White lime dash removal

irishgti

Hi im in the process of doing up a house, the house has white lime pebble dash on the external wall which I hate and want it removed I would prefer a smooth plaster finish that is easily painted.
Yesterday I was at the house and tried removing some of this dash (which is not that hard to do just very slow ) but was talking to somebody who told me that It will be very difficult to plaster over the finish because the plaster will not stick because there is a lot of lime on the walls.
Does anybody any experience of this and any ideas what I can do
Have pictures but cant seem to upload them

fozz10

irishgti wrote: »

Hi im in the process of doing up a house, the house has white lime pebble dash on the external wall which I hate and want it removed I would prefer a smooth plaster finish that is easily painted.
Yesterday I was at the house and tried removing some of this dash (which is not that hard to do just very slow ) but was talking to somebody who told me that It will be very difficult to plaster over the finish because the plaster will not stick because there is a lot of lime on the walls.
Does anybody any experience of this and any ideas what I can do
Have pictures but cant seem to upload them

it will stick, hack clean, power hose down, use sbr or ronafix, scud and scratch and plaster as normal

irishgti

fozz10 wrote: »

it will stick, hack clean, power hose down, use sbr or ronafix, scud and scratch and plaster as normal

Thanks so it will stick like normal wall? If the surface was smooth enough could you just paint over the under dash plaster after removing than saving the bother of re plastering?

hexosan

irishgti wrote: »

Thanks so it will stick like normal wall? If the surface was smooth enough could you just paint over the under dash plaster after removing than saving the bother of re plastering?

Good luck getting it smooth after hacking the dash off

irishgti

hexosan wrote: »

Good luck getting it smooth after hacking the dash off

Well ok not glass smooth but smooth enough to paint

hexosan

irishgti wrote: »

Well ok not glass smooth but smooth enough to paint

Very unlikely

irishgti

hexosan wrote: »

Very unlikely

So only thing to do after is a full re plaster

fozz10

yes if your not gonna be plastered again, (properly)then leave it alone

irishgti

fozz10 wrote: »

yes if your not gonna be plastered again, (properly)then leave it alone

It's a horrible texture on it. It's very difficult for painting and it's gone a redish colour

fozz10

irishgti wrote: »

It's a horrible texture on it. It's very difficult for painting and it's gone a redish colour

so take it off and get it plastered properly then! you dont have many options

irishgti

fozz10 wrote: »

so take it off and get it plastered properly then! you dont have many options

Ok
Has anybody else tried/done this before and if so what was the resulting outcome?

hexosan

Neighbour of mine removed pebble dash and re plastered no issues with it.

irishgti

hexosan wrote: »

Neighbour of mine removed pebble dash and re plastered no issues with it.

Thanks
Do you know did they do it by hand or did they use something to remove it?

hexosan

Chisels & a Kango as far as I remember it's was a few years ago.

irishgti

hexosan wrote: »

Chisels & a Kango as far as I remember it's was a few years ago.

Ok thanks very much
I thought as much
A lot of slow hard work ahead so

fozz10

irishgti wrote: »

Ok thanks very much
I thought as much
A lot of slow hard work ahead so

this is very much normal to experienced plasterers so dont worry, kangoo is a must, several. but a gang of plasterers will make light work of it.

irishgti

fozz10 wrote: »

this is very much normal to experienced plasterers so dont worry, kangoo is a must, several. but a gang of plasterers will make light work of it.

Thanks I was just worried that in few years the plaster might start falling off
Will get few friends to give me a hand and get it done much quicker