Specialty
Plaster & Heritage Repair.
Older Durham homes deserve better than a bucket of drywall mud.
On the job
Real work from Durham Region homes and job sites.
Traditional lath-and-plaster behaves nothing like drywall. It is thicker, harder, more brittle, and it fails in specific ways — keys break off the lath and the plaster separates from the wall.
We stabilise, re-key, patch in three coats and match the surrounding surface, rather than skinning over a problem that will return.
What's included
- Assessment of loose, drummy and delaminated areas
- Plaster washers and re-keying to secure sagging sections
- Three-coat patching: scratch, brown and finish
- Lime and gypsum plaster systems for heritage work
- Crack stitching with mesh reinforcement
- Cornice, arch and moulding repair
The details
Repair or board over?
If more than roughly a third of a wall is loose, boarding over is often more durable and cheaper. Where original mouldings and profiles matter, repair is the right call. We give you both prices.
Matching old textures
Original plaster often has a subtle sand float or trowel pattern. We replicate it by hand on the patch rather than leaving a glass-smooth square in a textured wall.
Common questions
My ceiling is sagging — is it urgent?
It can be. Sagging lath-and-plaster ceilings can come down. Keep people out of the room and call us for an assessment.