External render question

[Hoofy]

Would having a plain render on the front of a house and pebbledash on the sides/back look... st?

[Hoofy]

Just one side needs doing. Would probably make the cost difference neither here nor there if I got the entire house painted I guess?

[Hoofy]

Oh, how much would it cost to pebbledash one external wall including materials, scaffolding and labour?

[Hoofy]

Don't you have to put a base down before the render for the pebbledash?

[Hoofy]

Hrm. Maybe I'll pretend I'm going for a gravel drive.

[Hoofy]

EggsBenedict said:

I had a pebbledash house once. It had turned kind of grey with age. Looked horrid. Painted the whole thing (which was massively painful - really hard to get good coverage), it looked like stucco afterwards. If I'd had the money, I'd have flat rendered the lot and painted that.

Are you going for some sort of retro look?

Ha. No, the house was bought pebbledashed. One wall has bits of render/dash coming off so needs redoing. I don't really want to spend thousands just to make the other 3 walls look nice/match.

[Hoofy]

Oh, the render upon which the pebbledash sits is coming away from the wall. Mostly, it's just cracks and when you tap the render it sounds hollow? A little bit has come off to reveal beige stuff. This is just below the eaves. There's signs of dampness (furry mould) on the inside of the wall near the ceiling. Presumable this is because water's getting through the cracks and bit that's come off? A lot of the front of the house sounds hollow but there are no other signs of damp.

Any thoughts?

[Hoofy]

Ah crap. So one side - over £2k all in?

[Hoofy]

B17NNS said:

Have you got a picture of the elevation, approximate size?

It's mainly dash but some brick. Guestimate 30m square excluding windows (obviously) mainly upstairs so needs scaffolding.

[Hoofy]

Thanks. Will see what the exact quotes come up with.

[Hoofy]

I'm considering using some kind of brickwork waterproof coating. I don't really want to throw several thousand at this right now as I've invested a lot in my business so don't have the funds at the mo. Thoughts?

[Hoofy]

Any thoughts on the question above? Thanks.

[Hoofy]

Thanks. Just found stuff. Seems to be that it's best to let it dry for a couple of weeks before applying. *looks at weather forecast*