Cover pebble dash · West Yorkshire
Covering pebble dash in Guiseley
Covering pebble dash in Guiseley: free survey, written specification and a fixed price, with the details that keep walls dry planned from the start. If you're covering pebble dash in Guiseley, we price both a render-over and an insulate-over option.
- Free survey in LS20 and nearby
- Guide price from £72 per m² + scaffold, inc VAT
- Fixed written price before work starts
Free survey in Guiseley
Postcode, service and a phone number is all we need.
What you get
- Loose areas are cut out and patched first
- Sound dash can be insulated over with extra mechanical fixings
- Render-over uses a bonding coat and mesh to level the stones
- Removing dash entirely is noisy and can damage soft brick
Homes and walls in Guiseley
As well as Guiseley itself, we quote in Yeadon, Shipley and Bingley. Guiseley sits around 9 miles from Leeds. Yorkshire's housing includes stone and brick terraces, back-to-backs in parts of West Yorkshire, and post-war estates with steel-framed and concrete house types.
Exposure to wind-driven rain varies across West Yorkshire: 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 Guiseley is pebble-dashed, covering the dash is usually simpler than removing it.
- Postcode district
- LS20
- County or area
- West Yorkshire
- Nation
- England
- Nearby
- Yeadon, Shipley, Bingley, Bradford
Planning and building control in England
For a house in Guiseley, 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.
Insulating or re-rendering more than half of a wall's area brings in Part L of the Building Regulations, so building control is notified and the wall is upgraded to about 0.30 W/m²K where practical.
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 Guiseley
| 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 Guiseley: 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 Guiseley?
Yes — we survey and quote pebble dash covering in Guiseley (LS20) and nearby Yeadon, Shipley and Bingley, with a fixed written price before any work starts.