The dreaded pebbledash

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I've been house hunting and found a place a really like, however its pebbledashed. I hate the stuff and although not top of the list i would like to get shot of it in the future, i don't think i could live with it forever. Can you just render over it and paint it, or do you have to get the stuff off? Is this likely to cost a fortune?
 
rjbell said:
I've been house hunting and found a place a really like, however its pebbledashed. I hate the stuff and although not top of the list i would like to get shot of it in the future, i don't think i could live with it forever. Can you just render over it and paint it, or do you have to get the stuff off? Is this likely to cost a fortune?
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Sorry don't know about the cost but yes you would have to take it off before you render it.
 
I did hesitate before opening this thread, thinking it might be a story on how you have messed yourself. :eek: :help: :D
 
The cost to remove it will depend on a few things, how well it is on there, who looks at doing the job. It might be they got the kit and manpower to hit the job out quickly, you might well find somebody who will work for a decent price as he would be glad for the work but might take longer to get there. I have removed it in the past where it will come off in decent sized lumps or it can stick like Sheeite to a blanket, bear in mind that pebbledash was sometimes used to hide a multitude of damaged stone or brickwork. Getting three or four quotes will be your best bet.
 
Ian D J said:
I did hesitate before opening this thread, thinking it might be a story on how you have messed yourself. :eek: :help: :D
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Great minds think alike Ian. Cue the cartoooooon!! :D
 
Personally, I would avoid pebbledash - it's the exterior version of woodchip and is often used (as Rich says) to hide a multitude of sins, from tatty pointing up to completely shot brickwork. You can generally determine if the pebbledash is stuck properly by tapping gently - if it sounds hollow, it's not stuck! It's a b@st@rd to get off unless the underlying surface is poor and if that's the case, render will only be covering the problem again...
 
Nod said:
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That stuff is the spawn of Satan!

My house is covered in it, even on the ceilings, at least the ones that aren't covered in artex. All to hide bad plaster (really really bad in some cases).

It means redecorating means completely gutting the rooms from top to bottom before replastering, then the actual decorating can take place. Takes a bleeding age :(
 
I had it removed from my first house, and the brickwork beneath was hideous.
However, when the entire exterior had been treated, rendered and painted it looked so damn good.
 
Sorry i should have mentioned the pebbledash was from new, it part of the design. A architects idea of the future of house building in the late 70's early 80's!
 
rjbell said:
Sorry i should have mentioned the pebbledash was from new, it part of the design. A architects idea of the future of house building in the late 70's early 80's!
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As was mine. It still came off :)
 
rjbell said:
Sorry i should have mentioned the pebbledash was from new, it part of the design. A architects idea of the future of house building in the late 70's early 80's!
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Then the aforementioned architect should be hunted down, hung, drawn and 1/4'd...

... and then shot just to make sure.
 
Lynton said:
Then the aforementioned architect should be hunted down, hung, drawn and 1/4'd...

... and then shot just to make sure.
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Surely some lighter fluid and a lit match would top off said "making sure"?
I mean if you're gonna do it.....do it right, no? :)
 
Lynton said:
Then the aforementioned architect should be hunted down, hung, drawn and 1/4'd...

... and then shot just to make sure.
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viv1969 said:
Surely some lighter fluid and a lit match would top off said "making sure"?
I mean if you're gonna do it.....do it right, no? :)
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or just "pebbledash" him with a "chicken gun" filled with pebbles :D
 
Well if we are talking £5k i would do it, but not if its £10k!
 
A couple of years ago I had my three bed semi stripped of the original (60 years old) pebbledash and replaced with new render and painted. The basics of the quote, including preparing and painting woodwork were....

including labour, materials and skip, hack off pebble dash, bead up, 2 coats of render (1 scratch coat and 1 rubbed up coat), repair plynth, paint walls white with leyland trugaurd or simular (dulux), paint plynths, facias, soffits and window frames, £4750.
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End of day one....

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Job done....

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The transformation was very worthwhile and I'm delighted with the result. The work was carried out by someone I know, so I may have benefited from favourable rates on the job. ;)
 
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