Lime Plastering is a specialist lime plastering contractor working throughout St Austell and the wider Cornwall area. Period and pre-1919 properties across St Austell were built to breathe, and we restore them using traditional lime plaster, lime render and lime mortar — never cement or gypsum.
Many properties in and around St Austell sit within conservation areas or carry listed status, which means finishes must match the original construction. We work regularly with Cornwall conservation officers and specify hot-mixed lime, lime putty or NHL mortars to suit each individual building.
Using lime in St Austell is usually a conservation requirement as much as a technical one. It keeps the property eligible for heritage consent, preserves original detailing, and gives a soft, hand-finished surface that modern boards simply cannot replicate.
Yes — stripping failed cement render and replacing it with a breathable lime render is one of the most common jobs we carry out in St Austell. It is usually the fastest way to resolve persistent damp in a solid-wall building.
We do. St Austell is one of our core areas and we travel throughout Cornwall and the surrounding parts of South West England for lime plastering, lime render, lime pointing and heritage repair work.
Where damp is caused by trapped moisture in a solid wall — very common in older St Austell 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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