We provide conservation-grade lime plastering across Greenock, Inverclyde. Whether you are repairing damp internal walls in a Scottish sandstone property, stripping failed cement render, or repointing stonework, our craftsmen work only in lime — the material Greenock's period buildings were originally constructed with.
Exposure matters as much as material. Greenock sits in Scotland's cold, wet and wind-driven weather, which means external work has to shed water and then dry out again quickly. That is exactly what a correctly built lime render does, and exactly what a sealed cement skin prevents.
Around Greenock 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.
Using lime in Greenock is a conservation requirement as often as a technical one. It keeps the property eligible for heritage consent, preserves original detailing, and gives a soft, hand-finished surface no modern board can replicate.
Every Greenock 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, Greenock throws up a particular set of problems. These are representative examples of how we resolve them in lime.
sandstone tenement flat — Blown gypsum plaster and tide marks on the ground floor of a sandstone tenement flat in Inverclyde. 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.
New Town townhouse — Peeling modern masonry paint on a New Town townhouse in Inverclyde. The impermeable coating was removed, minor render defects were patched in lime, and the elevations were finished in several thin coats of limewash.
converted steading — Eroding masonry faces on a converted steading in Greenock 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.
Yes. We regularly work on listed and conservation-area properties across Inverclyde and can supply mix specifications and sample panels for Greenock conservation officers where consent is required.
Yes — stripping failed cement render and replacing it with a breathable lime render is one of the most common jobs we carry out in Greenock. It is usually the fastest way to resolve persistent damp in a solid-wall building.
Where damp is caused by trapped moisture in a solid wall — very common in older Greenock 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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