East Sussex · based in Bexhill-on-Sea
Plasterer in Battle
Battle is roughly seven miles north of our base in Bexhill and, together with the villages around it, is a regular part of our working week. The town's historic High Street and the surrounding rural properties mean a lot of period work, alongside the extensions and new-build plastering that come with any growing market town.
Russ has more than 25 years of experience across both traditional lime plastering and modern gypsum systems, and will tell you straight which one your walls need.
What Battle properties need from a plasterer
Battle grew up around the Abbey, and its High Street conservation area is a run of medieval timber-framed, Tudor and Georgian buildings, many of them listed. Inside, that means wattle and daub or lath panels, lime plaster, and walls that move with the seasons. Modern hard gypsum on those walls tends to crack and trap moisture, so a breathable lime system, properly keyed, is usually the right specification.
Beyond the High Street, Battle has Victorian and Edwardian villas, mid-century estates and a good deal of newer housing on the edges of town, which is standard plasterboard and gypsum work. The villages around Battle, including Netherfield, Catsfield, Crowhurst and Whatlington, add farmhouses, cottages and barn conversions where a mix of both approaches is common.
Also covering Netherfield, Catsfield, Crowhurst, Whatlington and the surrounding lanes.
Plastering services in Battle
Everyday plastering and specialist decorative finishes, all carried out by Russ and his team.
Skimming
A skim coat is the thin, final layer of plaster that turns a rough or patched wall into a smooth, paint-ready surface.
Float and Set
Float and set is the traditional two-coat system for bringing uneven blockwork or badly damaged walls back to a true, flat, durable finish.
Tacking
Tacking is the fixing of plasterboard sheets to timber or metal stud frames and joists, the structural first step before any wall or ceiling can be skimmed.
Sticking
Sticking, or dot-and-dab drylining, fixes plasterboard directly to a solid wall with adhesive dabs, straightening the wall without losing much room depth.
Polished Plaster
Polished plaster is a Venetian-style decorative finish, hand-applied in thin layers and burnished to a smooth, marble-like sheen.
Tadelakt
Tadelakt is a traditional Moroccan lime plaster, hand-polished and soap-sealed to a naturally waterproof, seamless finish ideal for bathrooms and wet rooms.
Microcement
Microcement is a thin, seamless cement-based coating applied to floors, walls, and worktops for a sleek, contemporary, jointless finish.
Pitted / Concrete Finishes
Pitted and concrete-effect finishes give a wall the raw, textured character of exposed concrete without the weight, cost, or structural work of the real material.
Why Battle customers choose Russ
- 25+ years of hands-on plastering, trading as R Kenward Plastering Contractors since 2009
- Experienced in traditional lime plastering and modern gypsum finishes
- All work is fully guaranteed
- Public liability insurance, details available on request
- Free, no-obligation quotes, with FaceTime or WhatsApp video walkthroughs for smaller jobs
- Russ leads and oversees every job personally from start to finish
Project photos from Battle will appear here as they are added.
Plastering in Battle: your questions
Yes. Russ is experienced in traditional lime methods as well as modern finishes. For a listed building we assess the existing wall build-up and recommend a lime-based, breathable system where the fabric needs it. Listed building consent for internal works is your responsibility as the owner, and we are happy to describe the proposed method to help with that.
Send a photo of the wall or room and Russ will tell you what it needs and roughly what it will cost.
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Contact Information
Phone
07850 161812Based in
Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex
Serving Bexhill, Hastings, Battle, Rye and the surrounding East Sussex coast and High Weald
Working Hours
Mon-Fri, 7am to 8pm
Sat, 8am to 6pm
Sun, 10am to 4pm
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