Looking for lime plastering in Banbury? We are traditional lime specialists covering Oxfordshire and the rest of South East England, working on solid-wall cottages, Georgian and Victorian houses, listed buildings and conservation-area properties throughout Banbury.
Damp problems in Banbury homes are often caused by the wrong material rather than the wrong building. Where cement render has been applied to a solid Oxfordshire wall, stripping it back and re-rendering in lime typically resolves the damp within a single drying season.
Lime is flexible, breathable and self-healing. On Banbury properties with soft brick or South East England stone, it moves with the building instead of cracking away from it, and it protects the masonry rather than the other way round.
Lime cures slowly by carbonation. As a guide, allow around one week per coat in typical South East England conditions, longer in cold or damp weather. We protect the work and control drying so the finish cures evenly rather than cracking.
Yes — stripping failed cement render and replacing it with a breathable lime render is one of the most common jobs we carry out in Banbury. It is usually the fastest way to resolve persistent damp in a solid-wall building.
We do. Banbury is one of our core areas and we travel throughout Oxfordshire and the surrounding parts of South East England for lime plastering, lime render, lime pointing and heritage repair work.
Where damp is caused by trapped moisture in a solid wall — very common in older Banbury 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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