Looking for lime plastering in Hamilton? We are traditional lime specialists covering South Lanarkshire and the rest of Scotland. Our work here ranges from tenement blocks to listed buildings and conservation-area homes, and every mix is chosen for the whinstone and granite rubble we find behind the existing finish.
Damp in Hamilton homes is usually caused by the wrong material rather than a faulty building. Where cement render has been applied over whinstone and granite rubble, stripping it back and re-rendering in lime normally resolves the damp within a single drying season.
The older parts of Hamilton are dominated by tenement blocks, harled rubble cottages, Georgian New Town townhouses. These are solid-wall constructions — there is no cavity, no damp-proof membrane and no vapour barrier — so the wall relies on evaporation through the plaster and render to stay dry.
In Scotland's cold, wet and wind-driven weather, an impermeable render is a liability: water gets in at cracks and reveals and then cannot leave. Lime render on a Hamilton wall handles that water, releasing it back out through the surface instead of pushing it deeper into the structure.
You get a single point of contact from survey to final coat. We agree the specification for your Hamilton property in writing, prepare and apply the lime in the correct build-up, and advise on breathable decoration once the work has cured.
Every Hamilton property is surveyed individually, but these examples show the kind of South Lanarkshire buildings and use-cases we are called to most often.
New Town townhouse — Peeling modern masonry paint on a New Town townhouse in South Lanarkshire. The impermeable coating was removed, minor render defects were patched in lime, and the elevations were finished in several thin coats of limewash.
harled rubble cottage — Eroding masonry faces on a harled rubble cottage in Hamilton 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.
granite villa — A granite villa in Hamilton where hard cement render had trapped moisture against Scottish sandstone. 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.
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.
It depends on the wall and its exposure. For most South Lanarkshire 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.
Yes, but it must be finished with a breathable product such as limewash, clay paint or mineral silicate paint. We advise on suitable finishes for each Hamilton project so breathability is not lost at the final coat.
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