Lime Plastering is a specialist lime plastering contractor working throughout Milton Keynes and the wider Buckinghamshire area. As one of the larger towns in Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes has a large stock of pre-1919 property built from flint and knapped flintwork — walls that were designed to breathe. We restore them using traditional lime plaster, lime render and lime mortar, never cement or gypsum.
Whether it is timber-framed hall houses on the edge of Milton Keynes, a terrace near the centre, or a farm building out in Buckinghamshire, each project starts with a survey of the substrate so the lime mix, aggregate and coat build-up are right for that specific wall.
Milton Keynes and the villages around it retain a good deal of flint and knapped flintwork. Where that material is soft — as most traditional Buckinghamshire walling is — the mortar and plaster must always be softer than the masonry, so it wears sacrificially instead of eroding the stone or brick face.
Solid-wall buildings in Milton Keynes were designed to absorb and release moisture. Lime keeps that cycle working; cement seals it in. That single difference explains why so many Buckinghamshire homes develop damp after a modern refurbishment.
Once the survey is agreed, we protect the site, strip back the failed finish, and apply lime in successive coats with proper curing between each. In the drier but wind-driven weather of the South East coast and Downs we control drying with damp hessian or sheeting so the work carbonates evenly rather than cracking.
The jobs below are typical of the work we carry out on Milton Keynes property — the building types and problems vary, but the answer is always breathable lime rather than cement.
tile-hung Wealden farmhouse — A tile-hung Wealden farmhouse in Milton Keynes 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.
Regency seafront villa — A Regency seafront villa being brought back into use outside Milton Keynes. Because timber frame, flint and soft brick dominate the pre-1850 stock, we plastered internally in lime over a breathable insulating background and left the external stonework repointed rather than sealed.
flint-and-brick cottage — Sagging original ceilings in a flint-and-brick cottage near the centre of Milton Keynes. 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.
Lime cures slowly by carbonation. Allow roughly a week per coat as a guide, and longer in the drier but wind-driven weather of the South East coast and Downs. We protect the work and control drying so the finish cures evenly rather than cracking or dusting.
External lime work is best carried out between spring and early autumn so it can carbonate before the first frosts. Internal lime plastering in Milton Keynes can be done year-round with adequate heating and ventilation.
We do. Milton Keynes is one of our core areas and we travel throughout Buckinghamshire and the surrounding parts of South East England for lime plastering, lime render, lime pointing and heritage repair.
Send us the details of your Milton Keynes 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.
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