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Bay window external tiling
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PierremontQuaker03
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I own a 1930's Semi and currently between the upstairs and and the downstairs bay window it has pebble dash, a chunk of which has fallen off. In the street about 50% of the houses have pebble dash and the other have tiles between the bay windows. I do quite like the tiles (I would imagine that's what my house would have had originally). Does anyone know why pebble dash was/is so popular is it to do with cost and insulation? I would like to go back to the tiles but to remove the pebble dash I would imagine would be a labour intensive job - any ideas of how much this would cost?
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If it is anything like the houses around here of a similar age, I would imagine the pebble dash render has been applied over the top of timber studwork & laths. Removing it is something anyone can do with a hammer working from a small scaffold tower. Break up the render, remove the laths & all nails. Put some much needed insulation in the void, skin with marine grade ply, then put up some battens. You can then hang tiles from the battens to match with other houses in the area. Would recommend securing bot the tiles and battens with stainless steel screws rather than nails, and then nothing will rust & fall off in years to come.As to cost, wouldn't like to say...Her courage will change the world.
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