Plasterer in Headingley
Headingley is known for its big Victorian and Edwardian houses, tight rows of brick terraces and a high number of student and rental homes. Darren covers Headingley for homeowners and landlords alike, from a single ceiling repair to plastering a whole house between tenancies.
Plastering in Headingley's period houses and rentals
The larger period houses often have high ceilings, and many are still original lath and plaster. After a century or more, those ceilings can crack, sag or start to come away from the laths, particularly after a leak from a bathroom above. Darren will check whether a ceiling can be secured and skimmed, or whether it is safer to overboard it or take it down and put up new plasterboard.
Rental and student houses take a lot of wear. Damaged walls, filled holes, patched-up ceilings and old leaks all add up, and the summer gap between tenancies is often when landlords want everything put right in one go. Darren can re-skim rooms, repair damaged areas and replace ceilings so the house is ready to decorate before the next tenants arrive.
In the rows of brick terraces, solid walls with no cavity mean damp patches and blown plaster turn up often, especially on outside walls and around old chimney breasts. Darren will not plaster over active damp, so the cause needs fixing first by the right trade. Once it has been dealt with and the wall has dried out, he takes off the damaged plaster and re-plasters the affected areas.
Jobs Darren is often asked about in Headingley
- ✓Repairing or replacing sagging lath-and-plaster ceilings
- ✓Re-skimming rooms in rental houses between tenancies
- ✓Ceiling repairs after leaks from bathrooms above
- ✓Fitting coving in high-ceilinged rooms
- ✓Plastering converted attic rooms
Services available in Headingley
Skimming
Smooth, flawless wall and ceiling finishes — ready for paint.
Rendering
Durable, weather-resistant exterior wall finishes.
Plasterboarding
Walls and ceilings boarded out cleanly, ready to skim.
Ceiling Repairs
Cracked, bowed or damaged ceilings put right.
Damp Patch Repairs
Honest assessment and clean repairs to damp-affected plaster.
Coving
Classic and modern coving fitted neatly to finish a room.
Media Wall Plastering
Crisp, recessed media walls plastered to a showroom finish.
Plastering questions from Headingley
- Do you work for landlords?
- Yes, landlords are welcome to get in touch as well as homeowners. If you have a list of rooms to put right between tenancies, send photos and details of each and he can tell you what is involved and work out how the job fits around your changeover dates.
- My old ceiling is bowing. Is it dangerous?
- A bowing lath-and-plaster ceiling usually means the plaster has lost its grip on the laths, and it can come down without much warning. Keep people out from under it and get it looked at soon. Darren can advise whether to secure and overboard it or replace it.
- Can you plaster rooms with very high ceilings?
- Yes. High ceilings are common in the bigger Victorian and Edwardian houses and just need the right access equipment and a bit more planning. Darren will look at the room height and layout when he quotes so the job is set up properly from the start.