Looking for lime plastering in Accrington? We are traditional lime specialists covering Lancashire and the rest of North West England. Our work here ranges from stone farmhouses and barns to listed buildings and conservation-area homes, and every mix is chosen for the soft brick we find behind the existing finish.
Damp in Accrington homes is usually caused by the wrong material rather than a faulty building. Where cement render has been applied over soft brick, stripping it back and re-rendering in lime normally resolves the damp within a single drying season.
The older parts of Accrington are dominated by stone farmhouses and barns, millworkers' terraces, Georgian merchant houses. These are solid-wall constructions — there is no cavity, no damp-proof membrane and no vapour barrier — so the wall relies on evaporation through the plaster and render to stay dry.
Lime is flexible, breathable and self-healing. On Accrington properties built from soft brick, it moves with the building instead of cracking away from it, and it protects the masonry rather than the other way round.
You get a single point of contact from survey to final coat. We agree the specification for your Accrington property in writing, prepare and apply the lime in the correct build-up, and advise on breathable decoration once the work has cured.
Every Accrington property is surveyed individually, but these examples show the kind of Lancashire buildings and use-cases we are called to most often.
Lakeland stone farmhouse — Eroding masonry faces on a Lakeland stone farmhouse in Accrington caused by hard cement pointing. We raked out by hand to the correct depth and repointed in a soft lime mortar matched to the original aggregate and colour of the Lakeland slate and rubble stone.
sandstone village cottage — Persistent ground-floor damp in a sandstone village cottage in Accrington previously treated with injected DPC and waterproof render. Once the real moisture path was identified, the walls were replastered in lime and the damp resolved without chemical treatment.
Georgian merchant house — Blown gypsum plaster and tide marks on the ground floor of a Georgian merchant house in Lancashire. We hacked off the gypsum, applied a haired lime base coat and a lime putty finish, and specified clay paint so the wall could keep drying.
It depends on the wall and its exposure. For most Lancashire work we use hot-mixed lime render in three coats, roughcast or harled where exposure is severe, stepping up to a more hydraulic lime only where exposure or the substrate genuinely demands it.
Yes — stripping failed cement render and replacing it with a breathable lime render is one of the most common jobs we carry out in Accrington. It is usually the fastest way to resolve persistent damp in a solid-wall building.
Yes. We regularly work on listed and conservation-area properties across Lancashire and can supply mix specifications and sample panels for Accrington conservation officers where consent is required.
External lime work is best carried out between spring and early autumn so it can carbonate before the first frosts. Internal lime plastering in Accrington can be done year-round with adequate heating and ventilation.
Where damp is caused by trapped moisture in a solid wall — very common in older Accrington properties — replacing cement or gypsum with lime allows the wall to dry out. We always identify the source of moisture during the survey before recommending work.
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