I would wash it down with a stiff brush and a fungicide. If its all ready white then a single coat should do it.
The last time this question came up I said only to use high quility branded paint - sandtex or dulux. I was roundly poo-pooed by others for this stance. But then I have had two houses with whith rendering/pebbledash and only needed to paint each one once in 26 years so what do I know.
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needed to paint eachone once in 26 years >>
Noted with thanks. This is a useful service interval, one which gives my walls another 20 years and a problem which can safely be left to my heirs!
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I agree, the best quality, self cleaning paint you can afford.
I have a fairly large pebbledashed area and it keeps better looking than lots of the ones done with emulsion to save money.
Another thing, Keep the window cleaners off it with their aluminium ladders, they're not as gentle as the old wooden ones...I kept finding damaged areas a ladder's width apart.....now they put cloths round the ends.
Ted
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"Keep the window cleaners off it with their aluminium ladders"
Or just contace Elf'n'Safety - they're not supposed to work more than 2m up any more without a tower. Nor is anyone else, of course, so you'd better not change your own lightbulb over the stairs!
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That's just ridiculous, JBJ. I can easily change my landing bulb if I stand on 6 books balanced on a dining room chair, half on the landing and half on the top stair !
Seemples
Ted
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>>..if I stand on 6 books balanced on a dining room chair,..>
If you used eight books you wouldn't need the dining chair. Seemples.
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I wonder how many books to paint the pebbledash, without ladders causing damage ?
Maybe stilts are the way forward.
Ted
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>>..if I stand on 6 books balanced on a dining room chair ..> If you used eight books you wouldn't need the dining chair. Seemples.
You have books half the height of a dinning room chair seat? That must take some reading.
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Mods - can we add "simples" and "seemples" to the swearfilter?
And ban the perpertrator for life, obviously.
And his family and any descendents thereof.
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Ah, but we have 6 very low dining chairs due to having had to cut the legs off to burn and keep us pensioners warm this last fortnight
Ted
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(window cleaners) not supposed to work more than 2m up any more without a tower. Nor is anyone else of course
I assume that's "tongue in cheek".
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>I assume that's "tongue in cheek"
Not really. The current 'working at height' regulations specify 2m as the point beyond which access equipment has to be inspected and the practical upshot of the rules for temporary working from ladders is that house window cleaners nearly all now work from the ground with a squeegee on a stick.
Our church is currently considering an expensive lighting refit because volunteers aren't allowed to climb a ladder to change the higher lightbulbs, and a qualified electrician will charge around £100 for the privilege...
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"Keep the window cleaners off it with their aluminium ladders"
Keep window cleaners off houses altogether.
Not only do they scratch and damage rendering/pebble-dashing, but:
They place their ladders in soft soil, leaving big holes;
They lean their ladders against plastic guttering and bend/damage the guttering, causing blockages or leaks;
They walk on bay window/lean-to roofs and break slates/tiles and flashing;
They walk on flat roofs and damage them;
Their ladders fall over and damage cars;
They hang off their ladders, risking falling, and put their boot through leaded windows.
They will deny it all of course?
The pros on big commercial properties may be OK, but yer average residential cleaner is an expensive cowboy.
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>>But then I have had two houses with whith rendering/pebbledash and only needed to paint each one once in 26 years so what do I know.
Nuffink!
OK AE. I have to agree. You're so right again. MOST paint from the sheds is of an inferior quality.
MD
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>>Paint from sheds
Even Dulux trade when bought from a DIY shed is likely to be made to a lower spec than Dulux trade purchased at a reputable decorator's merchant/builders merchant.
Use Dulux weathershield fungicide - paint it on, leave 24 hours, wash/scrub it off.
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Use Dulux weathershield fungicide >>
Does "weathershield" imply the type of prodict that sheds water but seals up the surface, to the extent of preventing breathing? I have read that this is a bad idea- stops intererior damp getting out.
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>>> Does "weathershield" imply the type of prodict that sheds water but seals up the surface <<<
It would be an idea to identify what type of 'Stucco' you have, if its modern stuff then Weathershield or Sandtex will be ok.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stucco
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It would be an idea to identify what type of 'Stucco' you have if its modern stuff then Weathershield or Sandtex will be ok.
Thanks for the lead. It is about 80 years old and, from the design, was not an afterthought. It has a slightly rough texture, like that of cement and is as hard. It is generally sound and I don't know what there is under the surface, such as laths or wire netting, but I suspect the mix was plastered straight on to the bricks.
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>>It is about 80 years old and from the design was not an afterthought. It has a slightly rough texture like that of cement and is as hard. It is generally sound and I don't know what there is under the surface such as laths or wire netting but I suspect the mix was plastered straight on to the bricks.
It could be Lime plaster.
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Thanks for the lead. It is about 80 years old but sound and hard. It has the texture of cement and looks as if it has been plastered straight onto the bricks underneath. From the exterior design, it is obviously original and not an afterthought to cover cracks.
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I'm no ex pert, but it sounds like straight forward render to me, so just cover it with Weathershield or Sandtex after washing down with fungicide and rinsing orf.
My previous house was a 1950's render over block, as was the one before that, my present house is pebbledash over single block (1930's)
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Does "weathershield" imply the type of prodict that sheds water but seals up the surface to the extent of preventing breathing? I have read that this is a bad idea-stops intererior damp getting out.
It is a superb product and does not seal the damp in. Recommended.
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