Cover pebble dash · County Tyrone
Covering pebble dash in Strabane
Homeowners and landlords in Strabane can get a free survey and a fixed written quote for pebble dash covering, covering BT82 and the surrounding area. If you're covering pebble dash in Strabane, we price both a render-over and an insulate-over option.
- Free survey in BT82 and nearby
- Guide price from £72 per m² + scaffold, inc VAT
- Fixed written price before work starts
Free survey in Strabane
Postcode, service and a phone number is all we need.
What you get
- Tap-testing finds hollow, loose areas before anything is decided
- Removing dash entirely is noisy and can damage soft brick
- Render-over uses a bonding coat and mesh to level the stones
- Loose areas are cut out and patched first
Before we quote in Strabane
We also cover Derry~Londonderry and Omagh, close to Strabane. Strabane is about 17 miles from Omagh. Northern Ireland has many rendered and pebble-dashed homes, older solid-walled rural houses, and estates built by the Housing Executive.
Exposure to wind-driven rain varies across County Tyrone: sheltered town streets fare better than walls on high ground or facing the prevailing weather, and the render, beads and cill details are chosen with that in mind.
If your house in Strabane is pebble-dashed, covering the dash is usually simpler than removing it.
- Postcode district
- BT82
- County or area
- County Tyrone
- Nation
- Northern Ireland
- Nearby
- Derry~Londonderry, Omagh, Irvinestown, Limavady
Planning and building control in Northern Ireland
In Northern Ireland, permitted development is set by the 2015 Order; in Strabane, changing a house's external appearance, and any work on flats or listed buildings, may need permission, so we check with the council.
Council building control in Northern Ireland checks insulation work of this kind; the quote says how the application is 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 Strabane
| 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
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 Strabane: 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 Strabane?
Yes — we survey and quote pebble dash covering in Strabane (BT82) and nearby Derry~Londonderry, Omagh and Irvinestown, with a fixed written price before any work starts.