PaulD Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Can anyone recommend somebody good to remove pebble dash from the front of my house and re point. Thanks Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/34796-pebble-dash-removal/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrthomas_uk Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I've used Doug Mahon before: http://www.mahonbrickwork.co.uk/It's an expensive business, but absolutely no complaints and wouldn't hesitate to recommend them. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/34796-pebble-dash-removal/#findComment-666234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hels Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 how expensive? we're looking at painting ver our pebbledash but apparently that's a very tricky job...? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/34796-pebble-dash-removal/#findComment-666239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Mahon took the pebbledash off the front of our house, the best money we have ever spent, it transformed our house. We had been led to believe it was a difficult process, but it was remarkably straight forward (about 3 weeks from beginning to end of the process, including complete repointing).They have worked on a number of houses in the area, all look great. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/34796-pebble-dash-removal/#findComment-666246 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 hels, what do you mean do "very tricky"? How come?We're about to buy a house which has been pebbledashed, and I just assumed that the best solution would be to spend 1-2K on painting it over. Certainly sounds a lot more palatable than a 3 week(!) removal and repointing job. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/34796-pebble-dash-removal/#findComment-666258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrthomas_uk Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 The last pebbledash-fronted house I had, I rendered over it and painted it. Probs cost about ?2k all in. Painting over pebbledash could cost half as much (guessing?), but you obviously wouldn't get the smooth rendered finish.I'm not a fan of the pebbledash look, especially if there are some red/yellow London stock bricks hiding underneath. The only slight concern by taking off the pebbledash is that you might uncover the reason why it was pebbledashed over in the first place, but I doubt it'd be anything brick restoration guys couldn't sort out. Pebbledash removal & cleaning up whatever lies beneath can set you back in the region of ?2k - ?2.5kRepointing the brickwork can be anything between ?2.5k-4k depending on whether you go for decorative or standard pointing (or a mixture of both)Then painting whatever needs painting can cost another ?1k. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/34796-pebble-dash-removal/#findComment-666271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Ours was painted pebbledash - we too thought it was generally applied to hide something, but apparently a lot of the time it was done purely because it was fashionable. Once ours was off, there were only about 4 or 5 bricks in total that needed replaced. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/34796-pebble-dash-removal/#findComment-666302 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 hels Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> how expensive? we're looking at painting ver our> pebbledash but apparently that's a very tricky> job...?xxxxxxIt's not tricky at all!I've been in my house twenty years, which has painted pebbledash at the front, and it's been painted two or three times during that period, it's quite straightforward!I personally hate unpainted pebbledash, but I don't mind it too much when it's painted. I would prefer brick, but I'm not willing to pay to have the pebbledash removed. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/34796-pebble-dash-removal/#findComment-666419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hels Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 I think the trickiness for us (as we're doing it ourselves) is that we'll need to prepare the pebbledash first - stabilising solution, etc. but it certainly sounds like the cheapest solution! Anyone else have some trick/advice s to share for novices about to paint pebbledash? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/34796-pebble-dash-removal/#findComment-666925 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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