Removing Spar

George&Ade

Hi.Could anyone tell me if it would be possible for me to remove the spar from the front of my house doing it myself or is it a specialist job with a special tool required.
I think ive read somewhere that you can seal it and paint over it but i really want to remove it.
Many thanks

George&Ade

Could be a hammer and chisel job then.....lol.:rotfl:

Rockporkchop

I wouldn't like to say as I haven't got a clue what a spar is!! Sorry.

George&Ade

Ah sorry.Should have maybe said its the pebbledashing on the walls of houses.

vaio

What's under it or what finish do you want to end up with?

Rockporkchop

You could probably remove it by using an angle grinder and scraping it downwards but you will find that it will not remove all the tiny stones embedded in the bricks. It's a massive job and even if you sand down the whole wall afterwards, you still won't get a nice finish and will probably end up getting it re-rendered.

It will save you a lot of money and trouble if you can just brush off the loose stones, fill in any holes, seal the whole wall with a PVA bond and then paint over the existing pebbledash with masonry paint. You will be surprised at how good it looks afterwards.

withabix

Once rendered, always rendered I'm afraid.

markie1980

normally a house that is rendered or pebble dashed is done so for a reason. i.e the brickwork behind isn't nice enough to be on display.

nomis21

you could remove it, a power tool with a flat edge chisel inserted is best for this, but then you will have to get it re-plastered as the walls will be open to the wet weather, normally when you get outside walls re-plastered they would use a waterproofer addative mixed in with the plaster before applying it to the walls, this provides a barrier against wet weather conditions.
Easiest thing to do is paint it, i dont think you would have to seal it before painting (unless you have damp or wet patches coming through the wall) just use a good exterior paint..!

ormus

if you want a typical brick house finish, then the quickest way (cheapest way) is probably to brick up the whole exterior of the house.
as been said, the reason for the pebbledash is that the brickwork will be poor cheap quality and unlikely to be very weatherproof.
do you know what is underneath? brick or concrete panels? could be system build?

George&Ade

Thanks for the replies.
Underneath the pebble dash is a sound concrete wall.
Wife and I decided to have it pebble dashed about 8 years ago but is now showing signs of wear and dirty streaks under the windows etc..
I think my best option is to pva it then paint with a good masonary paint.
Thanks once again.