How To Pebble Dash Rendered Walls
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- Опубліковано 17 тра 2020
- James shows us how he likes to pebble-dash rendered walls in King Build Part 9.
Our thanks go to James King for letting Roger film this extension project series.
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Joy to watch, beautiful work as all ways
Fantastic eye for detail.
Somewhere a painter is crying and wishing he’d become a plumber!
I didn't need this video to regret being a painter LOL
The pair of you crack me up, I'm a chippy I hate you all !! I work so hard putting every cock up right and get paid the least 👊💩😂👍
I've been a plasterer for 12 years, my old man was one before me and his dad before him. He taught me to dash first before anything else because it's forgiving seen as you don't have to rub it up to a fine finish. Never thrown it on by hand though, always used a small coal shovel to flick it on.
A makeshift table tennis bat much better and easier.
Didn't there used to be something called a Tyrolean Projector ? I think you filled it with gravel and when you turned the handle on the side metal strips flung it at the wall.
@@tombristowe846 there was such a device but it was not intended for gravel or pebbledashing. There was an actual product called Tyrolean and was quite popular back in the 70s and 80s. Was a slurry mix splattered onto either a damp wall or a thin base coat.
Wow that looks like hard work why aren't you using a flicker and a box save a lot of time and mess
Same he in ireland use a dasher her done nice job
Great video, lovely job well done
Well done mate. Thank you for the video 👍🇬🇧
Very nicely done 👍
Use a harling shovel or an old coal shovel, will speed up the whole process. Dashing by hand is only used in tight spots where a shovel will not get into.
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I like it. The job looks good. 👍
Quality video mate really helpful and clear. Doing my first pebble dash job tomoz can't wait
Hope it goes well!
From a builder, that’s nice work, looks extremely neat, great stuff 👍
Cheers
Class workmanship. Top stuff. We would have happily watched you finished the lot!
I like the smooth rubbed up angles 👍
That is to match the original house but it is much better than the original job.
Looks good. You don’t see much pebble dashed walls anymore but I like it. Don’t know what mix was used on my house but the pebble dashing is rock solid when I tried drilling it.
Dude, rocks are usually rock solid 🤦🏻♂️
Love peeble dash so satisfying to to watch.
This guy is good. Can tell hes not a plasterer. Hes too neat
🤣
Not wishing to be critical but a few of those stones are upside down!😂👍🏻
the only reason for that is because James spotted that some were upside down on the original building and wanted to match it.
I don't think that matters too much to be honest but the back to front ones will cause havoc!
I suppose it won't matter to much as it's going to be painted and as long as the customer don't watch the video he may just get away with it
@@SkillBuilder "bah-DUM-TSSSssss!" _rimshot_
Good job !
Dammit!! I've been sticking them on one by one with araldite all these years ;0/
Dave Shuttleworth Liquid or gel ???? 😂😂😂😂
William Davis; Rapid....you don't get achy fingers as it sticks quicker ;0)
Never seen dry dash before, looks good
Good job. A clean plastic is often used to lightly press the stones into the mortar. A small frying pan can also be used to flick the stones into the mortar.
Very labour intensive, fair play to him.
Not a massive problem on small builds etc
Looks really superb! Job well done! Cheers
Hats of to thefrllaby the way good attention to detail!👌
Hard work!
I'd always be tempted to have something like a plasterers hawk to lightly press the dash into the mix after putting it on to bed it in a touch. I know this one is being painted but dry dash seems shed stones so easy
What type of mix do I need for this ? Can you buy it ready mixed ?
You made that look easy .can I put these on on top of old rendering that has been painted what would the process be .
I’d be very interested to see how you detail the joint between the bottom of the bell cast and the render plinth you’re putting in so as not bridge the DPC. So much conflicting information out there. Cheers!
nahladel I’ve set the bell cast so that it just hangs over the damp course and have rendered the plinth up to just under the damp course so there is a gap separating it but you’d have to lay down on your chest to see it.
wow,,very cool to see this,,I want to try a bit of this on an old stucco cabin
Great work, well done !!
That just looks so modern beautiful it's lovely
That’s a very professional way to dash, don’t know why anyone would want to paint over it? 👍👍
I need to do some pebble dash repairs, but cant seem to find the small aggregate to match. Where did you get your pebbles from thanks?
Always enjoy watching a professional doing quality work. Thanks for sharing 👍
smart job
To match in with existing dashing, is there easy way to match mix? I've got a small patch needs doing with Canterbury spur gravel, I think lime has been added to mortar .
Trying to do a good patch repair with dashing is practically impossible 🙁
Very good video, just to confirm the ratio is 5:1:1 sand cement lime (for both scratch and top) but what type and size of pebble are you using?
Drinking game idea. Do a shot for every one of his innuendos.
Great work!
Lovely job!
Moved into our first house recently and the bottom half of the house is pebble dashed below the storm porch. Took the old rusty light fitting and number plate off the wall and discovered they’d rendered around it rather than removing them first. What’s the best way to patch it in, I will add that it’s gonna be painted anyway, so I just need to know what to use etc.
