Plasterers and Renderers in Crosby
The far end of what we cover: a straight run down the coast, and some of the hardest-worked walls on it.
Southport, the Sefton coast, Liverpool and West Lancashire
Solid brick, bay fronts, and a lot of original plaster
Crosby, Waterloo and Blundellsands are dominated by Victorian and Edwardian property: bay-fronted terraces, tall semis and some very substantial detached houses near the front. Most of it is solid brick with no cavity, and that single fact decides what can go on the outside. A solid wall is meant to take up some water and give it back; a hard cement render stops the giving-back half, and the wall simply stays wet behind it.
Inside, the ceiling heights are generous and a lot of the original lath and plaster is still up there, along with cornice, roses and moulded stair strings. Where a ceiling has begun to bow away from the laths it is usually past patching and better overboarded and skimmed. The cornice is nearly always worth saving. It is hand work, but it is the reason those rooms look the way they do.
Weather off the mouth of the estuary
The streets behind Crosby beach sit on a much narrower strip of dune than Ainsdale or Formby, so there is far less between the houses and the water. What comes off the mouth of the Mersey is wet, constant and full of salt, and salt is what does the quiet damage: it soaks into porous brick and old render, holds damp in the wall, then crystallises as it dries and pushes the finish off from behind.
The result is elevations that age at completely different rates on the same house. A seaward gable can be blown and drummy while the sheltered side is perfectly sound. That is normal here, and it is why we tap a whole elevation before pricing anything rather than quoting off a photograph of the bad patch.
We travel to Crosby. We are not from it
We work from Liverpool Road in Southport, and Crosby is roughly ten miles down the coast through Formby and Ince Blundell. We are not going to dress that up as being local: we are a Southport firm that covers this coast, and Crosby work is planned as full days on site rather than something squeezed in between two jobs nearer home.
The practical end of that is access. A lot of the terraced and semi-detached frontages here are narrow, close to the pavement and tight for scaffold, and some of the older streets are permit parking. We would far rather sort that out at estimate stage than turn up on the first morning and find there is nowhere to stand a tower.
What we are asked for most in Crosby
External Rendering
Re-rendering tired, cracked and blown elevations, including stripping off failed pebbledash first.
Read moreSilicone Rendering Systems
Breathable, through-coloured render built up over Atlas basecoat and mesh. No paint film to fail.
Read moreInternal Plastering
Skimming, float and set, ceilings and repairs. Flat walls that take paint evenly and stay that way.
Read moreDecorative Plasterwork
Cornice, ceiling roses and panelled ceilings restored, matched and run in where sections are missing.
Read moreWe have not written up a job in Crosby yet. The nearest ones, and everything else we have photographed start to finish, are on our work.
Questions from Crosby customers
Only the seaward gable has failed. Can we just do that one wall?
Sometimes, yes. The two catches are that new render next to weathered render will not match, and that if the gable went because of what is underneath rather than the weather, the other elevations are on the same clock. We will tell you which of the two we think it is.
Our house is a solid-wall Victorian terrace. Can it be rendered at all?
Yes, with a breathable system that lets the wall dry outwards. It is hard sand-and-cement on solid walls that has blown on so much of the older stock along this coast, not rendering as such.
You are in Southport. Do you actually come out to Crosby?
Yes. It is about ten miles down the coast and we plan Crosby work as full days on site rather than dropping in between local jobs. We will not pretend to be a Crosby firm. We are a Southport one that covers this coast, and what the job costs is in the written estimate before anything starts.
Can I see work you have done near Crosby?
The gallery on this site is all our own work across Southport and the coast, grouped by service. Ask when you call if you want to see something specific: a silicone render, a media wall, a restored ceiling. We will point you at the relevant photos.
What customers said
4.7 out of 5 on Google and 5.0 from 35 reviews on MyBuilder, plus 100% recommended from 6 recommendations on Facebook. Every review below is verbatim from those profiles, and each one says which.
I received a first class service from Birkdale Plastering. Anthony always attended as arranged. He was invariably polite and hard-working and cleared any mess before leaving. I am very pleased with the finished job.
Antony did a great job would highly recommend him
Render of an outside wall. Excellent job and finish Turned up when he said, cleaned up and took the time to protect the areas around the job. Would highly recommend to family and friends.
Anthony did an outstanding job pebble-dashing our entire house. It was a challenging project but he handled every aspect with professionalism and care—nothing was ever too much trouble. He worked incredibly hard and maintained a clean and tidy worksite throughout. We couldn’t be happier with the result.
Anthony has done an excellent plastering job today for us in Formby. Repaired a hole on our kitchen ceiling after a leak whilst on holiday. Very good finish and so tidy too! Would Definitely recommend him!
Outstanding work would highly recommend went above and behond with everything, if anyone needs rendering this is your man.
Other areas we cover
Based on Liverpool Road in Southport. We work right along the Sefton coast, down into Liverpool, and inland across West Lancashire as far as Preston. Every town below has a page of its own.
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- Phone 07923 545449
- Email anthony9thompson@yahoo.co.uk
- Address
Birkdale Plastering and Rendering
546 Liverpool Road, Southport PR8 3BG - Opening hours Every day, 7am to 9pm