Falkirk property owners come to us when a modern finish has failed. Cement render and gypsum plaster trap moisture inside Scottish sandstone, and in Scotland's cold, wet and wind-driven weather that shows up as damp patches, salt blooming and rotting timbers. We put it right with breathable lime across Falkirk.
Damp in Falkirk homes is usually caused by the wrong material rather than a faulty building. Where cement render has been applied over Scottish sandstone, stripping it back and re-rendering in lime normally resolves the damp within a single drying season.
Around Falkirk you will find tenement blocks alongside later Georgian New Town townhouses. 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 Falkirk were designed to absorb and release moisture. Lime keeps that cycle working; cement seals it in. That single difference explains why so many Falkirk homes develop damp after a modern refurbishment.
Every Falkirk job begins with diagnosis: identifying where moisture is entering before any plaster goes on. We then remove failed material, prepare the Scottish sandstone, and build the lime up in coats, allowing each one to cure before the next.
Because traditional harling in lime is the historically correct external finish, Falkirk throws up a particular set of problems. These are representative examples of how we resolve them in lime.
sandstone tenement flat — Owners of a sandstone tenement flat in Falkirk wanted warmer rooms without sealing the walls. We installed a woodfibre or cork-lime background and finished in lime plaster, improving comfort while keeping the wall vapour-open.
granite villa — Persistent ground-floor damp in a granite villa in Falkirk 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.
New Town townhouse — Eroding masonry faces on a New Town townhouse in Falkirk 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 Scottish sandstone.
Send us the details of your Falkirk property through the contact form and we will arrange a free survey. You will receive a written specification and quote with no obligation to proceed.
Yes. We take samples of the surviving mortar or plaster from the Scottish sandstone first, then match aggregate, colour and texture so the repair blends into the original rather than patching over 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 Falkirk. It is usually the fastest way to resolve persistent damp in a solid-wall building.
It depends on the wall and its exposure. For most Falkirk work we use hot-mixed lime harling, applied in successive thrown coats and limewashed, stepping up to a more hydraulic lime only where exposure or the substrate genuinely demands it.
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 Falkirk and provide a written, no-obligation quote.
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