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Our house is a 1930s north London semi with brick on the bottom half
and pebble dash on the top half. The pebble dash is unpainted, and
rather patchy - there are some areas which have previously had
dripping from gutters (now fixed). There are a few small cracks in
the existing render.

We would like to do something to improve the appearance of the house.

1. Would painting the existing pebbledash hide the uneavenness of the
existing pebble dash?

2. We are considering re-rendering over the existing pebble dash,
either with one of the polymer based things like K-Rend or Pliolite,
or with a cement based render. My main concern with this option is
the adherance of the new render to the existing substrate. Is a cement
based render more likely to stick on properly that the polymer stuff?

Any advice appreciated!

I hate it 'full stop' when someone has pebble dashed over they're house but
to render it would make it look flat and featureless. to me pebble dash is
no more than a sponge for absorbing water(rain).

Just my 2p worth.