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Recent plastering,
rendering and roofing.

Real jobs from around North Somerset — plastering, rendering and roofing.

New timber roof rafters and bracing erected on a large agricultural building, running diagonally against a blue sky
New roof timbers going up on a big agricultural building. Every rafter set out, cut and braced before a single tile goes anywhere near it — and honestly, this is my favourite stage of any job.

01 Recent jobs

Before, and after.

Anyone can photograph a finished wall. These are the same walls before I started, so you can judge for yourself what actually changed.

A tired bungalow, brought back

Full external re-render

The old render had been patched more times than anyone could remember, and it was staining badly wherever the water ran off. We took it back, made good, and put a fresh coat right the way round. Same bungalow — it just looks after itself a lot better now.

The gable end of a bungalow in tired cream render, stained and patched beneath a brown pantile roof Before
The same gable end finished in clean white render with a dark plinth along the base After

The gable end. Blotchy and patched before, straight and clean after — and that dark plinth along the bottom takes the splash-back off the flat roof instead of the render soaking it up.

The front entrance of the bungalow before work, cream render around a timber door and brick steps Before
The same entrance after rendering, crisp white walls cut in around the timber door, handrail and brick steps After

Round at the front door. The steps, the handrail and the timber door all stayed put — everything behind them is new, cut in by hand around the lot.

Freshly rendered wall beside a carport, cut in cleanly against brickwork and a timber handrail
Down the side by the carport, cut in tight against the brick and under the handrail. Fiddly bits like this are where a render job is won or lost.

The side return nobody sees

Render and making good

Narrow side passages are where corners get cut, because who's ever looking? This one had tired boarding up top and patched render underneath. Drag the handle across and have a proper look at the difference.

A narrow side passage after rendering, smooth white walls running down to a timber gate The same side passage before work, patched cream render below dark timber boarding Before After
Same spot, same time of day. Drag the handle to wipe between them.
A rendered side elevation in bright sunshine, smooth white walls beside a timber fence
Same job, looking back the other way. One clean line all the way down, which is harder than it sounds in a gap that narrow.

A new extension, finished off

External render — no before on this one

This one went up and got rendered in the same run, so there's no sorry-looking before to show you. Worth including anyway for the detail — cutting in around lights, downpipes and a solar array is the fiddly end of the job.

A newly rendered single-storey garden room in white render with wall lights and a gravel border
The garden room finished, with the render cut in neatly around every light fitting rather than run up to them and hoped for.
Rendered wall beside patio doors, meeting a gravel border and lawn
Round the corner by the doors. Render stopped clean above the gravel so it isn't sat in the wet.
A rendered house elevation seen from the lawn, patio and garden furniture in front
Stood back from the patio, which is where the owners actually see it from.
Close detail of white textured render meeting a dark grey plinth in a clean straight line below black guttering
The bit I'd want you to look at: where the white meets the dark plinth. That line is all eye and a straight edge, and it shows forever if it wanders.

02 Plastering & rendering

Walls, ceilings and render.

A freshly rendered chimney stack cut in cleanly beneath the original brick oversail against a blue sky
Finished chimney stack, cut in clean under the old brick oversail. Two faces, one straight edge — that's the bit that has to be right.
An end-terrace cottage finished in smooth white render, front and side elevations complete
An old end cottage with the front and side both done, the chimney rendered and capped and everything cleared away. It looks after itself a lot better now than it did.
A rendered chimney dressed neatly down to the lead flashing with a roof valley behind
Chimney render dressed neatly down to the lead flashing. Roof-level work is fiddly, but it's usually where a render gives up first, so it's worth the extra time.
A sand and cement scratch coat combed up along a side passage with beads set at both edges
Scratch coat combed up and left to key, beads set true down both edges. This is the stage nobody ever sees, and it's the one that decides how the finish turns out.
A front boundary wall fully rendered with an even combed finish and coping stones set level
A front boundary wall coated up nice and even, with the caps set straight the full length of the run. Tidied the front of the house up no end.
A finished render corner, flat and even, running straight up to an older wall
Where a new extension meets the old wall. Flat and even the whole way up, with a nice sharp edge on the corner — which is the fiddly bit.
A new extension gable end in combed base coat with beads picking out the verge and door head
New extension gable in base coat, beads picking out the verge and the door head. Straight lines first, pretty finish after.
A loft room with sloping ceiling, walls and window reveal freshly skimmed
Loft room reskimmed top to bottom — sloping ceiling, walls and the window reveal all done. Ready for a coat of paint.
A fresh scratch coat on an extension gable with anthracite bi-fold doors below
Fresh scratch coat on an extension gable, bi-folds in below. Nice dry day for it, which always helps.

03 Roofing

Rafters, tiles, and everything above the wall.

Cut rafters, purlins and diagonal bracing seated on galvanised hangers, before felt and battens
Rafters up and braced, every one hung on galvanised steel before a single tile goes on. Nobody sees this once the roof is finished, and it's the part that matters most.
A completed hipped roof on a farm outbuilding finished in dark interlocking tiles with hip and ridge tiles
A full re-roof on a farm outbuilding, tiled right through with the hips and the ridge run straight and true. It's a working yard, so pardon the pallets, but that roof will keep the weather out for a long time yet.
A long stone barn with new roof covering, a run of rooflights, and black fascias, soffits and guttering
A long stone barn with the covering, rooflights and black fascias, soffits and guttering all sitting neat and square. There's a fair bit of roof to get across on one this size.
A finished hipped tile roof on a farm building with older weathered sheeting on the neighbouring roof
A finished tiled roof on a farm building, ridge and hips capped off and every course sitting straight. The old sheeting next door gives you a fair idea of where we started.

04 Yours next

Fancy yours looking like that?

Give me a ring or drop me a message and tell me what you've got. I'll come and have a look whenever suits you, and there's no charge for that.

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