Our service
Flat plaster is the difference between a room that looks decorated and a room that just looks painted. We take care to get it right: walls built back to level, then a clean finish that's ready for paint.
What's included
Plastering done level enough to take a low-angle light without showing a ripple. Patch repairs, full re-skims, fresh stud walls, and everything in between.
The detail
Whole rooms, single feature walls, ceilings, patch repairs, cover-ups over older finishes, reveals after new windows and doors, and fresh stud walls from framing through to finish.
Different backgrounds want different approaches. We'll talk through the options on the site visit and recommend what suits the wall.
New stud walls built, boarded, and finished flat. Insulation and acoustic options go in between the studs where they're needed.
For media walls we can box out recesses for TVs, frame alcoves for amps and consoles, and finish flush with the surrounding wall so the whole thing reads as part of the architecture rather than a bolt-on.
Acoustic options for party walls, particularly useful in terraces where neighbours share a bedroom wall. Insulated options on cold external walls, common in older stone properties.
Waterproof preparation for wet rooms, cellar conversions, and anywhere keeping water out matters more than looking pretty.
Plenty of local housing stock predates modern plaster systems. Where the building fabric calls for a traditional approach, we'll say so, and suggest what suits the wall. No dogma, just what works on the building in front of us.
The telltale outline after a radiator comes off, a ceiling damaged by a leak, a corner knocked during a move, or a chase cut for new wiring. We feather the patch so it doesn't ghost through once it's painted.
If the surrounding wall is tired enough that a patch will always show, we'll say so, and price a full wall skim as an option.
Fresh plaster needs to dry before it takes paint. How long depends on the time of year and how well the room can air. We'll give you a realistic date so the decorating schedule lines up with reality.
Recent work
More projects over on the full gallery.
How we quote
Plastering is priced after a site visit. Access, the condition of what's underneath, ceiling heights, and whether we're working around fitted furniture all feed into the quote. You get a fixed written quote rather than a rough day rate.
Areas we cover
We plaster across the Calder Valley and Halifax: Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Todmorden, Sowerby Bridge, Ripponden, Brighouse, Elland. Further afield into Huddersfield, Bradford, Keighley, and Leeds. A lot of the houses we work in were built before the 1930s, so we're used to walls that aren't straight and plaster histories that aren't documented.
Regular patches
Not listed? Give us a call, we travel further for the right job.
FAQs
The ones we get asked most often on plastering jobs.
Free quote, no obligation. Usually a same-day reply from a real decorator, not a call centre.
