Cover pebble dash · Staffordshire
Covering pebble dash in Lichfield
From Lichfield to Burntwood, we price pebble dash covering after a measured survey — no guesswork, and no work starts until the price is agreed in writing. If your house in Lichfield is pebble-dashed, covering the dash is usually simpler than removing it.
- Free survey in WS13 and nearby
- Guide price from £72 per m² + scaffold, inc VAT
- Fixed written price before work starts
Free survey in Lichfield
Postcode, service and a phone number is all we need.
What you get
- Combining with insulation adds warmth as well as a new look
- Tap-testing finds hollow, loose areas before anything is decided
- Render-over uses a bonding coat and mesh to level the stones
- Loose areas are cut out and patched first
Lichfield: walls, weather and approvals
We cover Lichfield and nearby Burntwood, Brownhills and Tamworth. It's roughly 27 miles from Lichfield to Stoke-on-Trent, the largest town in Staffordshire. The West Midlands has large numbers of Victorian and Edwardian terraces, inter-war semis and post-war council estates, including concrete and steel-framed house types.
Exposure to wind-driven rain varies across Staffordshire: 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.
Before quoting Lichfield pebble dash jobs, we tap-test each elevation and mark any hollow areas.
- Postcode district
- WS13
- County or area
- Staffordshire
- Nation
- England
- Nearby
- Burntwood, Brownhills, Tamworth, Rugeley
Permissions in England
For a house in Lichfield, external insulation or render is often permitted development if it looks similar to the existing walls; conservation areas, flats, commercial buildings and listed buildings need permission or consent, so we check your address first.
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.
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 Lichfield
| 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
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 Lichfield: 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.
Is it cheaper to cover pebble dash or remove it?
Covering is usually cheaper and less disruptive, as long as the dash is sound.
Will the stones show through?
No. A levelling base coat with mesh fills over the stones before the finish goes on.
Do you cover Lichfield?
Yes — we survey and quote pebble dash covering in Lichfield (WS13) and nearby Burntwood, Brownhills and Tamworth, with a fixed written price before any work starts.