pebbledash

Hi Guys. I know this may have been mentioned few time. I got rear elevation with pebbledash which has been painted several time from previous owner. does not look good with load of repair during the year from cable chase pipes etc etc. I have been exploring some option to render on top of it...

Hi, I've bought a 1930's semi in Surrey, we've got rising damp. The house has pebbledash rendering, I can see a few previous holes drilled through the render for a damp proof course, so I can use those again, but they only go around half the house. They must have been drilled after the...

Old 1902 house. Recently moved In and just had the first heavy rain. Concerned how the pebbledash seems to soak up the water. I’m aware the gutter needs looking at directly above the down pipe but I can’t figure out the other patch’s other than them being near a structure door window etc…...

I`m planning to render the tired looking and over painted 1930 pebble dash. I know someone will say to remove the pebble dash completely but doing that would cause load of vibration and crack on a fully refurbished house. I was thinking to nail the EML mesh to the existing render than 2 coat...

Hi all, I am currently doing up my garage and plan on painting my garage with masonry paint but first I need to repair my garage since part of the roughcast/pebbledash panel has broken off. I am going to remove any loose bits with my chisel and then pebbledash a layer over it, it doesn't have...

Hi all I'm looking for advice on restoring our bay window. The previous occupant thought it would be great to shear off the London victorian detailing and to pebbledash the front of the house. We've got the pebbledash off ourselves but now need to restore the look of the bay window as we live...

Got loft conversion with hip to gable wall freshly done and finished with sand cement pebbledash. What would be the right procedure to start painting it? what about the first coat and then second third etc. I also have the wall below still in pebbledash already painted few time from the...

Hi, I have been having issues with damp around the corners of our windows and after a lot of investigation the issue has been found! The windows where not sealed with silicone against the sills when they where put in. This means water goes along the sill and into the walls. I decided to check...

Hello I am in the process of constructing a pitched roof over my porch. It was flat bitumen previously which was old and failed. The house is pebbledash finished. The question I have is whether you would typically remove the pebbledash to fit the rear wall plate tight against the brickwork. Or...

Hi there, I'm concerned about some building work I've had done and thought I'd get some public (and hopefully expert) opinion on it. I've removed an internal wall to make my bathroom bigger at the cost of my bedroom. Unfortunately there was a window effectively spanning that wall. So I've had...