How do you do pebble dashing?

Quello Serio

I've changed a doorway into a window, and now need to match up the work with the external wall by pebble dashing. Can anyone tell me how to do it?

Thanks.

smashey

Moved to Gardening/DIY.

GreeBo

There is a machine you buy/possibly rent to do it
Its like a bucket on its side with a handle on one side and an opening at one end.
You turn the handle and a brush inside fires the mixture through the opening onto the wall.
We used this for a very light render, sandy really rather than actual pebbles.
check it out here

Quello Serio

Don't suppose you know what the mixture is? Some postings on that site say its just sand/cement/pebbles in the right quantities, but I'm not so sure - whats on my wall looks 'gloopier'.

Thanks!

GreeBo

I think its a sand/cement mixture
then you fire on the pebbles
and then you cover it again in the "gloopy" mixture
note that if the wall has been painted a number of times it will be very gloopy looking

dubtom

The mixture is a watery sand/cement and peeble mixture in a bucket. Then flicked on to wall with thing that sort of looks like a coal shovel, but with square sides. Make sure the wall is rendered first so that the dash will stick. the render is basically a watery mix of the same sand /cement flicked on and left to dry.