Rendered & clad
Smooth stucco / plaster face
No veneer at all — the block wall is rendered and finished flat, usually to match the house. The quietest and cheapest face here, and in a modern scheme frequently the right one.
Essential cost band
The workhorse option. Does the job, lasts, and is what most of a yard is made of.
Colour families
- White
- Warm white
- Greige
Families, not products. The exact colour gets chosen off a physical sample against your house.
What is true of this material
- Applied to
- Block or framed wall with the right lath and coat build-up
- Matching
- Matching an existing house finish exactly is skilled work
- Repair
- Patches show; colour is best integral or repainted wall-to-wall
Attributes
- TypeRendered & clad
- PatternFlat / rendered
- Colour familyCream / whiteGrey
- Cost bandEssential $
- Where it goesSeat wallsRetaining wallsKitchen islandsColumns & pilasters
- StyleModernMediterraneanCoastal