Lime render · County Down
Lime render in Newtownards
If you're planning lime render in Newtownards, start with a free survey: we measure, check the walls and confirm planning and building control for your address. For stone and early brick properties in Newtownards, lime render is often the right answer.
- Free survey in BT23 and nearby
- Guide price from £78 per m² + scaffold, inc VAT
- Fixed written price before work starts
Free survey in Newtownards
Postcode, service and a phone number is all we need.
What you get
- Traditional hand-finished texture
- Works with wood fibre insulation as a breathable EWI system
- Slower curing — needs frost-free, protected conditions
- Often appropriate in conservation settings
What we look for in Newtownards
As well as Newtownards itself, we quote in Bangor (County Down), Holywood and Castlereagh. Newtownards is about 5 miles from Bangor (County Down). Northern Ireland has many rendered and pebble-dashed homes, older solid-walled rural houses, and estates built by the Housing Executive.
Exposure to wind-driven rain varies across County Down: sheltered town streets fare better than walls on high ground or facing the prevailing weather, and the render, beads and cill details are chosen with that in mind.
Lime work in Newtownards is scheduled for frost-free months so the render cures properly.
- Postcode district
- BT23
- County or area
- County Down
- Nation
- Northern Ireland
- Nearby
- Bangor (County Down), Holywood, Castlereagh, Belfast
Northern Ireland: planning and regulations
For Newtownards homes, the council's planning office has the final say on external changes; conservation areas, flats and listed buildings need an application or consent.
Building control applies to insulation and major re-rendering in Northern Ireland, and the work is signed off by the council.
Why use lime instead of cement?
Cement render is hard and relatively impermeable. On older walls built with lime mortar, it can crack, let rain in at the cracks and then stop the wall drying, leading to damp patches inside and spalling stone or brick. Lime is softer, more flexible and vapour-open, so moisture can escape.
Lime render prices in Newtownards
| Item | Guide price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Lime render, three-coat | £78–£132 per m²inc VAT | Excluding scaffold |
| Removing cement render first | £22–£48 per m²inc VAT | Where needed |
| Wood fibre + lime EWI | £150–£210 per m²0% VAT | See wood fibre EWI |
Confirmed by a fixed written quote after survey. Prices include VAT at 20%. 0% VAT: installing insulation in a home is zero-rated until 31 March 2027, so these figures are the total; 5% applies from 1 April 2027.
What happens next
Enquiry
Send your postcode and a few details.
Measured survey
Walls, damp, eaves, cills and services recorded.
Written price
A fixed price with the specification attached.
Work and handover
Installed, inspected and documents handed over.
Lime render in Newtownards: questions
Can lime render be applied in winter?
Only with protection and in frost-free conditions. Spring to early autumn is the usual season.
Does lime render need painting?
Traditionally it's limewashed, which is breathable. Modern masonry paints can block vapour, so we'd avoid them.
Should I remove cement render from my stone house?
If it's cracked, hollow or trapping damp, often yes. If it's sound and the wall is dry, it may be left. The survey looks at both.
Do you cover Newtownards?
Yes — we survey and quote lime render in Newtownards (BT23) and nearby Bangor (County Down), Holywood and Castlereagh, with a fixed written price before any work starts.