Pebbledash removal

It wont be a fun job, I've done it and I went to it with a tile chisel on the SDS drill, and also used a selection of chisels. A wire brush and some aggressive cleaner will clean up the hidden brickwork behind. You would be able to do it with just a chisel bolster and hammer, but it takes a little longer.
Remember to inspect the brickwork behind, if you damage anything, you have to repoint it!

 

If you want to minimise the risk of cracking then mark a line at the height you want to remove it up to e.g 300mm from floor,then use a grinder to cut along this line right through the pebbledash.Then remove the section below using whatever method you choose,the "break" that you've cut with the grinder will prevent the stuff breaking off in big lumps and damaging it where you want to keep it.

 

What I have done before is to use a "wall chaser" which is a bit like a plunge saw for walls. You can hire these quite cheap for a day. With the wall chaser you can set the depth and it will slice through the render like a circular saw through timber. The plunge saw can make a single slot or twin slots -you just need to make a lot of these parallel and below the DPC. Then chisel off the residue with an SDS drill. I would also get a wire brush attachment and an angle grinder to remove the residue.

 

That's a Brilliant idea, the brushes on a grinder...
If id only thought of it when I did mine!