nederlandbouwsector@gmail.com Shrinkage cracks in a new build are normal for the first few years: the home settles and shrinks as construction moisture leaves the concrete and cement. They are usually thin hairline cracks, for example along plasterboard joints or by a door frame. We finish more than 600 new-build homes every year, and that is why we finish new-build walls with … Read more
On an old wall, renovation fleece on its own is enough only if the wall is still flat and intact once the wallpaper or paint has been removed. If there are holes, damaged plasterboard or rough unevenness, a skim coat goes underneath first, from €14.49 per m² excluding VAT. A skim coat and renovation fleece therefore do not replace each other: the skim coat … Read more
Renovation fleece is our most popular wall finish in new-build homes, because it bridges the small shrinkage cracks that plaster shows. A new home settles and shrinks over its first few years. We wallpaper and paint a complete home in 3 days, without the drying time of wet plaster. Why do new-build walls crack, and what does renovation fleece do about it? … Read more
Yes, renovation fleece works well on plasterboard, provided the joints and screw heads have first been finished flat and the board has been primed.
Having renovation fleece applied costs €18.99 per m² between 30 and 100 m², €15.99 between 100 and 150 m² and €14.99 above that, excluding VAT.
You can simply paint over renovation fleece: it is made to be painted, and repainted later in another colour. That is why one coat of emulsion is already included in our renovation fleece price from €14.99 per m² excluding VAT. If you want a new colour years later, we paint over the existing coat without replacing the … Read more
Renovation fleece is the finish and skim coat is the preparation underneath: you are not choosing between the two, but deciding whether your wall needs a skim coat first.
Renovation fleece goes on in a single layer; what can come in coats is the painting, where a second coat is a surcharge.
With renovation fleece, one coat of paint in RAL 9010 or 9016 is included as standard, from €14.99 per m² excluding VAT.
Wallpapering at Bouwsector België comes with a 1-year guarantee, set out in black and white in your quote.