Advice re Painting House Exterior
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Does sound like pebble dash - just like someone's thrown a load of gravel at the house whilst the cement was drying!
You'll be absolutely fine with any normal exterior paint. You will struggle [u]not[/i] to lose stones out of it if it is pebble dashed as, over time, the mortar holding the stones in does weaken slightly.
If you paint it with a normal exterior paint, you will find that the paint should be thick enough to add a little bit of protection to those stones that are really loose already. You will knock a few stones out whilst doing it though, but don't worry about them, get back off the flat roof and see if you can spot where they've fallen out from!! Chances are, you'll struggle to see the missing ones - if you can't see them when you know they're not there, noone else will!
You'll be absolutely fine with any normal exterior paint. You will struggle [u]not[/i] to lose stones out of it if it is pebble dashed as, over time, the mortar holding the stones in does weaken slightly.
If you paint it with a normal exterior paint, you will find that the paint should be thick enough to add a little bit of protection to those stones that are really loose already. You will knock a few stones out whilst doing it though, but don't worry about them, get back off the flat roof and see if you can spot where they've fallen out from!! Chances are, you'll struggle to see the missing ones - if you can't see them when you know they're not there, noone else will!
Jonboy_t said:
Does sound like pebble dash - just like someone's thrown a load of gravel at the house whilst the cement was drying!
Sounds the same as mine, and never been painted before.I ran a spade across the walls to get rid of all the loose ones then hosed the walls down to get rid of all the dust. Started painting while the wall was still damp by brush, and to get into all the little nooks'n' crannies, I sprayed a small area with water (not too much) from a hand held garden spayer then applied more paint. Much easier than watering paint down and getting paint splash every where, and, easier than trying to work the paint into those nooks'n'crannies using paint straight from the tin undiluted. No patchiness and no dark spots where paint has missed a few stones.
Stabilising solution binds the surface together and provides a firm base for paint. It's silly to scrimp on prep. You'll need at least 2 coats of paint from scratch on such an uneven surface, whatever quality of paint you use. Also worth checking if there is any ferrous content in any of the stones in the 'dash, because it'll bleed and rust stain something dreadful if there is - in which case I wouldn't bother painting unless you can get it all off first.
Use your hosepipe to wet the walls, then paint while still damp. To fill in the nooks'n'crannies, spray an area with water from a hand held pump sprayer and work the paint in. Done mine this way and didn't need a second coat.
This way, that wall of yours should only take a couple of hours maximum.
Why have you not started at the top?
This way, that wall of yours should only take a couple of hours maximum.
Why have you not started at the top?
Off topic, but i thought of this thread last night. My Dad's mate (a painter by trade) was in the pub last night. He's got a bit of a drink problem, and will quite often leave the pub smashed, but then be up at 7 right as rain for work.
Anyway... he's painting 2 adjoining terraced houses near my Dad's place. 5pm , a guy arrives home from work to wonder why the hell the back of his house has been painted white. Whilst going round the back of the terraces, he's managed to mis-count by one, so now one house has the front painted, one has the back painted, and the one in the middle is correctly painted front and back
Anyway... he's painting 2 adjoining terraced houses near my Dad's place. 5pm , a guy arrives home from work to wonder why the hell the back of his house has been painted white. Whilst going round the back of the terraces, he's managed to mis-count by one, so now one house has the front painted, one has the back painted, and the one in the middle is correctly painted front and back
Aviz said:
Off topic, but i thought of this thread last night. My Dad's mate (a painter by trade) was in the pub last night. He's got a bit of a drink problem, and will quite often leave the pub smashed, but then be up at 7 right as rain for work.
Anyway... he's painting 2 adjoining terraced houses near my Dad's place. 5pm , a guy arrives home from work to wonder why the hell the back of his house has been painted white. Whilst going round the back of the terraces, he's managed to mis-count by one, so now one house has the front painted, one has the back painted, and the one in the middle is correctly painted front and back
Classic Anyway... he's painting 2 adjoining terraced houses near my Dad's place. 5pm , a guy arrives home from work to wonder why the hell the back of his house has been painted white. Whilst going round the back of the terraces, he's managed to mis-count by one, so now one house has the front painted, one has the back painted, and the one in the middle is correctly painted front and back
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