Do you use the same 5:1:1 mix for both render coats? Also, you mentioned having to build out the render quite thick, is this done in more than 2 coats? If so, what is the mix for each?
Hi Chris,
Yes, it’s best to use the same mix for both coats because if there is any movement they should move at the same rate which will help reduce cracking. And yes, where the render was thicker on the corners it was done in 3 coats all of the same mix.
the handfuls got bigger toward the end :D
Cool, I had no idea how these were done. Thanks!!
That’s a tidy job, well done. Craftsmanship and pride in your work are hard to find in this modern world.
What stone did you use for dashing?
They have done a really good job there it looks good
Looks great but what is the plywood bordering for please? dx
When I did this the pebbles wouldn’t stick. Lovely smooth render, but the spar just fell off. Any idea why? It was fairly firm render. I found the render adhered to the wall best when not too moist. Was my render too dry?
It does sound likely that the render was too dry. It needs to be fairly wet, not spread on too thick as the weight of the spar can cause it to drag and only work in small sections at a time. We also use a waterproof additive in the scratch coat to help stop the top coat from drying in too quickly which gives us a bit more time. Hope that helps.
Asking as I've just built the roof on my to be dashed house. What are you doing regarding the soffit? I decided to build my soffit as I think rendering up to it will look better than trying to put the soffit up against dash.
That is the way to do it but this is an open soffit
@@SkillBuilder Nice one! Looks good but I wasn't quite sure
Thanks for this vid as I have never done pebble dashing and I am learning to render at minute so it's good to see someone doing right. Also was wondering whether you could do some reviews on erbauer ext range.
After chucking those stones do you press them in a bit with a board to make them more secure?
Not generally. They tend to stick. You always get an initial drop off but these are well in. Maybe the hand casting is the future.
What mix ratio do you use for the render?
greeneboi123 this was 5 sand, 1 cement and one lime.
Big hat tip to Ye Olde World Craftsmanship still extant in Ye Olde UK, nothing that labor-intensive being used on any large scale across the pond here in Yanqui-land... have a question though: there must be a small % of pebbles that don't get dashed very deep into the plaster, and are barely hanging on--do you give such a wall a few strokes with a stiff straw broom before painting, to knock loose the "loosies"?
Is the paint sprayed on? I kinda like the look of it and really like the craftsmanship but it also looks like you put a driveway on the walls.
That's probably because he has a missus that drives him up the walls 🚗 🧱 🤔😉
Nice hard work. There are specific harling trowels or tyrolean tools you can get but if it’s just a small job the old hand works a treat.
Bet the ol glove dont last long😁
Bloody quality job his done, not seen this method before
What size pebbles you using
Gotta hand it to him.🤣
When he starting using his hand I thought he was stoned.🤣
The poor painter will brush half of it off. Each to their own. ✌🏻
Most of us could do with losing a few stones but that wall is not going to.
Excelent👍
what stops the stones from falling off over time?
is it a special render mix for pebble dashing? can you use any stone?
Some stones fall, this is one of the drawbacks of pebble dash but it was done to match the rest of the house
This is a nightmare to work on as a painter. Not sure why people still like this. Its like a birds nest🤨 but great work of course no doubt?
But i think this is really really old fashion..
Hi skill builder what type of pebble dash is being used?
It’s the same mix I used for the flat parts 5 sand, 1 cement and 1 lime. The stones are 10mm gravel or some call it pea shingle, nothing special.
@@bertalanlovasz7512 coming back in, different colours and size of aggregate like resin drives, beautiful finish
...would like to know how to match new pebbledesh (around an newly-installed window) to the original pebbledesh (40 yrs old) in Scotland Help!
All of your work is to a high standard James, as is this rendering job, albeit a bit unorthodox with the dashing technique.
Personally, I would have applied ‘wet dash’ as it was being painted.
Hi, can you tell me what it would cost to have this job done on a building of this size?
hi
guys i need to do the size of a door at the back of are house do you need special cement or plaster for this to help stones stick
I live in Scotland few years ago we got all our old bungalow done this way in arctic white but having doubts now kinda worried how it will look with our climate over the years can this type of surface be painted over and does the render under the chips contain a fungicide to prevent green algae?
I spent the past few weeks chasing pebble dash off my house so we could smooth render and then paint. Just watching how easy the stuff goes on makes me wanna cry. I thought pebble dash was a thing of the past clearly not.
Pebble dash is great, it's a great crime that so much is being taken off.
Wow, its been very long time since i have seen that done. Nice Job
I have to make good a reveal after removing a window it's the yellow pebbledash, what.would be the best way to get yellow smooth render for.reveal please
I've never liked the look of pebble dash, but I gotta say that was awesome watching him work.
Can someone tell me, once i finish, should I seal it with PVA solution. Thanks
You have made an incredible job of that sir I'm so impressed.. however here's a thing, I'm a chippy and I have been putting a scratch coat on today and wondering if I can top coat the following or if it's to soon, I've been watching a lot of videos and reading up and a lot of people are saying you should work right to left (or left to right if your a left hooker) so you always work the render into itself.. do you have a different opinion, I'm certainly not mocking you as like I say your work is faultless I'm simply just trying to learn the right way 🙂👍
Nice one, does it matter how hard you throw the stones to the wall.
