Cotswold Lime - Lime Plaster

Lime plaster

Traditional lime interior plaster has many qualities and for any building pre1930 and is essential that you use cotswold lime. Any lime work is to protect any preserve the structure of historic and listed buildings from weathering, degradation, rising damp and allowing everything to work in harmony and BREATHE. Traditional lime plastering is done by applying three coats of plaster to brick, stone or lath. The first is haired or natural fibres and scratched in small diamonds to stop any cracking, The second is unhaired and finished with a float, the third is a top coat and usually a lot finer to give the desired finish we can use stainless steel angle beads or be more traditional and curve corners off 

Laths and reed board 

Laths and plaster is a building technique used mainly for interior walls in period buildings. Laths are used on timber framed, studwork and on structures of uneven surfaces so they are ready for the application of a lime based plaster usually fibred or haired. Offering a complete service of internal and external lath and lime repair and renewal on historic and listed buildings, we ensure that a very high standard of workmanship is adhered to at all times.

· Finish plaster

· Scratch coat 

· Float coat

· Dg27 and skim on boards 

· Lath work

· Reed board for best alternative to damp proofing 

· Traditional horse hair

· Natural fibres

· Cork for added insulation values 

· Curved or sharp corners