Cover pebble dash · Greater Glasgow
Covering pebble dash in Renfrew
If you're planning pebble dash covering in Renfrew, 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 Renfrew, we price both a render-over and an insulate-over option.
- Free survey in PA4 and nearby
- Guide price from £72 per m² + scaffold, inc VAT
- Fixed written price before work starts
Free survey in Renfrew
Postcode, service and a phone number is all we need.
What the job covers
- Loose areas are cut out and patched first
- Sound dash can be insulated over with extra mechanical fixings
- Combining with insulation adds warmth as well as a new look
- Tap-testing finds hollow, loose areas before anything is decided
Renfrew: walls, weather and approvals
As well as Renfrew itself, we quote in Clydebank, Paisley and Bearsden. Renfrew sits around 5 miles from Glasgow. West Central Scotland has sandstone tenements, interwar and post-war council housing including no-fines and other system-built types, and many harled (roughcast) houses.
Parts of Greater Glasgow 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.
Before quoting Renfrew pebble dash jobs, we tap-test each elevation and mark any hollow areas.
- Postcode district
- PA4
- County or area
- Greater Glasgow
- Nation
- Scotland
- Nearby
- Clydebank, Paisley, Bearsden, Glasgow
Planning and building control in Scotland
For Renfrew 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.
Can you render over pebble dash?
Yes, if it's well bonded. The surface is cleaned, any loose patches removed and repaired, then a levelling base coat with mesh goes over the stones before the finish. This is cheaper and less disruptive than removing the dash.
Covering pebble dash prices in Renfrew
| 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.
From enquiry to finished wall
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 Renfrew: 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 Renfrew?
Yes — we survey and quote pebble dash covering in Renfrew (PA4) and nearby Clydebank, Paisley and Bearsden, with a fixed written price before any work starts.