Removing pebbledash would be more fuss, but rendering and painting would detract from the original look, so if you want to honour the history - bring back brick!

Maybe you could get a quote for both and then decide?

The other consideration is that once you're back to brick there's little maintenance then needed down the line. If you stick with pebble-dash then you'll need to repaint frequently which is a time consuming and costly endeavour.

That said stripping pebble dash from brick can damage the face of the bricks so I would want assurances from whoever did it that this could be mitigated.

Back to brick would be lovely, but could be expensive, i agree with Isidora to get two quotes and see how they compare.

Do upload a photo when you have decided what to do, it would be great to see what you went for!

Hopefully the brick won't be too damaged underneath. I have a garden wall that had been rendered at some point and the bricks had been scored diagonally across the surface. It does show but as it's a garden wall I'm not too bothered, it wouldn't look so good on the front of the house. Worst case I suppose is that if the brick is too damaged you could re-render

Hi,

Dependent on the area you live in, you may need planning permission if you wish to change the external appearance of your house.

Your local planning authority will be able to assist you with this.

Pebbledash is a design crime!!! I'd see how damaged the bricks are by doing a patch. You do need to be careful though with the planners. Unbelievably our coastal village is currently locked in battle with the local planning department as more people want to remove the pebbledash for fibre cement ship lap cladding and the planners in their wisdom are against it, but they will now let us render in any colour.

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