Lime render · Tyne and Wear
Lime render in Gateshead
Lime render in Gateshead: free survey, written specification and a fixed price, with the details that keep walls dry planned from the start. For period homes in Gateshead, we look for cement patching that may be trapping moisture before suggesting lime.
- Free survey in NE8 and nearby
- Guide price from £78 per m² + scaffold, inc VAT
- Fixed written price before work starts
Free survey in Gateshead
Postcode, service and a phone number is all we need.
What's included
- Vapour-open and flexible, suited to older solid walls
- Helps walls dry out where cement render trapped moisture
- Often appropriate in conservation settings
- Slower curing — needs frost-free, protected conditions
Before we quote in Gateshead
As well as Gateshead itself, we quote in Newcastle upon Tyne, Felling and Gosforth. The North East has many solid brick terraces, including former colliery housing, plus post-war council estates with some system-built homes.
Exposure to wind-driven rain varies across Tyne and Wear: 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 Gateshead is scheduled for frost-free months so the render cures properly.
- Postcode district
- NE8
- County or area
- Tyne and Wear
- Nation
- England
- Nearby
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Felling, Gosforth, Wallsend
Planning and building control in England
For a house in Gateshead, external insulation or render is often permitted development if it looks similar to the existing walls; conservation areas, flats, commercial buildings and listed buildings need permission or consent, so we check your address first.
If the work covers more than half of a wall, or a quarter of the building's whole envelope, it counts as renovating a thermal element, with a target of about 0.30 W/m²K where feasible.
Can lime render be insulated?
Yes, using wood fibre boards or insulating lime plasters. These keep the wall breathable while reducing heat loss.
Lime render prices in Gateshead
| 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 Gateshead: questions
Does lime render need painting?
Traditionally it's limewashed, which is breathable. Modern masonry paints can block vapour, so we'd avoid them.
Is lime render more expensive?
Usually, because it's applied in coats by hand and needs more curing time.
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 Gateshead?
Yes — we survey and quote lime render in Gateshead (NE8) and nearby Newcastle upon Tyne, Felling and Gosforth, with a fixed written price before any work starts.