Blue Boy it depends on how wet the mix is, I like to keep it wet so that I can keep it looking seamless. As I have it wet I can’t throw them too hard or it will just make a mess and it could cause the render to slip off the wall.
Good job is that
Could you have used a pebble dash gun or no use for this type of pebble/application?
Sincerely Insincere I probably could have used some form of machine but I don’t do that much pebbledashing so have never tried one. It only took me a day to do the whole extension and doing it this way I can keep it all tidy.
What sort of witchcraft is this? Very nice work.
it made the King look Dashing :)
Did you wet the scratch coat firs
I don’t envy you doing that job ! What a lovely job you made of it though 👌🏼🧱💙
Bricklaying With Steve and Alex cheers 🍻
70's technological know how and design feature brought to modern day. Should have stayed there if you ask me.
Actually it goes back to the 1930's and if you are extending a pebble dashed property it is perfect
Never thought I'd be excited to see a man pebble dash a house.
But I am....
I dreamt of it for years but now I've seen it I think it didn't quite reach the heights I thought it would.
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Can you paint pebble dash ?
Yes, but it takes about 3 times as much paint as a flat wall
Yeah if you've got the patience of a saint
We’re going to spray it as hardly any stones will be dragged off and it saves loads of paint. It takes a bit of time taping stuff up but it’s a really good finish.
Have harled 30 odd years and l have never seen it done that way. Use a harling trowel it's quicker and leaves uniform finish also sticks the chip to the cement better.
Never seen anyone throw a whole wall on by hand! Get a harling trowel fella.
He prefers to do it by hand. He might not do another one for 10 years.
I agree, but tbf is there really much of a difference? You're still cocking your wrist all day long harling trowel or not👀🤷🏻♂️
Yea I'd say there is a difference, the way a harling trowel spreads it out rather then just bunched up handfuls but each to their own.
@@ljones396 He may do better if he threw it at the wall and not just up in the air. Throw it like a ball not rice at a wedding.
Back in the 80's I laboured on a plasterer whilst he dashed a gable, he had a shallow ply box for the dash to fall into and he did use a trowel/shovel to apply the dash, bit of a specialised art to it, its definately not as popular as it used to be.
2.44 tight, 😳😳
Pretty blown away by this guy. To be that good at multiple things is not easy. I’ll stick to carpentry.
Yes it makes you sick to see how multi-talented some people are. Carpenter, bricklayer, plasterer, plumber layer of , drains, water mains and a bit of a mean guitarist...oh yes and he can cook.
Maybe try a coal shovel and a tin bath
Was that guy not a Joiner in the last video 🤷♂️
I’m still a joiner in this one but now I’m throwing stones.
Fair play to you too - pebble-dashing by hand? - that's really tiring. .......
You should have got Roger to lend you his little-old fireside shovel and trebled your out-put, saved your arms, and a good bit of time - But Again - well done, many Plasterers would have run a mile at the thought :-)
Hi Peter
James prefers to do it by hand and he will probably not do another pebble dash job for 10 years so that trowel that everyone says he should buy would sit there mocking him, whereas his right hand has a million uses.
@@SkillBuilder That's why I said 'lend' the little old shovel ;-)
Also, would this guy travel to the Midlands or is that too far? Drop me a message if so!
hermand sorry, it’s a bit too far for me I’m afraid!
@@jimichip No worries, thought so! Thanks for the reply and excellent work
This is the guy you want doing the work, no fuckin about, gets it done, cracking result. Bit 1930’s for my liking but to each his own
Each to his own for sure but what we have now is a whole load of extensions going on the back of houses and they all have anthracite bi-folds and K rend. One day somebody will decide that it is a dated look and everyone will move onto the next craze. There is a lot to be said for keeping faith in the original design and character, but it takes confidence no to move with the herd.
Skill Builder agreed! To think of how many crittle windows ive pulled out and destroyed in the past, now they are very desirable.
He could feed a lot of chickens with an arm like that.
Chickens don't eat arms.
@@SkillBuilder I was comparing the pebble dashing to scattering bird seed.
@@superiorbeing95 I was making the joke?
@@SkillBuilder I know, Skill Builder is comedy gold!
I wonder what it would like like if it were lime-washed.
Top class.... great job... shame its gonna get painted.. 👍
Thanks 👍
Roger buy him harling trowel for Christmas
We spoke about it and he doesn't want one. Long before harling trowels there were hands
J christ get a dash scoop ,and plaster to put the stuff on in front of u
In 2020 ?
See, down in these parts yellow sand is shite for rendering as it’s too fine, it cracks. We use something called Holme sand. No doubt that sand is not the same yellow sand we have down here, in south west my babbs? Our Yellow sand is used for bricklaying.
We have Westerham sand that is the best for rendering. James sought it out especially.
I thought this died off in the 80s
Nothing in building dies it is only sleeping