--- title: "Lime plastering in Fareham | 4.9 Star · From £550" description: "Lime plastering in Fareham covers solid brick and stone in Portchester, Titchfield and Stubbington. Coats of lime and sand let moisture leave the wall." canonical: "https://heath-plastering-and-rendering.co.uk/plasterer-fareham/lime-plastering" --- # Lime plastering in Fareham > Lime plastering in Fareham covers solid brick and stone in Portchester, Titchfield and Stubbington. Coats of lime and sand let moisture leave the wall. Heath plastering and rendering coats walls in Fareham with lime plaster, a mix of lime and sand, so moisture can move out of solid brick or stone in Portchester, Titchfield and Stubbington. ## What changes the lime plaster quote in Fareham Wall size, extra coats and dips in the masonry change the Fareham quote for lime plaster. Heath plastering and rendering sets that quote from the wall before mixing starts. The quote includes a wash of the masonry, sand blended with lime, and each coat up to the thin coat shut by hand. We keep the time already fixed for that wall. The sum fixed for the wall stays the sum for the lime. - Lime plastering: from £550 - Gypsum, the dense plaster that seals a wall, finishes in less time. Lime on a Fareham wall pauses until each coat firms, and that pause is inside the quote. - Dips in the brick or the stone on a Fareham wall need more lime before the face is straight. That extra lime moves the quote. - The Fareham quote ends at the plaster. Lime wash is separate. Paint that lets vapour out is separate. Mending under the plaster is separate. Roof mending and gutter mending are separate. - A Fareham quote follows the size of the wall being coated. Each further wall in the house is quoted from its own size. ## Lime plastering across Fareham We serve Fareham from our base in Winchester. - Portchester - Titchfield - Stubbington - PO14 - PO15 - PO16 ## What happens on the day Lime plastering in Fareham goes on coat by coat on the day. We take loose material off the wall first. We wet the brick or the stone next. We key the opening coat. We leave that coat to firm. Later coats bring the face straight. We press a thin last coat shut with a trowel in the hand. ### A Fareham wall ready for lime We clear a Fareham wall of dust and loose plaster before we make the lime. We brush the brick until the dust is gone. We brush the stone the same way. We take off plaster that has come away. We splash water over the clear masonry. The mix that goes on next is sand blended with lime. Wet masonry keeps that mix from setting hard on contact. ### The keyed opening coat on a Fareham wall We key the first coat on a Fareham wall while the lime is still soft. The masonry is already wet. We call the keyed layer a scratch coat. The marks in a scratch coat give the next coat a grip. We leave that coat until it has firmed. ### A straight lime face on a Fareham wall We bring a Fareham wall straight by filling the low parts once the scratch coat can carry more lime. That fill is a floating coat. It packs the hollows until the face reads straight. Brick that bows needs more of this coat. Stone that bows needs more of it too. A reveal is the inner cheek of a window or a door. We take each reveal straight while the lime can still be moved. We take the outside corners straight at the same time. ### The last lime coat on a Fareham wall We work a thin last coat of lime on the Fareham wall with a trowel until the face shuts. The face stays softly varied from one stretch of the wall to the next. Gypsum seals a wall and finishes flatter. This lime lets moisture leave. Lime wash goes on once the lime is dry over the whole face. Lime wash is thin paint that still lets moisture leave. Any other paint has to let moisture leave too. The tools go with us. We sweep the floor. ## Questions on lime plaster for Fareham walls ### Is lime plastering work Heath plastering and rendering takes on? Yes, Heath plastering and rendering lays lime plaster, sand blended with lime, on walls in coats. A trowel shuts the final coat. Vapour can still travel out through the finished face. ### Will you lime plaster a wall in Portchester, Titchfield or Stubbington? Yes, lime plaster covers Portchester, Titchfield and Stubbington, plus every other Fareham address in PO14, PO15 and PO16. Heath plastering and rendering is in Winchester. The lime goes on the wall at that Fareham house. ### What day can lime plaster start at my Fareham house? Lime plastering in Fareham is fixed for a day you can be at the house. You give those days through Book Now. The visit follows the pauses between coats. ### Has lime plastering been part of your plastering work? Yes, lime plastering runs from a scratch coat, the opening layer keyed for a grip, through floating coats that pull a bowed face straight, to a thin coat pressed shut by hand. A hallway wall shows a scratch coat keyed for the finish, and an internal wall shows a scratch coat keyed in circles. Gary Heath says: "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 takes place at my Fareham house once lime plastering is booked? You see the Fareham quote before a day is fixed, because lime plastering is quoted first. You give the address and the days you are free. On the day the lime goes on in coats, and we sweep the floor as the tools leave. ## Other services in Fareham - [Plasterer in Fareham](https://heath-plastering-and-rendering.co.uk/plasterer-fareham): Plastering and rendering in Fareham, Hampshire, for Portchester, Titchfield and Stubbington, with flat plaster for paint and outside walls in sand and cement. - [Lime plastering (all areas)](https://heath-plastering-and-rendering.co.uk/services/lime-plastering): Lime plastering in Winchester by Heath plastering and rendering. Breathable lime plaster for older walls, applied in coats. 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