Lime plastering in Chandler's Ford
Heath plastering and rendering lays lime plaster on walls in Chandler's Ford, so solid brick or stone in Hiltingbury, Valley Park and Fryern can let moisture pass out.
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Lime plaster quote for Chandler's Ford walls
A Chandler's Ford lime plaster quote is fixed from the wall before mixing begins. It pays for the masonry check, for sand stirred through lime, and for each coat up to the thin coat shut by hand. A larger wall moves the quote. More coats move the quote. Dips in the brick or the stone move the quote, because those dips swallow more lime. We turn up at the time fixed for that wall. The sum named before mixing stays the sum for the lime.
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
- Gypsum, the ordinary plaster that seals a wall, is finished sooner. Lime plastering in Chandler's Ford pauses until each coat stiffens, and the quote includes that pause.
- Dips in Hiltingbury brick, or dips in Hiltingbury stone, need extra lime before the face is straight. That extra lime moves the quote.
- The Chandler's Ford quote stops when the plaster stops. Lime wash is its own visit. Paint that lets moisture leave is its own visit. Mending under the plaster is its own visit. Roof mending and gutter mending are their own visits.
- The quote for a Valley Park wall follows the size of that wall alone. A further wall in the same house is quoted from the size of that further wall.
Lime plastering across Chandler's Ford
We serve Chandler's Ford from our base in Winchester.
What happens on the day
On the day, lime plastering in Chandler's Ford follows one order on the wall. We clear dust and loose plaster first. We wet the masonry next. We score the opening coat. We add straightening coats only after that coat can carry them. We then shut a thin coat with a trowel.
- Clear masonry before lime in Chandler's FordHeath plastering and rendering brushes a Chandler's Ford wall until the dust is gone, before we make any lime. We take away flakes that have lifted off the brick. We take away flakes that have lifted off the stone. We then throw clean water over the masonry. The mix is sand stirred through lime. Wet masonry keeps that mix from crusting the moment it lands.
- A scored first coat in HiltingburyWe spread the opening lime on a Hiltingbury wall while the masonry is still wet. We cut lines through that coat before it stiffens. The scored layer is called a scratch coat. A scratch coat is this first lime, and the lines give the following lime something to grip. We add no further lime until the scratch coat has stiffened enough to carry it.
- Straightening a wavy wall in Valley ParkWe pack hollows on a Valley Park wall with lime once the scratch coat can take the weight. That packing coat is called a floating coat. A floating coat is the lime that pulls a wavy face straight. Wavy brick needs a thicker floating coat. Wavy stone needs a thicker floating coat as well. The inner side of a window opening is called a reveal. The inner side of a door opening is a reveal too. We straighten each reveal while the lime is still soft. We straighten the outside corners in that same pass.
- A thin coat shut by hand in FryernWe press a thin lime coat over the straightened Fryern wall with a trowel by hand until the face shuts. One part of the wall still looks a little different from another. Gypsum is the ordinary plaster that seals a wall, and the face it leaves is smoother because it holds moisture in. Moisture can still leave through this lime. A lime wash is brushed on only after the Fryern coat has cured, meaning the lime has hardened. Lime wash is paint kept thin, so moisture keeps leaving. Other paint goes on only when it lets moisture leave. Painting, mending under the lime, and mending a roof or a gutter that feeds rain into the wall are separate visits. The tools leave with us and the floor is swept.
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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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WhatsAppDoes Heath plastering and rendering take on lime plastering?
Yes, Heath plastering and rendering puts lime plaster on walls, using sand stirred through lime. A trowel shuts the final coat. Moisture can still travel out through that finished face.
Is lime plastering available in Hiltingbury, Valley Park and Fryern?
Yes, lime plastering covers Hiltingbury, Valley Park, Fryern and every other Chandler's Ford address in SO53. The business keeps its base in Winchester. The coats are laid on the wall at that Chandler's Ford house.
When can I book lime plaster for my Chandler's Ford house?
Book Now is where a Chandler's Ford house is booked for lime plastering. You give the address and the days you can be there, and we place the visit around those days, the pauses between coats, and the room. We answer a call about that booking while it is light and while it is dark.
Have you done this sort of lime work?
Yes, lime plastering is a scored opening coat, then coats that pull the wall straight, then a thin coat closed in the hand, and the plaster coats finished on real walls include a brown undercoat in a room with a window and a radiator plus plaster carried into a stair corner. The words from Gary Heath, the plasterer, are these: "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."
What happens in the house after lime plastering in Chandler's Ford is booked?
We quote the Chandler's Ford wall before any day is fixed, because this lime is quoted first. On the day we wet the masonry, we score the opening coat, we lay later coats that straighten the face, and we close a thin coat by hand. We sweep the floor and take the tools when we leave.