What’s the difference between spar dash and pebbledash wall coatings? Both exterior wall coverings are popular options for protecting walls but they are not to everyone’s taste. Is your home pebbledashed and you hate the look of it? Each of these wall coatings has their drawbacks as well as advantages. For instance, each can be...Continue reading
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pebbledash can be a pain if you need to paint it. Our exterior wall coatings are specially designed to cover pebbleash and give a pleasing textured look to any home.
Tips on Painting Pebbledash. There is an easier way, and it saves time, and money too.
If you have ever tried to paint over a pebbledashed wall, or are considering painting some pebbledash, we have some tips and advice for the average DIY enthusiast and for the tradesman too. What are your options? Is there an easy way to paint a house with pebbledash?
Cracked pebbledashed walls repaired, by the sea in Brighton, East Sussex
Professional & reliable house painting services and wall coatings in and around Brighton and the whole Sussex area. Here’s an example of our work in Brighton Extensive cracked and hollow pebbledash was replaced and then protected with a NEVER PAINT AGAIN textured exterior coating, in Polar White.
What is best for painting exterior walls; spray, brush or roller?
Painting the entire exterior wall surface of a the average British house is for most people, or at least most keen DIY’ers, an awful and daunting proposition. Most DIY enthusiasts usually attempt it only once unless they are very proficient at exterior decorating, they have an awful lot of time on their hands, or they...Continue reading
Painting pebbledash, render and tyrolean masonry walls using a spray method rather than brushes
Painting Pebbledash, Spar dash and Tyrolean exterior wall finishes: Why painting them with normal paint is sometimes NOT such a good idea and why an alternative SPRAY painting method could be perhaps a better option. We look at WHAT pebbledash actually is, and WHY.
Professional exterior house painting with Wethertex wall coatings, in Barrow-in-furness, Cumbria
Yet another successfully completed exterior house painting job, this time we visited Barrow in Furness, in Cumbria. The house was fairly modern and just goes to show that our special coatings are more than suitable for modern homes as well as older properties. We will breifly run through the work we carried out here.
Painting a pebbledashed house in Gwynedd, Wales, to protect it from the Snowdonia weather
I’m stood here in the gorgeous surroundings of a sunny Gwynedd in the beautiful country of Wales, taking photos of our latest completed job, this split level bungalow. This pebbledashed home was in generally good condition and required very little in terms of repair so our team got straight to work preparing the walls for...Continue reading
Repairing and painting an ugly pebbledashed house in Croydon, Surrey. What a massive difference our wall coatings made!
Pebbledash! A passing fad and a cheap wall covering that house builders used to use to cover up poor quality brickwork, but times change and many people want to change their pebbledash wall coating to something a bit more contemporary and up-to-date. This article shows you how we go about repairing and painting a pebbledashed...Continue reading
What are the different types of mortar mixes for rendering and for bricklaying
One aspect of our work that defines us apart from your local painter and decorator is the fact we also do rendering, alteration and repairs to render as well as painting houses. We have to be very clued-up about the use of mortar and all it’s permutations, so we thought today we would share some...Continue reading
Our painters and decorators paint a bungalow in Exeter with a wall coating and what a difference it made!
If you own a house that seems to always need painting then this may be of interest to you. This particular pebbledashed bungalow in Exeter, Devon, had the full NEVER PAINT AGAIN external wall coating treatment and is now maintenance free. This project page shows the various stages of painting the exterior of a house,...Continue reading
Coloured stucco render, an exterior wall finish explained
Stucco render is an Americanism for the sort of sand and cement render that you see on the exterior walls of UK houses. The never paint again team, took this further and now offer a coloured version that does not require painting, looks amazing, and in fact will lasts for decades! But is it the...Continue reading
How to tell a good decorator from a bad one? Here’s some tips to sort the cowboys from the pro’s
Do we know some good house painters? Yes, as it happens, we do! Saying that, we have been in the trade since the 1980’s, but if what you are like Mrs Jones, sat at home wondering who to call? Don’t fret, we will guide you through how to source the right tradesman for the job,...Continue reading