Dry Dash plaster

lakill Farm

Hi All.

Situation . The house i bought in 2009 was dry dashed in circa 1998/99.
The plaster used a stone mix that include red pebble stone. One plasterer has since told me it is hard to get the mix with the red pebble because it leaves red stains ?

the reason i need to know is that an insurance company need to make a 500 x 500 cup in the front wall of my house (following a car accident) and my lads are saying they will have to redo the whole front wall of the house. the insurance company are saying no we will just "patch repair" the area.

so 2 questions to people in the know how

1. can that red pebble mix still be got?
2. will the "patch repair" be really noticable?

Thank you sorry cant name the companies but the cut in the plaster is to survey structural damage following a drunk driver crashing into my home in a jeep :eek:

Poor Uncle Tom

Any way of asking the plasterer who did the original plastering job?

lakill Farm

No. I think he is retired and his old crew have gone there seperate ways.

My major concern is what does dry dash with a dry dash patch repair look like. Take into concideration it will be paid by the insurance company and its the front of my home.

plasteritup

dry dash is the most difficult form of plasterwork to repair,it will ALWAYS show up and plus the fact u will no it has been patched,so will constantly see it and it will probably wreck ur head,it would mine.):

lakill Farm

are you a plaster by trade plasteritup?

do you think i should look for full instatement

Wyldwood

I think you should look for the whole wall re-dashed.
We have dry dash on the sides & back of our house & had a converted garage wall pumped with insulation last year. While the insulation job was very successful every hole drilled stands out a mile. The contractor did his best to disguise the holes, which are every square metre. He filled them with plaster & pressed dash into them but there are so obvious, I'd hate if they were on the front of the house. I don't think there is any way of satisfactorily marrying new dry dash to old.

lakill Farm

thaNks for all the info guys.

Im meeting the insurance company at 11am tomorrow. 18 months its going on now.

plasteritup

yes lakill,im a plasterer by trade and have done lots of dashing,as previous poster said it is impossible to blend perfectly,with the cut you will see the whole outline of the area cut.