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in Malvern

Why Malvern Homes
Need a Specialist

Malvern's grand return-verandah villas present one problem more than any other: the verandah ceiling. Because the verandah wraps two sides of the house, there is a lot of ceiling out there, it sits directly under the most vulnerable part of the roof, and when a gutter or valley has been quietly leaking for a decade, the lath and plaster above your head is the thing that tells you. By the time it's visibly sagging, the plaster has usually lost its key — the plaster has separated from the timber lath behind it — and most trades will tell you the only option is to pull it all down and sheet it. It isn't. Lath and plaster can be stabilised and re-keyed in place, which preserves the original ceiling and costs less than a full replacement. That's the work we'd rather be doing.

Sagging or cracking lath and plaster verandah ceilings from past roof leaks

Original ceilings written off as unsalvageable and quoted for full replacement

Render bands and villa facade detailing patched with mismatched material

Victorian Villa — Iron Lace & Gable Fretwork

Full exterior restoration of a Victorian villa: rusted cast and wrought iron lace treated back to sound metal and rebuilt by brush, gable fretwork restored, verandah posts repaired at the base where water had got in, and the whole facade repainted. The ironwork alone took weeks — there is no way to spray cast lace and have it last.

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