Cover pebble dash · Argyll and Bute
Covering pebble dash in Oban
If you're planning pebble dash covering in Oban, start with a free survey: we measure, check the walls and confirm planning and building control for your address. If you're covering pebble dash in Oban, we price both a render-over and an insulate-over option.
- Free survey in PA34
- Guide price from £72 per m² + scaffold, inc VAT
- Fixed written price before work starts
Free survey in Oban
Postcode, service and a phone number is all we need.
What you get
- Loose areas are cut out and patched first
- Render-over uses a bonding coat and mesh to level the stones
- Sound dash can be insulated over with extra mechanical fixings
- Tap-testing finds hollow, loose areas before anything is decided
Homes and walls in Oban
Surveys in Oban (PA34) are arranged around travel to the wider Argyll and Bute. The Highlands and Islands have many exposed stone and harled homes, timber-framed houses and scattered rural properties.
Parts of Argyll and Bute fall in the higher wind-driven rain exposure bands, especially coastal and upland sites, so render specification, movement joints and detailing at cills, verges and the base of the wall matter more than usual.
If your house in Oban is pebble-dashed, covering the dash is usually simpler than removing it.
- Postcode district
- PA34
- County or area
- Argyll and Bute
- Nation
- Scotland
Approvals in Scotland
For Oban properties, flats and tenements need planning permission for external insulation, and a noticeable change of finish on a house often does too under Scottish rules.
Over-cladding work in Scotland often needs a building warrant from the council's building standards service, with Section 6 of the Technical Handbooks setting insulation benchmarks.
Is it better to insulate over pebble dash?
If you're paying for scaffolding and a new finish anyway, adding insulation costs more but improves comfort considerably on solid or non-traditional walls. On cavity walls, check whether the cavity is filled first.
Covering pebble dash prices in Oban
| Item | Guide price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Render over sound pebble dash | £72–£114 per m²inc VAT | Excluding scaffold |
| Insulate over pebble dash (EWI) | £110–£175 per m²0% VAT | |
| Pebble dash removal | £24–£48 per m²inc VAT | Where needed |
Confirmed by a fixed written quote after survey. Prices include VAT at 20%. 0% VAT: installing insulation in a home is zero-rated until 31 March 2027, so these figures are the total; 5% applies from 1 April 2027.
What happens next
Tell us about the property
Use the quote tool or form, or call. Photos help.
Free survey
We measure, check the walls and confirm approvals.
Fixed written quote
System, details, access, exclusions and VAT in writing.
Installation
Scheduled for suitable weather, with a clear programme.
Cover pebble dash in Oban: questions
Can I paint pebble dash instead?
You can, but it doesn't fix hollow areas or cracks, and paint on dash often needs redoing every few years.
Will the stones show through?
No. A levelling base coat with mesh fills over the stones before the finish goes on.
Is it cheaper to cover pebble dash or remove it?
Covering is usually cheaper and less disruptive, as long as the dash is sound.
Do you cover Oban?
Yes — we survey and quote pebble dash covering in Oban (PA34); island and remote addresses are surveyed by arrangement, with a fixed written price before any work starts.