Wallshield Coating Company

[David]

We have a long wearing sprayed on coating on our external walls (the rendered bits) but some areas need "refreshing" such as where doors and windows have been moved.

There seem to be a number of firms with Wallshield in the title, most of which seem to have ceased trading.

Our external walls are from the Wallshield Coating Company Limited, and the paperwork shows at least two offices, one in London WC1N 3XX and the other in Bournemouth Business Centre BH7 6DS.

So far Googling hasn't shown that they are closed down but their website at reports that it is suspended for urgent maintenance (which could obviously include paying outstanding invoices to the web host). Phone is unobtainable so the clues are there.

Strangely, the invoice which came with the house paperwork shows that the work in 2003 was done by the Bournemouth branch, even though we are north of London.

Has anyone come across a version of this company which is currently trading and offering a sprayed wall covering?

Just to add that on our house the coating seems to have worked well; we are almost at the end of the 15 year guarantee (which as backed by the company and not insurance - as in not worth the paper etc.) and there are no signs of flaking or peeling.

Just exploring the possibility of getting something to more or less match.

Cost about £5.5k in 2003 so not bad value.

Cheers

Dave R

[David]

Just to add that we have a large tub of Wallshield which came with the house. It still sounds sloppy (don't want to open it until I have to) so it may even be usable. As it was applied by a sprayer, does anyone know a sprayer for hire which could handle this kind of wall coating?

Needs to be special because the wall covering is pretty sharp and vicious

- feels a bit like sea shell chippings - so it would have to be a specialist sprayer.

I suspect so specialist that only the coating companies have them.

Still, someone on here may have applied such a sprayed coating, so no harm in asking.

Cheers

Dave R

[John Rumm]

Seems fairly conclusive...

[David]

Thanks.

Hmmm.....

I think I saw that at the Norfolk address but didn't see the reference on Page 3 to the previous London address.

"27 Oct 2002 Registered office changed on 27/10/02 from: monomark house

27 old gloucester street, london WC1N 3AF"

then

"26 Jul 2006 Registered office changed on 26/07/06 from: aston house 58 thorpe road norwich norfolk NR1 1RY"

Interesting that the documentation from 2003 still uses the old head office address.

All sounds very shonky.

All that leaves me with is trying to find an alternative or a sprayer to handle the stuff we still have.

Cheers

Dave R

[charles]

Monomark House was not a Head Office, but the address of the company's registered office. That address was used by many companies as their "registered office". Quite possibly a firm of solicitors was/is based there.

[John Rumm]

Its common to use your accountants address as your registered office.

[charles]

You can find all about Monomark House on the internet. It's basically an accomodation address although they call themselves a "mail & call handling company".

[Brian Gaff]

Mine was underwritten by a well known company, but I've never had a problem other than they sprayed over a window sill and now its rotting. User error. Anyway, I believe the actual process and paint are made by one company and they licence the equipment and method to other companies, hence the changes in name all the time. Of course I do find that when you do damage it, its really very hard to mend it around doors etc, and eventually water will get in and blow any render which they fixed before the last spray. Yes I agree that these coatings are now very good indeed, until you need to do any work that punctures the coating of course. Brian

[Brian Gaff]

Actually I think its pearlite in th textured stuff. Bear in mind that there was a coat of something put on the render to seal it first. They guy told me that both coats had to be done when the weater had been dry for a couple of days or it would peel. Mine was wallcoat, but the company which made the paint was in Wales. Brian

[Brian Gaff]

The guy that did mine advised that the old was removed near and around the damaged part and to make sure it was back to a place with good adhesion, then paint it with a sealant and let it thoroughly dry and then apply the paint of the coating all in one session. However the join may still show due to the aging of the stuff. Brian

[Brian Gaff]

PS he also told me you can paint it on if you want if its only a small area. Brian

[David]

Thanks.

That is our next option if we can't get a sprayer.

Cheers

Dave R

[Andrew]

What a surprise. Avoids all those pesky 'comes with a 10 year warrantee' claims.

[Andrew]

Or until we get a really cold winter and all the moisture from inside the house (cooking, washing, breathing) has permeated into the wall (but cannot evaporate because the plastic paint wont let it) where it freezes and blows off the outer render.

Saw a few like that during those bad winters between 2008 and 2010

[DrWall]

it's actually entirely breathable and not at all plastic

[rde42]

It might have suffocated in the 3 years since the post.

[Brian Gaff (Sofa]

Mine has not, I think these products are pretty good but they MUST be applied by the proper means in the dry weather. Also fix all render which is blown first, and coat with some kind of primer stuff. Its a lot less annoying than it use to be as they tend to use portable pressurised sprayers now not a huge compressor in the street and a pip running through your house!

Brian

[David]

If you look into the company(ies) I think that you will find that Wallshield (and their warranties) keep disappearing and then reappearing with no liability to previous iterations.

Just the product name stays the same.

The coating on our house seems fine but the company that applied it has long been out of business.

Cheers

Dave R

[Mike]

You are correct. Unfortunately our wall coating has now started to crack,with areas of the original rendering now exposed

[Brian Gaff (Sofa]

Is this another old thread? Not got time to look. Eventually water can get in, round window sils any penetration of the coating and blow the render and then the coat can crack. It does however age far better than anything else you seem to apply and if the job is done right and the blown render replaced sealed and the wall sealed correctly in a dry spell before the product is sprayed on the result often lasts 20 years in the average UK weather. Nowadays they use a back pack sprayer which gets refilled not like the old compressor parked in the street and the old big pipes they used before. I'm on my second lot since I've been here a long time. The trick seems to be to do your homework on the contractors and how well they do the job as the product is fine, its the application that can go wrong. Make sure any insurance is brokered by a known company that has been around for years, otherwise the 15 year guarantee is not worth the paper its written on.

Brian