Farnborough is an established Hampshire town, and its older buildings were put up long before modern materials arrived — timber frame, flint and soft brick dominate the pre-1850 stock. Our Farnborough lime plastering team applies authentic lime plaster, external lime render and lime pointing so those walls stay dry, stable and original.
Whether it is timber-framed hall houses on the edge of Farnborough, a terrace near the centre, or a farm building out in Hampshire, each project starts with a survey of the substrate so the lime mix, aggregate and coat build-up are right for that specific wall.
Most of our Farnborough work involves flint and knapped flintwork. In Hampshire that usually means timber-framed hall houses and Georgian townhouses, where original lime plaster survives on lath internally and lime render or pointing protects the wall outside.
Softness is the point. Traditional Hampshire walling of flint and knapped flintwork is weaker than modern cement, so a hard mortar concentrates stress and moisture into the masonry face. Lime is deliberately the weaker material, and that is what makes it correct for Farnborough's older homes.
We start with a free survey at the property in Farnborough, opening up a small area where necessary to see the substrate. From there we specify the mix — usually hot-mixed lime or NHL 2 with hair reinforcement for lath and frame — and issue a written quote covering preparation, coats, curing time and finish.
From timber-framed hall houses to later solid-wall housing, here is the sort of lime plastering, render and pointing work we deliver in and around Farnborough.
Georgian townhouse — A Georgian townhouse in Farnborough where hard cement render had trapped moisture against soft red brick. We stripped the render back to bare wall, allowed the masonry to dry, then rebuilt the finish in three coats of lime and limewashed it.
tile-hung Wealden farmhouse — Persistent ground-floor damp in a tile-hung Wealden farmhouse in Farnborough 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.
oast house conversion — Cracked and cement-patched panels on an oast house conversion in Hampshire. Failed infill was cut out, laths and staves renewed where rotten, and the panels made good in haired lime so the frame can move without splitting the finish.
Every property is different, so we do not publish fixed prices.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 Farnborough and provide a written, no-obligation quote.
Yes. We take samples of the surviving mortar or plaster from the soft red brick first, then match aggregate, colour and texture so the repair blends into the original rather than patching over it.
We do. Lime repointing is a large part of our Farnborough workload — raking out hard cement pointing and replacing it with a softer, sacrificial lime mortar that protects the masonry face instead of eroding it.
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