Looking for lime plastering in Newcastle upon Tyne? We are traditional lime specialists covering Tyne and Wear and the rest of North East England. Our work here ranges from stone-built pit cottages to listed buildings and conservation-area homes, and every mix is chosen for the soft brick we find behind the existing finish.
Damp in Newcastle upon Tyne homes is usually caused by the wrong material rather than a faulty building. Where cement render has been applied over soft brick, stripping it back and re-rendering in lime normally resolves the damp within a single drying season.
The older parts of Newcastle upon Tyne are dominated by stone-built pit cottages, Tyneside flats, Georgian sandstone terraces. 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.
Lime is flexible, breathable and self-healing. On Newcastle upon Tyne properties built from soft brick, it moves with the building instead of cracking away from it, and it protects the masonry rather than the other way round.
You get a single point of contact from survey to final coat. We agree the specification for your Newcastle upon Tyne property in writing, prepare and apply the lime in the correct build-up, and advise on breathable decoration once the work has cured.
Every Newcastle upon Tyne property is surveyed individually, but these examples show the kind of Tyne and Wear buildings and use-cases we are called to most often.
stone-built pit cottage — Cracked and cement-patched panels on a stone-built pit cottage in Tyne and Wear. 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.
converted colliery building — Eroding masonry faces on a converted colliery building in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 carboniferous sandstone.
Georgian sandstone terrace — Salt-contaminated plaster around a reopened fireplace in a Georgian sandstone terrace in Newcastle upon Tyne. We removed the affected plaster, applied a salt-tolerant lime build-up and finished flush with the surrounding original work.
External lime work is best carried out between spring and early autumn so it can carbonate before the first frosts. Internal lime plastering in Newcastle upon Tyne can be done year-round with adequate heating and ventilation.
It depends on the wall and its exposure. For most Tyne and Wear work we use NHL 3.5 or hot-mixed lime specified for frost exposure, with sacrificial pointing, stepping up to a more hydraulic lime only where exposure or the substrate genuinely demands it.
Yes. We regularly work on listed and conservation-area properties across Tyne and Wear and can supply mix specifications and sample panels for Newcastle upon Tyne conservation officers where consent is required.
Where damp is caused by trapped moisture in a solid wall — very common in older Newcastle upon Tyne 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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