Parlour wall coatings, which is best ?

[Half Full]

Looking at wall coatings for a new parlour, previous one was done in fibreglass which looked perfect to start off with but is now starting to come away from the walls in various places. The walls are going to be built from blocks and possibly rendered although I quite liked the idea of not rendering to provide a good key for the coating also will have feeder pipes coming through the wall so have discounted plastic sheeting, I’m going to look at something called Duraflake. Opinions please.

 

[Bald Rick]

Looking at wall coatings for a new parlour, previous one was done in fibreglass which looked perfect to start off with but is now starting to come away from the walls in various places. The walls are going to be built from blocks and possibly rendered although I quite liked the idea of not rendering to provide a good key for the coating also will have feeder pipes coming through the wall so have discounted plastic sheeting, I’m going to look at something called Duraflake. Opinions please.

I would still go for fibreglass

 

[Jdunn55]

Has anyone on here used tiles? Any good?

 

[pappuller]

Looking at wall coatings for a new parlour, previous one was done in fibreglass which looked perfect to start off with but is now starting to come away from the walls in various places. The walls are going to be built from blocks and possibly rendered although I quite liked the idea of not rendering to provide a good key for the coating also will have feeder pipes coming through the wall so have discounted plastic sheeting, I’m going to look at something called Duraflake. Opinions please.

How long has the fibreglass been up in the original parlour ?
Fibreglass can be a fixed directly to blocks and probably takes better.
Duraflake man wanted all walls rendering when we enquired.
We used dragon mouldings and after 5 yrs so far so good

 

[Half Full]

Fibreglass been in for nearly twelve years, was good for about eight years then started to come away hence my thinking of not rendering the blocks to provide a good key.

 

[Bald Rick]

How long has the fibreglass been up in the original parlour ?
Fibreglass can be a fixed directly to blocks and probably takes better.
Duraflake man wanted all walls rendering when we enquired.
We used dragon mouldings and after 5 yrs so far so good

Dragon mouldings here to. How Tony is still alive is anyone’s guess ...

 

[frederick]

Your probably too far into build/design but concrete panels everytime. Had a bit of fight with dairy inspector 20 years ago but panels are still perfect. Might have to cut out and remastic in a few years.

 

[pappuller]

Dragon mouldings here to. How Tony is still alive is anyone’s guess ...

He was certainly on the go when he was here [emoji23]

 

[sidjon]

We're on poured concrete walls, without any problems.

 

[Spudley]

We have Fibreglass as well, been on 15 years and there are a few little holes but nothing significant. Very pleased with it.

 

[harrysmith]

i used a resin paint and put a lot of coats on . ( basically fibreglass with out the fibre ) . still looks good 8 years on and 30% of the price

 

[pine_guy]

Just plain rendered walls here. Might not look fancy, but the sh!t washes off it and dairy inspector/RT was quite happy.

 

[Bogeyman]

Plastic sheeting here for 18 years, just takes a careful person cutting it and fitting. Put pipes for feeders through the wall and allow for thickness of sheet plus a litt bit so cows can’t get teeth under plastic edge. Saw one parlour only in a year and end of pipe was flush with plastic,cows had ripped lumps out of the plastic.