We provide conservation-grade lime plastering across London, Greater London. Whether you are repairing damp internal walls in a soft London stock brick property, stripping failed cement render, or repointing stonework, our craftsmen work only in lime — the material London's period buildings were originally constructed with.
London's building stock reflects the history of Greater London, and vast numbers of pre-1919 terraces survive behind later refurbishments. Applying gypsum or cement to these walls traps moisture; lime lets it evaporate freely, protecting the fabric of the building for decades.
Around London you will find Georgian and early Victorian terraces alongside later stucco-fronted villas. 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.
Lime is flexible, breathable and self-healing. On London properties built from soft London stock brick, it moves with the building instead of cracking away from it, and it protects the masonry rather than the other way round.
Every London job begins with diagnosis: identifying where moisture is entering before any plaster goes on. We then remove failed material, prepare the soft London stock brick, and build the lime up in coats, allowing each one to cure before the next.
Because vast numbers of pre-1919 terraces survive behind later refurbishments, London throws up a particular set of problems. These are representative examples of how we resolve them in lime.
Georgian terrace — Blown gypsum plaster and tide marks on the ground floor of a Georgian terrace in Greater London. 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.
converted warehouse flat — Sagging original ceilings in a converted warehouse flat near the centre of London. Sound laths were retained and re-keyed, missing sections re-lathed in riven timber, and the ceiling made good with haired lime plaster to match the surviving profile.
conservation-area townhouse — Eroding masonry faces on a conservation-area townhouse in London 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 soft London stock brick.
Yes. We regularly work on listed and conservation-area properties across Greater London and can supply mix specifications and sample panels for London 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 London. 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 London 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.
Our lime plastering, render and pointing teams also cover these towns and cities close to London in Greater London and the wider Greater London area.
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