Cover pebble dash · Berkshire
Covering pebble dash in Maidenhead
If you're planning pebble dash covering in Maidenhead, 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 Maidenhead, we price both a render-over and an insulate-over option.
- Free survey in SL6 and nearby
- Guide price from £72 per m² + scaffold, inc VAT
- Fixed written price before work starts
Free survey in Maidenhead
Postcode, service and a phone number is all we need.
Included as standard
- Combining with insulation adds warmth as well as a new look
- Loose areas are cut out and patched first
- Removing dash entirely is noisy and can damage soft brick
- Render-over uses a bonding coat and mesh to level the stones
Before we quote in Maidenhead
As well as Maidenhead itself, we quote in Slough, Windsor and High Wycombe. Maidenhead is about 12 miles from Reading. Homes across the South East range from inter-war semis and post-war estates, which are mostly cavity-walled, to older solid-walled cottages and Victorian town terraces.
Much of Berkshire sits in the lower wind-driven rain exposure bands, which keeps the choice of finishes wide — though hilltop, coastal and exposed gable walls can still need a tougher specification, so we check the actual site.
If your house in Maidenhead is pebble-dashed, covering the dash is usually simpler than removing it.
- Postcode district
- SL6
- County or area
- Berkshire
- Nation
- England
- Nearby
- Slough, Windsor, High Wycombe, Bracknell
England: planning and regulations
Before quoting in Maidenhead, we check whether the property is in a conservation area, under an Article 4 direction or listed, because that decides whether changing the outside needs planning permission.
Building control applies once more than half of a wall is insulated or re-rendered, or more than a quarter of the whole building envelope, and your written quote says how that's handled.
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 Maidenhead
| 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.
How it works
Enquiry
Send your postcode and a few details.
Measured survey
Walls, damp, eaves, cills and services recorded.
Written price
A fixed price with the specification attached.
Work and handover
Installed, inspected and documents handed over.
Cover pebble dash in Maidenhead: questions
Does covering pebble dash need planning permission?
Changing the finish on a house usually doesn't in England and Wales outside conservation areas, but check if your house is in one or is listed.
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.
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 Maidenhead?
Yes — we survey and quote pebble dash covering in Maidenhead (SL6) and nearby Slough, Windsor and High Wycombe, with a fixed written price before any work starts.