We provide conservation-grade lime plastering across Bolton, Greater Manchester. Whether you are repairing damp internal walls in a Lakeland slate and rubble stone property, stripping failed cement render, or repointing stonework, our craftsmen work only in lime — the material Bolton's period buildings were originally constructed with.
Damp in Bolton homes is usually caused by the wrong material rather than a faulty building. Where cement render has been applied over Lakeland slate and rubble stone, stripping it back and re-rendering in lime normally resolves the damp within a single drying season.
Around Bolton you will find stone farmhouses and barns alongside later Georgian merchant houses. Both were built with lime, and both suffer when a modern impermeable finish is applied over the top — the moisture has to go somewhere, and it goes into the masonry and the timbers.
Solid-wall buildings in Bolton were designed to absorb and release moisture. Lime keeps that cycle working; cement seals it in. That single difference explains why so many Greater Manchester homes develop damp after a modern refurbishment.
Every Bolton job begins with diagnosis: identifying where moisture is entering before any plaster goes on. We then remove failed material, prepare the Lakeland slate and rubble stone, and build the lime up in coats, allowing each one to cure before the next.
Because high exposure means walls must shed water and dry quickly, Bolton throws up a particular set of problems. These are representative examples of how we resolve them in lime.
sandstone village cottage — Blown gypsum plaster and tide marks on the ground floor of a sandstone village cottage in Greater Manchester. 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.
Georgian merchant house — A commercial Georgian merchant house on a Bolton high street within a conservation area. Decayed render and mouldings were reinstated in lime, run in situ to the original profiles, and finished to match neighbouring frontages.
slate-rubble barn conversion — Eroding masonry faces on a slate-rubble barn conversion in Bolton 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.
Yes. We regularly work on listed and conservation-area properties across Greater Manchester and can supply mix specifications and sample panels for Bolton conservation officers where consent is required.
Every property is different, so we do not publish fixed prices. Cost depends on the substrate, the number of coats, access and whether failed cement has to be removed first. We survey the property in Bolton and provide a written, no-obligation quote.
We do. Bolton is one of our core areas and we travel throughout Greater Manchester and the surrounding parts of North West England for lime plastering, lime render, lime pointing and heritage repair.
We do. Lime repointing is a large part of our Bolton workload — raking out hard cement pointing and replacing it with a softer, sacrificial lime mortar that protects the masonry face instead of eroding it.
It depends on the wall and its exposure. For most Greater Manchester 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.
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