Pebbledash Removal in Swindon
House rendering, K Rend & external wall insulation specialists. Free surveys, fixed written quotes, tidy workmanship.
Swindon Rendering removes tired pebbledash from homes across Swindon and replaces it with a smooth, modern through-coloured render. Pebbledash was the standard finish on thousands of local houses built between the wars and into the 1970s — durable in its day, but dated to look at, hard to repair invisibly, and a drag on kerb appeal and resale value.
There are two honest routes: strip it, or overcoat it. Which one is right depends on how well the dash is stuck to your walls — and that's exactly what our free survey establishes before you commit to anything.
Strip or overcoat? The two routes
Full removal & re-render
The dash and its render coat are hacked off back to brick, walls made good, then a new basecoat and silicone or monocouche finish applied. The cleanest result, essential where the old render is blown or hollow.
Overcoating
Where the pebbledash is solidly bonded, a levelling basecoat with mesh can go straight over it, finished with a thin-coat silicone render. Less labour, less mess, lower cost — but only viable on sound dash.
What decides it
We tap-test elevations for hollow spots and check around windows and sills. Overcoating failing dash just buries a problem that resurfaces within a few years — we'll tell you straight which route your walls support.
Pebbledash removal cost in Swindon
Removal and re-render is priced as two stages: stripping typically runs £15–£25 per square metre, and the new render system on top of that. Overcoating, where viable, saves most of the stripping cost.
| Job | Typical price range | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Strip + silicone re-render, 3-bed semi | £7,000 – £11,500 | Full removal back to brick |
| Overcoat with thin-coat silicone, 3-bed semi | £5,500 – £9,000 | Sound dash only |
| Single elevation strip & re-render | £2,500 – £4,500 | Front-only refresh |
Guide prices including scaffold and waste removal. A fixed written quote follows the free survey.
What's under the dash — and why it matters
Stripping pebbledash occasionally uncovers surprises: soft or frost-damaged brick faces, old repairs, or patches of previous render. We allow for making good in the quote rather than springing extras mid-job. On solid-wall properties, removal is also the natural moment to consider external wall insulation — the scaffold is up, the walls are bare, and an insulated system costs far less as part of this job than as a separate one later.
Once re-rendered in a through-coloured system, the transformation is dramatic: a house that read as 1965 reads as new-build, and it never needs painting.
External wall insulation
Combine removal with an insulated render system while the walls are stripped.
Silicone rendering
The finish most pebbledash removals end with — colours, costs and process.
Frequently asked questions
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