Apart from the fact that it looks truly awful you mean?
Well, once it's pebbledashed, that's it. To then remove it will probably damage the brickwork underneath pretty severely, costing a lot to put right.
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Fashion I think. 'Sierra man' used to live in a pebbledash house, apparently. If one has a house pebbledashed and then tries to sell it, not only will prospective buyers not like the appearance, but (especially given that it is unfashionable) they will wonder what it is covering up.
Thanks for answering my question, Frostbite.
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Fashion I think. 'Sierra man' used to live in a pebbledash house, apparently. If one has a house pebbledashed and then tries to sell it, not only will prospective buyers not like the appearance, but (especially given that it is unfashionable) they will wonder what it is covering up. Thanks for answering my question, Frostbite.
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I cannot agree with this load of rubbish.
My previous house along with all in the street were built in 1930s and all had a pebbledash finish. Exactly the same finish as Marley Garages of cica 1960s. I cannot believe Marley too chose the same finish by chance.
We had no problems with the pebbledash or selling the house.
There certainly may be questions asked if the pebbledash was ADDED at a later stage(possibly to hide problems). Stone cladding is by far the worse in appearance and raises additional concerns that the stones are properly secured.me
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I agree with lezebre about wondering what it's covering up, but also I wouldn't relish the thought of having to periodically paint it to keep it looking nice. I know it can be left unpainted, but if it's painted when you buy it then you don't have much choice.
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If pebbledash was added immediately after construction and the wall was designed to have an outer cladding then no problem.
Main problem is when added later for any of the following reasons:
1. to conceal problems or defects
2. if the wall was never designed to be sealed in by portland cement render eg lime mortar walls have to breathe, peblledash would seal the walls and all moisture has to exit through the inside of the wall.
3. poorly attaches, water gets inside and freezes in winter, pebbledash becomes separated from wall and falls off in large sections.
Ian L.
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And the result of stargazer's problems:
1. If you try to remove it subsequently, you may end up with all sorts of other work required. For instance, if the windows have been 'modernised', or if there has been bomb damage, there may be areas of non-matching brickwork.
2. You end up with 'damp' inside the house, and a 'damp consultancy firm' will recommend filling the walls with chemicals - that won't help at all.
3. You think pebbledash is ugly? Try half-pebbledash!
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Ask any surveyor.
A newly rendered or pebbledashed house, i.e. covering the external elevations some significant time after it was built, is going to raise lots of queries. The most important one is WHY? - what's it hiding?
If you really want to do it, take lots of (non-digital) photos before hand to show that there were no problems with the base wall. However, much better if you didn't do it at all.
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In my case, it's not a question of 'doing it' - it's a 60s built house with original pebbledash (as are most in my road) and I simply wondered why it was so undesirable, according to the guy I heard.
It still looks OK to me, so I think I will ignore it as a fashion thing. Thanks for all the comments.
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There are houses built within the last 20 years about a mile from where I live that are pebbledashed; others are half-timbered.
In both cases the properties tend to look very scruffy within a comparatively short space of time after being painted or treated.
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>>fashion or technical?
If the house was built without it, then (a) definitely aesthetics, and (b) possibly technical for reasons outlined above.
If the house was built with it, then potentially aesthetics. Your house would probably look silly without it. Don't paint it (once you start, you can't stop). Stick with it!
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If it's original pebbledash then that's fine. Leave it well alone and if its not painted then don't do it!
The problem with rendering and pebbledashing is that if the property moves ever so slightly, it will cause a crack in the render which will look unsightly (the cracks goes black) and may lead to some render dropping off. Minor movement of a house built with facing bricks may suffer no cosmentic problems at all.
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I must admit, after all those years, there's rather more dash than pebble!
No, it hasn't been painted. Next door had theirs 'refreshed' a few years ago which seems like a good idea.
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If by refreshing, you mean effectively renewing the pebbledashing then fine, it will smarten the building up. If you haven't replaced windows yet, it may be a good idea to do it before you refresh the pebbledashing, otherwise you will get a very ugly effect around the reveals.
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Well as an owner of a pebbledashed house (and the one before it) I can speak with some authority here.
Both houses were built that way and both were painted when bought. It is perfectly possible and easy to keep it looking good.
First house was prepared (surface cleaned, cracks filled with flexible filler) then given two coats of a high quality exterior masonry paint. 10 years later it still looked as good as the day it was painted.
My new house was built with pebbledash, has been extended and where extended pebbledashed. I shall be doing the same thing with this as I did with house no1 and fully expect the same result.
At no time has the fact a house has been pebbledashed ever put me off buying it, and nor has it with anyone else I know.
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>>At no time has the fact a house has been pebbledashed ever put me off buying it, and nor has it with anyone else I know.
With Victorian houses in London that were 'modernised' during the 60s & 70s by pebbledashing & changing the shape of the windows, then pebblesashing definitely puts people off, for the above reasons.
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Ah well thats different, If you are in the market for a Victorian house then you want it to look, well, Victorian.
In commuter land out here, 35% of the stock is pebbledashed - built that way.
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With Victorian houses....pebblesashing definitely puts people off.
Is that RICS speak for when the period solid bricks have been unfortunately rendered over, but the original sash windows retained???
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morning all,
reading through this query, i tend to get the impression that people are confusing "pebble-dashing" with "rough-casting".
pebble-dashing is where the individual stones stand proud of the fixing render, and can be knocked off simply by running a hand over it. It is not usually painted as its own appearance is usually quite attractive. It can however suffer from the same defects as mentioned in the threads above, i.e loose patches etc.
Rough-casting, is where all the stones are mixed in to the rendering porridge-fashion, before being applied to the walls, this results in a uniform coloured covering that is smoother than pebble-dash, and can be painted. It is usually this finish to be wary of....as this is a well known "cosmetic covering" for dodgy structure.
pebble-dashing = o.k
rough-casting = no-no
billy.
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From your descriptions, although I didn't know the difference I was talking about pebble-dashing. And I still think it looks terrible, but that's just my opinion.
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Thanks for that Billy. One or two of the posts had me a little confused but I now understand what they could have been referring to.
FWIW I was talking about 'genuine' pebbledash.
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