Interior Plastering in Seaham, from Skimming to Coving

Yes. Seaham is only a short drive from our base in Houghton-Le-Spring and comfortably inside our 20-mile working radius. We cover the whole town, from the harbour end to the newer estates.

Plaster alone will not cure condensation, and we will not pretend otherwise. Ventilation and heating patterns usually need addressing, and where there is genuine damp we treat it through our repairs and damp-proofing service first. Once the cause is sorted, a re-skim gives you a clean, sound surface.

Yes, that is the right order of work. After damp-proofing has been carried out and the wall has dried down, we re-plaster with appropriate materials so the repair blends invisibly into the rest of the room.

A single room is typically a few hundred pounds depending on size and condition, with ceilings and preparation priced clearly on top where needed. Every job gets a free written quote after we have seen it, so there is no guesswork.

Yes. Once the leak is fixed we seal the stain to stop it bleeding through, replace any board that has gone soft, and skim the ceiling so it finishes as new. Paint alone will not hold a water stain back for long.

We can. Older solid walls are rarely straight, so we either build the surface out with dubbing coats or fix plasterboard to create a new flat plane, then skim. Which route we take depends on how far out the wall is, and we advise at the quote.

Walls and ceiling on a standard room are usually done in a day. Add boarding, coving or heavy preparation and it may run into a second day, which we tell you before we start rather than on the day.

Yes, coving and cornicing are part of the interior service. Fitting it at the same time as a skim is the tidiest way to do it, and it hides the wall-to-ceiling junction that often cracks first in older homes.

Allow about a week for full drying, sometimes more in a cold coastal winter. When the plaster is uniformly pale, start with a watered-down mist coat, then your chosen colours.

Very little that survives our clean-up. We sheet everything before mixing, contain the work to the room in question, and sweep and tidy before we go. You will know we were there by the walls, not the floors.

Yes on both counts. We are fully insured and take on commercial as well as domestic plastering, including shops and rental properties around the town.