Specialist Plasterers in Surrey

Plastering for Surrey's homes

Surrey divides broadly into two kinds of project for us.

Historic towns and villages. Guildford's cobbled High Street and the streets around it contain timber-framed, Tudor and Georgian buildings, many listed and within a conservation area. Across the Surrey Hills and the county's older villages, tile-hung cottages, timber-framed farmhouses and Arts & Crafts houses are common. These buildings were made with lime, and repairs need breathable lime plaster, lath and lime ceilings and lime render to stay healthy. We agree materials with architects and conservation officers, retain historic fabric where possible, and restore cornices and plaster ornament in matching fibrous plaster.

Large private houses. Cobham, Esher, Weybridge (including the St George's Hill estate) and Virginia Water (including the Wentworth estate) are home to substantial detached houses, many rebuilt or extensively remodelled. These projects typically combine:

• Basement waterproofing for new and extended lower-ground floors, cinema rooms, gyms and pool rooms
• Polished plaster feature walls, stairwells and reception rooms
• Tadelakt and microcement for bathrooms, wet rooms, spa areas and seamless floors
• High-specification skimming that holds up under modern lighting and matt paints
• Fibrous mouldings and cornices for classically detailed new interiors

On these sites we usually work as a specialist package under a main contractor, so we are used to programmes, phased handovers and coordinating with other trades — experience drawn from projects such as the 256-room InterContinental Westminster refurbishment.