Looking for lime plastering in Bury St Edmunds? We are traditional lime specialists covering Suffolk and the rest of East of England, working on solid-wall cottages, Georgian and Victorian houses, listed buildings and conservation-area properties throughout Bury St Edmunds.
Damp problems in Bury St Edmunds homes are often caused by the wrong material rather than the wrong building. Where cement render has been applied to a solid Suffolk 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 Bury St Edmunds properties with soft brick or East of 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 East of 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 Bury St Edmunds. It is usually the fastest way to resolve persistent damp in a solid-wall building.
We do. Bury St Edmunds is one of our core areas and we travel throughout Suffolk and the surrounding parts of East of 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 Bury St Edmunds 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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