Rendering a Wall

Rendering an outside wall costs about €35–€60 per m² in sand and cement and €50–€75 in a one-coat coloured render. A garden wall needs both faces and the top done, and a capping to keep the rain out.

Garden and boundary walls, gable walls, and what a single wall needs.

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€35–€60per m², sand and cement
€50–€75per m², one-coat coloured
Cappedevery block wall needs a top
1.2 mfront garden walls without planning

What a wall needs

A white rendered thatched cottage on a lawn, with trees beside it

Both faces if it's freestanding: rendering one side only lets damp in from the other.
A capping on top, in concrete, stone or a coping, so water runs off.
A sound base: new blockwork, or old render that's firmly stuck.
Beads at the ends and corners for a straight edge.

Under the exempted development rules for walls around a house (Class 5), a wall in front of the house can be up to 1.2 m high and elsewhere 2 m without planning, and the face of a plain concrete block wall that can be seen from a road or path has to be rendered or plastered, and capped.

Gable walls of a house are part of the house job: they're priced with the rest of the walls, and they're the ones that take the weather.

What a wall costs

Supplied and applied, per square metre of wall, and for whole houses.

Job	Typical price	What moves the price
Sand and cement render, painted	€35–€60 per m²	Two coats by hand, then masonry paint. Cheapest to apply, needs repainting
Monocouche (one-coat, coloured)	€50–€75 per m²	Colour in the mix, scraped finish. Needs dry, mild weather to cure evenly
Silicone render (thin coat)	€55–€80 per m²	Base coat and mesh first, then the coloured silicone. Sheds water and dirt
Repairs: a plasterer by the day	€200–€300 a day	€350–€500 a day with a labourer. Patches are priced after a look

A guide for typical Irish houses. Your price is fixed by the contractor after they've seen the walls. Nothing is booked until you say yes.

More on rendering

Every job is priced by the contractor after a look at the walls.

€35–€60per m²Sand and cement renderThe traditional two coats, then masonry paint.Sand and cement →€50–€75per m²Monocouche renderOne coat with the colour in the mix, scraped to a sandy finish.Monocouche →€55–€80per m²Silicone renderThin, through-coloured and water-repellent. Never painted.Silicone render →€200–€300a day for a plastererRender repairCracks, hollow patches and stains, and when to re-render instead.Repairs →€1,500–€4,000to re-dash a semiRendering over pebble dashCover it, paint it or remove it: which suits your walls.Pebble dash →€60–€90per m²Lime renderBreathable, for old stone and brick walls with no cavity.Lime render →

Rendering in every county

One contractor per county. Pick yours for local prices, the weather and the council.

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Questions we get asked

How much does it cost to render a wall?

About €35–€60 per m² in sand and cement and €50–€75 per m² in a one-coat coloured render, both faces counted.

Do garden walls have to be rendered?

A plain concrete block wall that can be seen from a road or path has to be rendered or plastered and capped to be exempted development.

How high can a front garden wall be without planning?

1.2 m in front of the house, 2 m elsewhere, under Class 5.

Who comes out?

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