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Rethinking façade rendering: From Failure to Finish: How KEIM natural systems improve performance and longevity.

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Builders, home improvers, and designers add render to facades for several reasons;   to protect the structure, improve the aesthetics, and to boost energy efficiency. But if the products aren’t used effectively, or applied incorrectly, they can cause lasting problems that they were designed to overcome, such as water ingress, trapping moisture, which can lead to cracking or damp.

KEIM Mineral Paints Limited are known for their natural, environmentally friendly interior and exterior paints, but here we focus on their lesser-known range of renders; each designed for specific applications but all providing lasting durability, protection, and performance.

Why do we render?

There are several reasons why we would choose to apply render. The common reasons include;

  • Protection from the weather – water soaking, reduce damp, in wet climates
  • Improve structural durability – cover cracks, stabilise aging masonry
  • Aesthetic upgrade – modernise older properties, add colour or texture
  • Improve insulation – keep heat in during winter, lower heating bills

How KEIM is different

Typical render types available include cement, lime, acrylic, and silicone based. KEIM renders, as with all KEIM products, use natural, inorganic ingredients, reflecting the philosophy that dates to 1878, of being kind to use and kind to the environment.

Advantages of KEIM mineral renders;

  • Environmentally friendly ISO 14001
  • High vapour permeability (walls can breathe)
  • Provides durable, colour stable protection
  • Fire resistant to A1
  • UV stable
  • Increases light reflectivity
  • Available in bagged powder form

Products include

  • KEIM Uniputz 1.3 (KEIM Universal Render), multi-purpose, pre bagged mineral render, versatile, easy to apply. Extremely flexible to accommodate high degree of movement such as thermal expansion, whilst preventing the surface from crazing or cracking
  • KEIM Uniputz 0.6 version (KEIM Universal Render Fine). A ready to use product ideal for interior or exterior application using hydraulic lime, white cement with sand and mineral fibre fillers
  • KEIM NHL-KP 3.0 (KEIM Kalkputz Grob), perfect for localised patch repairs of existing lime rendered facades and lime base coat for KEIM NHL-KP 0.6
  • KEIM NHL-KP 0.6 (KEIM Kalkputz Fine), a complete thin lime coat system to be subsequently painted

Where can they be used?

  • Concealing cracks, flaking, or differences in textures
  • Ideal for renovation, historic monuments, listed buildings (KEIM Uniputz 1.3)
  • Can also be applied onto existing sound render
  • Used as a total render or for patch repairs
  • Ideal for use with KEIM’s range of interior and exterior paints

Cradle to Cradle Certified.

Interested to find out more?

View KEIM’s profile on Bpi – https://www.bpindex.co.uk/supplier/4136/keim-mineral-paints-ltd/

Find out more https://www.keim.com/en-gb/products/concrete-systems/

Tel: 01952 231 250

Web:  https://www.keim.com/en-gb/

Email: sales@keimpaints.co.uk.

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Project examples include: Alderney Lighthouse, George Hotel in Rye and High Wray in Cumbria

KEIM – unparalleled performance and durability since 1878.

 

KEIM – the most certified eco-friendly paint….in the world!

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KEIM Mineral Paints have recently been Cradle to Cradle Certified® for 65 products making them the world’s most certified paint.

Many may see this as a huge major milestone in the company’s list of achievements, which of course it is, although the reality is, that KEIM are simply continuing to honour their mission to ‘protect the earth, its resources and one another in everything they do;’ a promise their founder pledged more than 140 years ago.

Cradle to Cradle Certifed®, so called as it assesses the whole circular economy and not from just manufacture to disposal, is the world’s most advanced, science-based standard for designing and manufacturing products. It assesses products in 5 comprehensive categories including renewable energy, material health, and social fairness.

Vanessa Fox, Commercial Director at KEIM Mineral Paints Limited, explains the significance of this most recent accreditation, ‘If walls could talk, I’m confident that the 5 million square metres of surfaces painted with KEIM in the UK would all pay homage to their breathability, durability, and richness of colour. KEIM have been eco-friendly since 1878. It’s not a new attribute that our paints possess, but the Cradle to Cradle Certified® Certification gives our specifiers, architects, and decorators that added confidence knowing that our products have been independently assessed and verified.’ Choosing a KEIM mineral based paint or colourwash to decorate new buildings or renovate or repurpose existing structures, makes for a healthy, eco friendly, sustainable and durable option.

KEIM interior and exterior paints are used across a wide variety of projects from historic, heritage, to highrise due to their many benefits. In fact due to their ecological, healthy living performance, and extraordinary durability, KEIM were the first manufacturer in the world to be certified to the Natureplus guidelines for exterior paints.

Vanessa Fox continues, ‘We feel honoured that so many iconic buildings are decorated using KEIM; the Portmeirion village in North Wales, Battersea Power Station, and retail stores such as Paul Smith for example. We have recently been used to renovate a remote coastal lighthouse on Alderney Lighthouse in Guernsey such is the resilience and durability of our products.

This most recent accolade is the latest in a string of accreditations and independent assessments which guarantee the quality and characteristics of the KEIM range. Many of their products are being specified due to their fire resistance capabilities on highrise buildings for instance or across hotel and leisure projects. Private home owners and decorating contractors are increasingly understanding the importance of using natural organic mineral paints, avoiding solvents or preservatives.

Fox concludes,‘65 of our products have Cradle to Cradle Certified®-Certificate Silver and the C2C Certified Material Health Certifcate™ Gold. That is a huge achievement, and testament to our resolve to play our part towards a healthier, more sustainable, resource- saving future.’

KEIM Mineral Paints can be purchased online via their web shop. Colour charts and samples are available on request. Site surveys and full technical support is offered via their regionally based sales team and Telford based customer support.

KEIM will be exhibiting at The Listed Property Show, Olympia, London 3-4 February 2023.