Lime plastering in Southampton
Heath plastering and rendering brings lime plaster to Southampton walls. The mix is lime and sand in several coats. The finished wall lets moisture out before a lime wash.
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Lime plastering quote in Southampton
The quote for lime plastering in Southampton pays for checking the wall, mixing lime with sand, building each coat and closing the face by hand. A bigger wall changes the quote. Extra coats change the quote. Masonry that is out of true, meaning the face is not straight, changes the quote, because the hollows take more lime. The quoted amount for that wall does not change. We are punctual for the visit.
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
- Ordinary gypsum plaster goes on faster than lime, because each lime layer has to harden before the next. The Southampton quote includes that pause.
- Where the Southampton brick or stone is uneven, more lime is needed to level the face, and the quote follows that extra lime.
- This quote stops at the plaster. A lime wash or another paint that allows moisture out is quoted apart. Mending the wall behind the lime is quoted apart. Roof replacement and gutter replacement are quoted apart.
- One Southampton wall is quoted from its own area. A second wall is quoted on the size of that wall alone.
Lime plastering across Southampton
We serve Southampton from our base in Winchester.
What happens on the day
Lime plastering in Southampton moves through set stages on the wall. We check the masonry and wet it. We cut grooves in the opening coat. Later coats pull the face straight. A thin coat is worked by hand until it closes.
- Checking a Southampton wall for limeWe inspect the Southampton wall before the lime is mixed. We take away flakes that have lifted off the brick or the stone. We brush the dust off. We wet the masonry after that. Lime plaster means lime mixed into sand. The water sitting on the face keeps the new mix from drying the instant it touches the wall.
- Grooves in the first Southampton lime coatWe put the first lime layer onto the wet Southampton wall. We cut grooves into that layer while it can still be moved. That scored layer is a scratch coat. A scratch coat is the first coat. The grooves give the following coat a grip. We put no further lime on until the scratch coat has gone firm.
- Straightening coats of lime in SouthamptonFloating coats start on the Southampton wall only when the scratch coat can carry them. A floating coat is lime laid on to pack the dips and straighten the face. Bowed brick needs a deeper build of this coat. Bowed stone needs that deeper build as well. We keep each reveal straight while the lime can still be moved. A reveal is the side wall inside a window opening or a door opening.
- Hand finished lime in SouthamptonWe trowel a fine lime layer over the straightened Southampton wall until the surface shuts. The hand work leaves a finish that stays slightly uneven from place to place. Gypsum plaster seals a wall and dries flatter. This lime lets moisture leave. You can paint once the coat is dry all over. A lime wash is paint mixed thin for lime, so moisture can keep leaving. Any paint that allows moisture out does the same. We do not paint the lime on this visit. We do not repair the wall behind the lime on this visit. We do not repair the roof or the gutters on this visit. We remove the tools and leave the room clean.
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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
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“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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WhatsAppDo you do lime plastering in Southampton?
Yes, Heath plastering and rendering does lime plastering in Southampton. We put sand and lime on the wall in coats, then shut the final coat using a trowel. Moisture can pass out through the finished coat.
Do you cover Bitterne, Shirley, Woolston and Portswood for lime plaster?
Yes, lime plastering covers Bitterne and Shirley, and it covers Woolston and Portswood. The Southampton postcodes SO19, SO17, SO14, SO16, SO15 and SO18 are included. Heath plastering and rendering works from Winchester.
How soon can lime plastering in Southampton be booked?
Book Now is how you book lime plastering in Southampton. The day is set around the job, the coats and what the room needs. We answer the telephone at any hour.
Have you done lime plastering?
Yes, Heath plastering and rendering does lime plastering as a scratch coat, then floating coats, then a thin coat closed using a trowel. A scratch coat is the opening layer, scored so the next layer can lock on. A floating coat is the layer that levels the wall.
What happens after I book lime plastering in Southampton?
After Book Now, we plaster the Southampton wall in lime. We wet the masonry, score the opening coat and leave that coat until it firms. We work the last coat by hand and leave the room clean.