Traditional Lime Plastering
a History of lime
External lime renders
External lime renders
The vital importance of understanding the history and 'make-up' of a building before choosing the medium of mortars to cover the walls in
External lime renders
External lime renders
External lime renders
We offer a wide range of breathable external lime renders to suit your home or building requirements from breathable insulated renders to tradtional putty mortars
internal lime renders
External lime renders
internal lime renders
Period and listed properties always require maintenance and restoration. Here a Venetian Finish we take pride and sympathy in ensuring that architectural history is kept the way it was intended
Which lime render is for me?
Lath & plaster
Lath and plaster is the process used to allow stud walls to be plastered smooth before the invention of plasterboard. Usually of oak or larch construction, the laths were attached to the timber frame and rendered over until smooth. It is normally only necessary to use this method if the building requiring the work is of a listed category. If you live in a thatch or period property it wise to seek the advice of you local council if you are not sure of this
traditional putties
How is was done 'back in the day'. Our experienced team endeavour to re-creating a rendering solution as it was meant to be using the finest quality lime products. Personally, I find most the 'hard to deal with' cob construction houses have sadly been caked in modern cement for a quick fix to a problem which importantly requires to correct materials and techniques to ensure the building can breathe as it should and age without problems which cause devastating 'knock-on' effects
lightweight insulated
A modern German innovation material which allows the building to breathe as it should after rendering with the added benefit of providing up to 15% more insulation to the fabric of the building. The lightweight construct of the material also benefits the contact and adhesion to building helping to minimise future cracking. A heavy dose of glass fibres throughout the mix is another contributor in the aid of crack prevention