Area – York Stone Finish
A shower area in Monocouche Scratch Render, York Stone — a breathable, polymer-modified silicone-cement render with the look of natural stone.
Finishes:
Monocouche Render, Polymer Render
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Exterior Refurbishment, Glencrutchery Road
A worn Douglas exterior restored with a thin-coat anti-crack render over the existing render, finished in a coloured silicone top coat.
Finishes:
Render Systems, Light Weight Render Systems
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Sandstone Window Sill Repairs
Weathered sandstone window sills rebuilt in a specialist mineral repair material, matched to the original stone and protected against the weather.
Finishes:
Stone Restoration & Mineral Paint
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2 Grosvenor Road, Douglas
A failed acrylic coating stripped off a Victorian house in Douglas with KEIM paint stripper and steam, then rebuilt in KEIM mineral paints.
Finishes:
Render Systems, Stone Restoration & Mineral Paint
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Falcon Cliff Apartments, Douglas
A brand new façade for these Douglas apartments — KEIM thincoat Universal Render at 10mm thick, incorporating KEIM glassfibre mesh, to the front and side elevations.
Finishes:
Lime Thin Coat Render
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Lime thin coat render, Ballavilley
An old stone walled property partly re-rendered in Keim Universal Lime Render with Soldalit-ME — breathable, and it solved the internal damp.
Finishes:
Lime Thin Coat Render
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Lime render, Cowley Terrace
A row of 11 properties in Peel, built around 1880, re-rendered in KEIM Universal Render and finished in KEIM Soldalit-ME — with no expansion joints anywhere across the eleven adjoining buildings.
Finishes:
Lime Render, Render Systems
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Driveway Entrance, Ellenbrook House
A pair of curved entrance walls and matching columns at Ellenbrook House, prepared and netted ready for their top coat of lime render.
Finishes:
Lime Render, Curves & Columns
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External Finish, Lag Birragh
A new build on Onchan Head finished for McArds in the Wetherby lightweight silicone render system — and revisited nearly four years later with not a settlement crack in sight.
Finishes:
Light Weight Render Systems, Render Systems
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Exterior Refurbishment, St George's Vicarage
The old render taken off St George's Vicarage and replaced with fresh pebbledash, matched to the period architecture around it.
Finishes:
Pebbledash
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New Extension, Rushen Vicarage
A new extension at Rushen Vicarage rendered in sand and cement and dashed to match the existing building, with a small cross formed in the render.
Finishes:
Pebbledash, Cement Render
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Chimney Refurbishment, Quarter Bridge Road
Two weathered chimney stacks at Cronk Coar restored — new lead flashing, new bell beads and fresh pebbledash matched to the existing finish.
Finishes:
Pebbledash
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Exterior Render, Knockaloe Beg Farm
A farmhouse at Kirk Patrick in a through-coloured white render — the colour runs through the material, so it stays bright without repainting.
Finishes:
Monocouche Render, Render Systems
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External Wall Insulation & Lightweight Render
A tired, damaged building transformed with external wall insulation and lightweight render in a silicone coloured finish — looks stunning and keeps the property warmer too.
Finishes:
Light Weight Render Systems, Insulated Systems
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Exterior Render, Manx Radio
Pebbledash for Manx Radio's exposed headland home — a hard-wearing, low-maintenance exterior that shrugs off the Douglas Head weather.
Finishes:
Pebbledash
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Stone Effect Render, Gleneedle
Sand and cement render worked to imitate natural stone on this exterior: the appearance of stonework without building in it.
Finishes:
Cement Render
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Exterior Render, The Spinney
The Spinney's tired old pebbledash was removed and replaced with a fresh white render, giving the property a clean new look and protection against the Isle of Man weather.
Finishes:
Cement Render, Render Systems
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Exterior Render Refurbishment
A tired, cracked exterior brought back to life: redundant opening blocked up, chimney and walls re-rendered in a fresh cream textured finish, with crisp new window surrounds.
Finishes:
Cement Render
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External Staircase, The Arches
A curved external staircase at The Arches — granite treads with the curved concrete spine and risers finished in white Marmorino Classico, a plaster that takes outdoor exposure and follows the curve.
Finishes:
Marmorino, Curves & Columns
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