Cover pebble dash · Cornwall
Covering pebble dash in Truro
If you're planning pebble dash covering in Truro, start with a free survey: we measure, check the walls and confirm planning and building control for your address. Before quoting Truro pebble dash jobs, we tap-test each elevation and mark any hollow areas.
- Free survey in TR1 and nearby
- Guide price from £72 per m² + scaffold, inc VAT
- Fixed written price before work starts
Free survey in Truro
Postcode, service and a phone number is all we need.
Part of every quote
- Removing dash entirely is noisy and can damage soft brick
- Loose areas are cut out and patched first
- Render-over uses a bonding coat and mesh to level the stones
- Combining with insulation adds warmth as well as a new look
Before we quote in Truro
As well as Truro itself, we quote in Falmouth, Redruth and Newquay. Truro is about 8 miles from Redruth. The South West has many stone and solid-walled cottages, exposed coastal properties and a share of post-war system-built houses, including types such as the Cornish Unit.
Parts of Cornwall 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 you're covering pebble dash in Truro, we price both a render-over and an insulate-over option.
- Postcode district
- TR1
- County or area
- Cornwall
- Nation
- England
- Nearby
- Falmouth, Redruth, Newquay, Camborne
Planning and building control in England
Before quoting in Truro, 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 Truro
| 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
Get a guide price
Try the online quote tool for a ballpark figure.
Book the survey
A visit at a time that suits you.
Agree the quote
Nothing starts until you've signed the written price.
We do the work
Planned around weather, with you kept informed.
Cover pebble dash in Truro: questions
Is it cheaper to cover pebble dash or remove it?
Covering is usually cheaper and less disruptive, as long as the dash is sound.
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.
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.
Do you cover Truro?
Yes — we survey and quote pebble dash covering in Truro (TR1) and nearby Falmouth, Redruth and Newquay, with a fixed written price before any work starts.