Written price after a look at the job
Barnes
Plasterers in Barnes
Period property by the river, a lot of it listed or in a conservation area.
Dust sheeted, swept and cleared down daily
One person on site, start to finish
Work planned around parking and access
Older stock, and what that rules out
Barnes has a higher proportion of genuinely old property than most of south west London: Georgian and early Victorian around the pond and the green, with later Victorian and Edwardian behind it. Much of the centre sits in a conservation area and a number of buildings are listed.
In a listed building the inside counts as well as the outside, which means original cornice, ceilings and mouldings are not things to strip out and replace with something similar. The starting position is repair.
Lime, and knowing when it matters
Older walls here were built to breathe. Where a solid wall has been sealed with a modern gypsum finish the moisture has nowhere to go and the plaster blows, usually low down and usually blamed on rising damp.
Whether a wall wants a breathable finish or will take a standard one is decided by what is already on it and what it is made of, which means looking at it rather than assuming.
Access by the river
Richmond upon Thames controls parking across Barnes and the roads around the pond are narrow. Deliveries are timed, and anything that cannot come through a front door in one piece is ordered in a size that can.
Where consent looks necessary for the work you want, that gets flagged at estimate stage so it can be checked with the borough before a date is agreed.
What gets done in Barnes
The work that comes up most in Barnes is repairs and coving, with skimming close behind. The full list is here, and the other areas covered are here.
Repairs
Cracks, hollow plaster, water damage and making good after other trades, cut back and blended in.
Read moreCoving
Plain coving run in and mitred by hand, and period cornice matched, extended and opened back out.
Read moreSkimming
A finish coat over walls and ceilings that are sound, flattening out years of patching and filler.
Read morePlastering
Backing coat and finish on walls taken back to brick, or fresh board skimmed flat and ready for paint.
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Plastering in Barnes
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Tell Frank what the walls are doing and he will come and look at them. The visit is free and the price comes after it, in writing.
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