In article , BillR
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Hi all,
I'm just about to have the rather old and blown pebble dash
removed from my house and have it replaced with a similar coating.
SWMBO would like it painting with Sandtex or similar, now I know I
can ask the manufacturers but I would also like a less biased
opinion. What are the implications of applying the paint in cold damp
weather, i.e. in the next month or so?

A word of caution. The pepple dashing may have been put on in the first
place because the wall was in such poor condition. It may not be weather
proof if you remove the coating. e.g. the pointing could need replacing.


Oh dear don't say that!
The house has been an interesting project, total rewire as the previous
owner had done some novel things such as running a 7KW shower off 2.5mm
T&E. Replace downstairs floor because he had used non floor grade
chipboard that had worn away. Used 2nd hand roofing joists to hold up
downstairs floor. Built a stud wall over the carpet. The house had been
gutted at one point with a view to being demolished. The plaster in the
24' X 12' lounge had to be replaced as a lot of it was blown from the
brick, not the same walls as the pebble dashed ones luckily. The
plumbing was a nightmare so that is now new too. SO if the pointing is
not up to scratch I will not be surprised, the only glimmer of hope is
that the pebble dash appears to be original, it matches in with several
other houses locally that were built at the same time.


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-- Bill