Lime plastering in Alton
Heath plastering and rendering puts lime plaster onto walls for homes in Alton, leaving Holybourne and Anstey with a face that still lets moisture out.
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Cost of lime plastering in Alton
Heath plastering and rendering quotes lime plastering in Alton before any lime is mixed. The quote covers a check of the masonry. The quote covers lime and sand. The quote covers the scored coat, the coats that straighten the wall, and the thin coat closed in the hand. Wall size moves the quote. Coat count moves the quote. A bowed face moves the quote, since the hollows take more lime. We arrive on time. The price named before mixing stays the price for that Alton wall.
From £550
Included
- Checking the wall and preparing the surface
- Scratch and floating coats in lime
- A finishing coat trowelled by hand
- Edges and reveals finished neatly
- Usual gypsum plaster goes on faster because it seals moisture in. Lime on an Alton wall pauses while each coat stiffens. The quote includes that pause.
- Where the brick bows on an Alton wall, or the stone bows, more lime is needed to straighten the face. That extra lime moves the quote.
- The Alton quote stops at the plaster. Lime wash is separate. Paint that lets moisture out is separate. Repairs under the plaster are separate. Roof repairs and gutter repairs are separate.
- A single Alton wall is quoted on that wall alone. Each further wall is quoted on its own size.
Lime plastering across Alton
We serve Alton from our base in Winchester.
What happens on the day
Lime plastering on an Alton wall runs from bare masonry to a closed face. Cleaning comes before water. Water comes before a scored coat. That coat has to stiffen. Straightening coats follow. A thin coat is then closed in the hand.
- An Alton wall made ready for limeNo lime is mixed until the Alton wall is clear. A brush takes dust off the brick. A brush takes dust off the stone. Any old coat that has lifted is taken off. Clean water then goes over the masonry. Lime plaster is lime and sand together. Wet masonry keeps the new mix from setting the instant it touches the face.
- Lines in the first Alton lime coatLines are scored into the first coat of lime on an Alton wall while that coat is soft. The masonry is still wet when this coat goes on. The marked layer is a scratch coat. A scratch coat is this first lime. The lines let the following lime grip. We add no more lime until the scratch coat has stiffened.
- Straight lime on a bowed Alton wallA floating coat straightens a bowed Alton wall once the scratch coat can take its weight. A floating coat is lime packed into the hollows. Bowed brick means a thicker floating coat. Bowed stone means that same thicker coat. The side of a window opening is a reveal. The side of a door opening is a reveal too. Those reveals are straightened while the lime is soft. Outside corners are straightened while the lime is soft.
- A closed lime face in AltonA trowel in the hand presses a thin lime coat over the straightened Alton wall until the face shuts. One part of the wall still looks a little different from another. Gypsum is the usual plaster. It seals moisture in. It finishes flatter than this lime. Moisture can still leave through the lime. After the lime is dry from edge to edge, lime wash can go on. Lime wash is thin paint that lets moisture keep moving out. Other paint can go on only when it lets moisture out. Painting waits for another visit. Repairs to the masonry under the lime wait for another visit. Roof repairs and gutter repairs wait for another visit. Tools leave with us. The Alton room is tidy at the end.
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Why choose Heath plastering and rendering
Repeat customers and word of mouth
The reputation is word of mouth, repeat customers, and the finished work.
Punctual and honest
On time, and to the price you were given.
Tailored to the job
The work follows the job, the timing, and what the room needs.
Gary HeathPlasterer- Reviews
- 179
- Rating
- 4.9
- Trading since
- 1988
“We have been plastering and rendering since 1988. Every job, big or small, gets the same care, and we leave the place tidy when we go.”
Gary Heath, Heath plastering and rendering
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WhatsAppCan Heath plastering and rendering lime plaster a wall in Alton?
Yes, a wall in Alton can have lime plaster from Heath plastering and rendering. Coats of lime and sand build the face, and the last coat is closed with a hand trowel. The finished coat still lets moisture out.
Are Holybourne, Anstey and the rest of GU34 covered for lime plaster?
Yes, Holybourne is covered for lime plaster, Anstey is covered, and so is every other Alton home in GU34. Heath plastering and rendering is based in Winchester. The coats go onto the wall at that Alton address.
When can I book lime plaster for my Alton wall?
Book Now is how an Alton wall is booked for lime plaster. The timing follows that wall, the coats and the room. Once a time is set, we turn up on time.
Is lime plastering work you already do?
Yes, our lime work runs from a marked opening coat, through coats that straighten the wall, to a thin coat closed in the hand. Gary Heath, plasterer, said: "We have been plastering and rendering since 1988. Every job, big or small, gets the same care, and we leave the place tidy when we go."
After booking, what happens at the Alton address?
The lime goes on your wall in Alton after you book with Book Now. Wetting comes first, then a scored coat, then coats that straighten the face, then a thin coat closed in the hand. Tools go with us and the room is left tidy.