From the substrate to the finished surface.

Everything starts with the substrate. We check it for load-bearing capacity, absorbency and residual moisture, and only then decide whether it needs a primer, a spatter coat or a bonding agent. Gypsum, gypsum-lime or lime-cement plaster inside; mineral render on a matching build-up outside. The wall decides which system is used, not what happens to be in the yard. Edges, reveals and the joints to windows and doors are formed with profiles.

substrate checkedgypsum and lime-cement plastermineral renderedge and reveal profiles

An external wall insulation system is one closed build-up, not a stack of separate items: adhesive, insulation board, anchors, reinforcing coat with embedded mesh, primer, finishing render. The insulation thickness comes from your energy certificate. We work out the details that otherwise give a system away: the plinth connection, window reveals, joints at abutments, the roof edge. The mesh sits inside the reinforcing coat, not underneath it; corners and openings get corner beads and diagonal strips.

bonding and anchoringreinforcing coat with embedded meshplinth, reveals, roof edgefinishing render

Framing, boarding, jointing. We build partitions and independent linings from metal studs, install suspended ceilings, shafts and service voids. Connections to floor, wall and ceiling get the sealing detail the wall type calls for. Where acoustic or fire performance is required, board type, number of layers, stud spacing and insulation infill follow the system approval — none of that is a free choice. Jointing is done to the surface quality the wall needs: Q1 behind linings, Q4 where raking light meets a flat wall.

metal stud framingsuspended ceilingslinings and shaftssurface quality Q1 to Q4

In an existing building, what is actually inside the wall decides the job. We take off damaged plaster, look at what is underneath and rebuild it: patching individual areas, a new plaster build-up, a clean connection to whatever stays. Old drawings are a hint for us, not a fact. If something turns up behind the plaster that does not fit the picture, we say so before carrying on.

survey on sitedamaged plaster areasrenewed plaster build-upconnection to existing fabric

Removal of non-load-bearing elements, stripping out individual rooms, taking off old plaster and wall layers. Dust protection is not an extra item: we put up dust screens, seal openings and keep the working area separate from the parts of the building still in use. Debris is separated and taken away. We only touch load-bearing elements once structural clearance is in place.

non-load-bearing elementsstripping out single roomsdust screensseparated debris removal

Masonry in fit-out and in existing buildings: internal walls, infills, closing openings, adjustments during conversion. We lay in bond, keep bed and perpend joints, and match unit format and mortar to the wall that is meant to result. Where a wall is extended or an opening is closed, the connection to the existing fabric is what counts.

internal wallsinfill masonryclosing openingsconnection to existing fabric

At the end there is the surface people actually see. We prime, fill and paint — inside on plaster, plasterboard and existing surfaces, outside on the finished render. The paint follows the substrate: vapour-permeable where the wall has to release moisture, scrub-resistant where it gets touched. Because plaster, drywall and paint come from one contractor here, nobody has to work out afterwards whether an uneven patch came from the plaster or from the paint.

primingfillinginterior paintingfacade painting