BB4 · Rossendale
Rawtenstall is home. Lee lives and works in the Rossendale valley, which means a job on Bacup Road or up towards Constablee is a five-minute drive rather than an hour on the M65, and it means quotes here usually happen within a day or two of you ringing. That closeness matters more than it sounds: it is the difference between a plasterer who can pop back to check a wall has dried properly and one who cannot justify the trip.
10/10
From 69 Checkatrade reviews
Free
Quotes, with no call-out charge
2020
Checkatrade member since
Local
Rossendale based, Lancashire wide
The housing in Rawtenstall is mostly what the cotton and footwear trades left behind: stone-built Victorian terraces stepping up the valley sides, with later semi-detached stock filling in around Newchurch Road and out toward Cloughfold. Those older properties are solid stone with no cavity, which changes how a wall takes plaster. They are thirsty backgrounds, they hold cold, and they want stabilising and priming properly before anything wet goes near them. Skip that and the finish coat dries too fast, goes short, and cracks within a season.
The single most common call from Rawtenstall addresses is the artexed ceiling. Textured coating went onto an enormous number of ceilings around this valley in the seventies and eighties, and forty years on people want it gone. Where it is thin and firmly stuck, skimming straight over it gives a flat modern ceiling in a day. Where it has been laid on thick, or where the original lath and plaster above it has started to move, overboarding first is the sound answer even though it costs a little more.
The other regular is the mid-terrace reskim before selling or letting. Rawtenstall has an active rental market and a steady stream of houses changing hands, and a full reskim is one of the few jobs that genuinely lifts what a property is worth relative to what it costs. A week's work takes a tired two-bedroom terrace from tired to photograph-ready, and it is far cheaper than the kitchen most people consider first.
Being local also means being honest about what a Rawtenstall house needs rather than what is easiest to sell. Plenty of walls here have been patched two or three times already by people who did not cut back far enough. Lee will tell you when a wall genuinely only needs a patch, and he will equally tell you when patching it again is throwing money at something that wants doing properly. Neither answer is influenced by whether he is booked next week.
Rawtenstall at a glance
- Postcodes
- BB4
- District
- Rossendale, Lancashire
- Housing stock
- Stone-built Victorian terraces on the valley sides with no cavity, thirsty backgrounds that need stabilising, plus later semi-detached stock around Newchurch Road and Cloughfold.
- Also covered from here
- Cloughfold, Waterfoot, Crawshawbooth, Constablee, Goodshaw, Newchurch
Why local matters here
- Based in the valleyRossendale is home, so Rawtenstall quotes are usually within a day or two and Lee can call back to check a job has dried right.
- Stone terraces understoodSolid stone with no cavity behaves nothing like a modern block wall. It gets prepared for what it is.
- Artex ceilings, weeklyThe most common Rawtenstall job there is. Skimmed flat where it is sound, overboarded where it is not.
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Plastering In Rawtenstall: Your Questions
How quickly can you get to a job in Rawtenstall?
Faster than almost anywhere else on the list, because Lee is based in the valley. Quotes in Rawtenstall are usually within a day or two of you ringing, and small repairs can often be slotted in the same week.
Do you cover Waterfoot and Cloughfold too?
Yes, along with Crawshawbooth, Goodshaw, Newchurch and Constablee. Anywhere in the BB4 valley is genuinely local work rather than a trip out.
My Rawtenstall terrace is solid stone. Does that change the job?
It changes the preparation rather than the finish. Solid stone with no cavity is a thirsty background that pulls water out of plaster quickly, so it gets stabilised and primed to suit before anything goes on. Done right the finish is every bit as good as on a modern wall.
Can you skim over the artex in my Rawtenstall house?
Usually yes, and it is the most common job in this town. Where the artex is thin and firmly attached it gets sealed and skimmed flat in a day. Where it is thick or the ceiling above has moved, overboarding first is the honest recommendation.
Do you do full house reskims in Rawtenstall?
Regularly, particularly on terraces being turned round before a sale or a new tenancy. A three-bedroom house is usually about two weeks, sequenced so you keep a usable kitchen and bathroom throughout.
Will you look at a small repair or is it whole rooms only?
Small repairs are welcome, and being local makes them viable here in a way they are not an hour away. Send a photo through on WhatsApp and Lee will usually price it without needing to visit.
Are your quotes in Rawtenstall free?
Yes, free and with no obligation. There is no call-out charge and no pressure at the end of it. For smaller jobs a photo is often enough to give you an honest figure over the phone.
Can I see reviews from local customers?
LD Plastering holds a 10 out of 10 rating from 69 reviews on Checkatrade, with jobs across the BB4, BB9, BB10 and OL postcodes. The profile is public and linked from the reviews page on this site.
Do you work around us if we are living in the house?
Nearly every job is done exactly that way. It is worked a room at a time, everything gets sheeted before a bag is opened, and the debris goes at the end of the day rather than sitting in your hallway.
How much does plastering cost in Rawtenstall?
Most single rooms land in the low hundreds, with the size, the condition of the background and whether ceilings are included moving the figure. Lee quotes off a look or a photo rather than a price list, because a wall that has been patched three times is not the same job as one that has not.
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Every review below is a verified Checkatrade review left by a real customer against a real job. The profile currently stands at 10 out of 10 from 69 reviews.
Lee gave me a fair price after looking at my photo of the job. He kept in touch and arrived bang on time 2 days later. Very respectful and did a first class job. He also let me know what the job entailed. Tidied up afterwards as well. I would definitely use this company again.
Lee did a great job from start to finish and would definitely recommend, Lee came and quoted within 24hrs of listing the job and by Thursday Lee had finished the job.
Excellent communication, competitive pricing and excellent work. Left the work area clean and tidy.
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