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Hmm, this online stuff can be a bit of a minefield. I don't live in the area, but I am in general a fan of chicken https://www.allinlondon.co.uk/directory/1165/107916.php imago... Bagging... I think it's debagging you have in mind. Very Jeeves & Wooster.

Bagging. In our c17 cottage I have a wall of coursed rubble, lime pointed with NHL3.5. I want to lime plaster and bag it so the plaster follows the contours of the wall. Not flat! I don't do flat. Two coats, first with hair or fibre. Materials from Ty Mawr or Trad Lime. I had a wall done like...

Hello Old cottage owner in Gloucestershire here. Lime work. The cottage - 1600s - has largely escaped the evils of cement and gypsum, although it has some cement render which will eventually have to come off. Hard to find lime plasterers and they tend to be busy and understandably not want to...