Category Archives: Lime Plastering

Beautiful finish on a property in Penryn

Lime Rendering & Pointing

Cardinham Chapel

Cardinham Chapel

Here is one of our latest projects a Chapel conversion in Cardinham. The chapel had hempcrete insulation sprayed on at 180mm thickness. These are some pictures of the first coat (float coat). After applying the base coat and floating it to get a smooth finish we use lime putty. The putty is applied at 2mm […]

Lime plastering Helston

Lime pointing, rendering and plastering in Cornwall

This one of our most recent projects in Helston. The customer had recently purchased this property which was suffering from damp problems due to the walls being covered in cement. Here are some pictures of the internal lime putty plastering and the external lime rendering ‘we also like icing cakes’… After doing such a great […]

Helston – Cob restoration, lime render and plastering

Helston Lime Restoration of Older Property

This is a period house built of cob and stone. As with many properties built of this age, there has been water penetrating the current cement render over a long period. We have carefully removed the external top half of the gable to expose the original cob ready for the dubbing (Harling coat). The living […]

Traditional Building In Cornwall

Lime Clay and Cork Rendering in Cornwall

The characterful impact of the Cornish countryside, sometimes hard and austere, often soft, mellow and colourful, can be observed and enjoyed right across the natural landscape of the Cornish Peninsula. However, this innate charm and incomparable beauty is not confined to the region’s topography alone, it is reflected in its ancient buildings too. In fact, […]