Painting pebbledash

You might get a visit from the LA planning dept if anyone objects.

Next to Kebabish Chippery?

A pale colour (eg the same light blue) may show the difference in textures between the brick and render more. A darker blue all over with the stonework showing lighter gray might look better.

Then you will have a good contrast to light or reflective letter signage.

Personally I'd prefer to take all the render and the signboards off and return the whole wall to original coursed stone, but budget and the underlying condition might not allow that.

Owain

Mmmm, that's the whole terrace though. And the brick was originally yellow, turned black with pollution, returned to yellow when cleaned and was then painted to look black again.

Owain

(Went to your inbox sorry...)

I considered having it removed, but exactly, what might lie beneath...

That's okay, that domain expired last century :-)

At least you could re-render in smooth paintable render.

Owain

nothing remotely relevant comes up

Except a Google Earth URL that is almost in the right place (look to your right) to see the front of a shop identifiable from the description.

The name of the business on the blue door on the corner helps, too :-)

He hasn't been seen here for months (unless my killfile has nabbed him accidentally?)

he has, but he is now in my kill file

Something else i've considered. I wonder what the cost would be. It might be going up for sale soon....

If you are going to sell it, don't think about the colour scheme you like, but the one least likely to put off the majority of sellers. Indeed, consider whether the majority of sellers would prefer unpainted pebbledash. Perhaps ask the estate agent.

doesn't help in the slightest when nothing even vaguely like it comes up.

NT

You are the only person who seems to be having a problem, and we're all following the same clue.

Our previous house was rendered in something then finished with something called ?Terryline?. Not sure about the spelling.

I?m not sure when the finish was applied, I suspect in the 1960s. We bought it in 1987/8 and it was still in excellent, sold in 1997 having done no more than washing it, still looked excellent. I walk by the house from time to time and it still looks very good, certainly no need for any remedial work.

Owain

I see it just fine there.

Anyway, black is the worst colour for pebbeledash. It shows dirt terribly & cooks in summer.

NT

Just a thought. Painting may give an ?attractive? surface for graffiti in a place youngsters may well gather.