Plasterer in Acton

Acton is a short run down the road from Hanwell, and the work here tends to split between the older terraces near Acton Central and the interwar semis further out. Different houses, different problems, but the same answer: look at it properly before deciding what it needs.

Steve turns up himself, works with his apprentice, and covers up before anything else happens. Plastering makes dust and there is no way round that, but there is a difference between a job where the floors were sheeted and one where they were not, and you notice it for weeks afterwards.

The kind of properties we work on in Acton

The interwar semis around Acton are a big part of the work. Pebbledash on the upper half, brick below, and after eighty odd years the render on the weather side often needs patching or, in places, taking off and re-doing. Hairline crazing is usually cosmetic. Hollow patches that move when you press them are not.

Closer in towards Acton Central and South Acton there are Victorian terraces with the original lath and plaster still up in the ceilings and on some of the internal walls. Those ceilings are the ones that go after a bathroom leak upstairs, and they rarely fail all at once. You get a stain, then a crack, then a section that starts to drop.

There is also a steady run of flat conversions and rear extensions in Acton where the job is straightforward: get it boarded and skimmed to a flat finish so the decorating actually looks right afterwards.

What Acton customers usually call about

• Blown pebbledash and render on the front or the side elevation
• Ceilings and walls made good after a leak from the flat or the bathroom above
• Rear extensions and loft conversions boarded and skimmed ready to decorate
• Repointing on brick walls, front steps and boundary walls
• Interior and exterior painting once the plastering is finished

Getting to you

Acton is close enough to Hanwell that Steve can look at most jobs without much notice. Photos over WhatsApp help him work out whether it is a morning of patching or something bigger before he comes out.

What Steve covers in Acton

All four services are available across Acton, whether that is one room or the whole property inside and out.

• Plastering & Skimming
• Exterior Rendering
• Brickwork & Repointing
• Painting & Decorating

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