Pebble dash repair

[beermonsta]

Hello all,

I am hoping somebody can help me, I have recently taken down an old council front door shelter, only to find that the pebble dashing was done after the shelter was fitted. Now there is a large space on the front of my house that needs pebble dashing and painting before my new porch is built.

My question is, does any body know the mix ratio of sand, cement and plastersiser to render first? and secondly do you just throw the pebble at the wall or is there an easier way of doing it without expensive machinery?

I will appreciate any feed back on this at all

thanks

Keith[/b]

 

[fitz1]

4 sand, 1 cement, 1 hydrated lime.

 

[bondy]

careful what you do with the lime though. they used to use it to rot corpses when buried. horrible stuff. plasticiser may be safer. (unless you drink it beermonsta.)

 

[beermonsta]

Thanks for your replies guys but I still dont know how to apply the pebble dash