Walls & Ceiling Plastered In Kitchen

Monday, 21 July 2014

Kitchen Walls Plastered

The walls in this kitchen were in urgent need of repair. They've been plastered to a nice smooth finish.


Saturday, 19 July 2014

Garden Wall Repaired & Rendered

This front garden wall in Ramsgate, Kent was in urgent need of repair. After removing all of the damaged render, 2 coats of render (materials: sand,cement, lime & waterproofer) were applied resulting in a smooth finish ready to be painted.




Saturday, 5 July 2014

Rendered Wall Using Haired Lime Plaster

The old damaged render was removed exposing the brick wall. 3 coats of Haired Lime Render was then laid, the final coat floated to a smooth rendered finish.



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Monday, 16 June 2014

Screeding A Floor

This basement floor in a house in Margate, Kent needed to be screeded (ie. levelled applying a mixture of sharp sand & cement). The photos below show how:




Monday, 2 June 2014

Restoring 17th Century Tudor House

This 17th Century Tudor House built at about 1610 is being beautifully restored using the same original materials (ie sand, lime & horse hair)
In the first photo the original Lime Render was damaged and had to be removed so exposing the wooden laths. The next 2 photos show the base coats of Lime Render that have been  "keyed" in preparation for the final coat.
The last two photos show a nice rendered finish.





Monday, 19 May 2014

Internal 3-Coat Lime Plaster

This plaster involves 2 coats of a traditional sand and lime mix backing, with added animal hair or fibre for strength. It is then topped with a final coat of slaked-lime putty and fine sand. We will restore, secure and repair old limework and repair or reinstate lathe and plaster walls.



Saturday, 10 May 2014

Plastered Wooden Lathes

The plaster on this wall was cracked and had come away from the wooden lathes. New plaster was applied resulting in a nice smooth finish.