Plastering, the Traditional Way

…Some men wyll have theyr wallys plastered, some pergetted, and whytlmed, some rough cast, some pricked, some wrought with playster of paris…

Fair Oak Traditional Plastering offers a variety of time-honoured plastering services throughout Hampshire, Berkshire, Dorset, Wiltshire and West Sussex, including Wattle and Daub and Lime Washing.

As a traditionalist with a passion for our heritage and customs, he realises the importance of crafts such as Lime Plastering and Wattle and Daub. Mr Holloway is also a fully qualified practitioner, a certified City & Guilds craftsman, an Associate Member of NAPL and a member of the Building Limes Forum,

Wattle and Daub

Because, just about everything concerning traditional practice is unlike contemporary methods, the traditional work takes a great deal longer, and necessitates having a perfectionist attitude towards achieving the end results. Right through every stage, from selection and consistency of ingredients, preparation, mixing and application etc.

The stages of each process, have to be achieved to the highest possible standard, using traditional techniques, and the finest materials available on the market must be incorporated in those procedures, to ensure a faultless completion.

Lime Washing

If required by our customers, Fair Oak Traditional Plastering offers a comprehensive internal and external Lime Washing service. This natural, protective covering for lime renders, lime plasters, wattle and daub, masonry and brickwork is in keeping with the organic nature of their material fabric. Although of humble, rustic origin, the vapour-permeable qualities of Lime Wash, not only allow the building to breath, but provide a bright, clean and aesthetically beautiful finish, with colours to match all tastes by the use of natural pigments – with shades ranging from white to red Umber. Due care and professional tidiness ensures avoidance of drips, runs and paint-spattering of any timber features, such as exposed beams, panel framing, windows etc. which often proves to be a messy challenge for the Lime Washing amateur.