Plasterers in Leeds

It is often booked alongside another trade: after a rewire, a knock-through, a new kitchen, or a roof leak that has come through the ceiling.

Scope of work

• Skim coats over existing walls and ceilings
• Full re-plastering back to brick
• Ceiling repairs and replacement after leaks
• Plasterboard and dry lining
• External render, including through-coloured systems
• Making good after electrical and plumbing work
• Coving and cornice repairs

Signs a wall or ceiling needs attention

• Hollow-sounding patches when you tap the wall
• Cracks running across a ceiling, or plaster that bulges
• Crumbling, salty plaster low on a wall, which can point to damp
• Old textured ceilings you would like covered

How the job is handled

Floors and furniture are covered and the room is left swept. New plaster needs time to dry before it is painted, and you are told how long that will be for that room at that time of year.

Where plaster has failed because of damp, the cause gets looked at first. Re-plastering over a wet wall just means doing it again next year.

In Leeds

Older Leeds terraces often have lime plaster on solid stone or brick walls, which behaves differently from modern gypsum. Patching one with the other can crack or trap moisture, so the existing finish is checked before anything goes on.