Our house is a 1930s north London semi with brick on the bottom half and pebble dash on the top half. The pebble dash is unpainted, and rather patchy - there are some areas which have previously had dripping from gutters (now fixed). There are a few small cracks in the existing render.
We would like to do something to improve the appearance of the house.
- Would painting the existing pebbledash hide the uneavenness of the existing pebble dash?
- We are considering re-rendering over the existing pebble dash, either with one of the polymer based things like K-Rend or Pliolite, or with a cement based render. My main concern with this option is the adherance of the new render to the existing substrate. Is a cement based render more likely to stick on properly that the polymer stuff?
Any advice appreciated!