Plastering jobs of any size, from traditional wet plaster and coving to rendering and screeding, done from Bourne since 2005.

A professional service with a high quality finish and a competitive price, across Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire. Get in touch for a free no-obligation quote.

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Est. 2005 5.0 from 24 Google reviews Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire

A long hallway in smooth fresh plaster, the front door at the far end

A hallway skimmed in August 2026.

What we do.

With many years of experience, R Markham Plastering Services can take on plastering jobs of any size, from traditional wet plaster work and coving to rendering and screeding.

Skimming

Plaster skimming to plasterboards is a popular method of providing a smooth, seamless surface ready to receive decorative treatment. Skim plastering gives many of the advantages of a traditional solid plaster finish combined with a quick turnaround.

A loft ceiling freshly skimmed between roof windows — A loft ceiling, June 2026

A plasterer in hi-vis skimming a wall with a trowel

Rendering

The application of a premixed layer of sand and cement to brick, cement, stone or mud brick. It is often textured, coloured or painted after application. It is generally used on exterior walls but can be used to feature an interior wall.

A rendered bungalow extension with stone quoins, seen from the garden

A combed scratch coat beside finished render on blockwork

Dry Walling

Dry walling (also known as plasterboarding) is used to make interior walls and ceilings which are then plastered and skimmed.

Plasterboard and steel angle beads fixed on an angled ceiling

Floor Screeding

Screeding a floor is the simple act of applying cement, aggregates and water to a floor base in order to form a sturdy sub-floor that is capable of taking on the final floor finish or act as a final wearing surface.

Coving

Coving, as with skirting boards and architraves, can add a finishing touch to a room as well as having some other hidden benefits:

Adding a simple and cost effective decorative touch to rooms.
Available in a variety of styles to suit any room.
Helps to hide cracks along ceiling lines.
Hide electrical cables and pipes behind it, as well as untidy surround sound wires.

A painted ceiling meeting the walls with plaster coving

Artex Removal

Artex is a surface coating used for interior decorating, often found on ceilings, which allows the decorator to add a texture to it.

A swirled Artex ceiling around a chandelier — Artex Removal - Before

The same ceiling smooth, with a ceiling rose and the chandelier — Artex Removal - After

A hallway ceiling covered in swirl Artex — A swirl Artex hallway ceiling, March 2026

A hallway ceiling skimmed smooth, March 2026

Same room, before and after.

Walls stripped back, then skimmed.

A small room with old tile adhesive and hacked-off walls, before plastering — September 2026

The same small room with its walls freshly skimmed — September 2026

The window wall of the same room, stripped back — September 2026

The window wall freshly skimmed — September 2026

A room stripped back, with old pale blue walls patched — August 2026

The same room freshly skimmed, with an oak door and the back door — August 2026

The same room with its walls hacked off, a trestle and buckets on the floor — August 2026

The room from another angle, freshly skimmed, with its windows — August 2026

Kitchen walls stripped, with marks where old tiles came off — July 2026

The same kitchen walls skimmed, with the cooker and boiler — July 2026

The same kitchen's old walls by the window — July 2026

The kitchen walls freshly plastered around the window and doorway — July 2026

A small room with its walls stripped and patched, insulation on the floor — May 2026

The same room fully skimmed, with an oak door — May 2026

The window wall of the same room, stripped — May 2026

The window wall skimmed smooth — May 2026

A living room with old yellow walls and a damaged ceiling, furniture covered — April 2026

The same living room with its walls and ceiling freshly skimmed, fireplace and coving — April 2026

Looking through an opening into the same room, dust sheets down — April 2026

The finished room with its sliding patio doors — April 2026

Recent work.

Rooms, ceilings and conversions we have plastered, newest first.

Full living room overskim in Bourne

September 2026

A living room with fresh plaster on the walls and ceiling, a stove in the white chimney breast

The same living room from the other end, buckets and tools by the patio doors

A room freshly skimmed, walls and ceiling, with pendant wires and a window

The same room by the white front door, fresh plaster all round

Plastering a garden room

August 2026

A garden room part way through, materials on a blue sheet under the new boarded ceiling

The garden room during the work, French doors at the end

The finished garden room: vaulted ceiling, brick wall and French doors

The finished garden room, brick wall and the doors back into the house

High windows under the finished vaulted ceiling

Sunlight across the floor by the French doors

A room with fresh plaster walls and ceiling, a window and back door

Hall, stairs and landing

August 2026

A long hallway with freshly plastered walls and ceiling, wall lights and panelled doors

The staircase during the work, treads protected, old wallpaper still on the far wall

Looking down the stairwell, freshly plastered walls under a skylight

Hall and staircase freshly plastered, a chandelier and the front door

The landing and hallway freshly plastered, loft hatch and chandelier

The hall from the stairs, fresh plaster, wall lights and the front door

Ceilings and kitchens

July 2026

A ceiling freshly skimmed over a furnished room with pink and green walls

The same ceiling skim from another angle

Kitchen walls and ceiling freshly plastered, sink and back door

A kitchen ceiling freshly skimmed above sage green cabinets

A kitchen ceiling skimmed above wall cabinets and a window

A living room ceiling skimmed, curtains at the window

Plastering a loft conversion

June 2026

A loft conversion boarded out in green moisture board, gable glazing and step ladders

The loft boarded and taped around the roof windows

A scaffold tower inside the loft to reach the high ceiling

The finished loft conversion: vaulted ceiling skimmed, roof windows, boarded floor

A plastered media wall and a skimmed ceiling

March and April 2026

A plasterboard media wall with recessed shelves, finished in white

The media wall with its shelving freshly plastered, beside an oak door

A room ceiling freshly skimmed in pink plaster above white walls

A living room after plastering, fireplace and pendant light

From our 2013 gallery

Arches, attics, ceilings and walls

An attic room with its sloped ceilings skimmed

A round roof-lantern shaft plastered smooth

A large room with a boarded ceiling, a worker in orange hi-vis

The same large room with the ceiling skimmed

A room with its walls hacked off and patched around a wood burner

An attic room with sloped ceilings skimmed

Since 2005

Welcome to R Markham Plastering Services, plasterer in Bourne.

R Markham Plastering Services was established in 2005 and is based in Bourne, Lincolnshire. We deliver a professional service with a high quality finish and a competitive price.

A silver van lettered R. Markham Plasterers with the plasterer mark, and a man in a Markham Plasterers t-shirt beside it

What every customer gets

High quality workmanship.

NVQ, CSCS and Health and Safety qualified and fully insured.

Free competitive quote.

Reliable, clean and tidy.

Friendly and efficient.

The plasterer with the hawk and trowel from our logo is on our vans too.

What customers say.

5.0 from 24 Google reviews

100% recommend on Facebook (14 recommendations)

“A last minute cry for help and Rob saved the day. Fantastic service and so happy with every level of customer service. Even rectified some bad plastering around my patio doors. Clean, tidy, reliable and most importantly a top rate plastering job!”

Tracey, Google review, July 2026

Fresh plaster around new sliding patio doors, the garden beyond — Tracey’s own photo of the plaster round her patio doors

“Rob did a brilliant job of plastering a wall in bedroom 3. It had holes in where supports for built in wardrobe had been. Completed in a day and good price. Such a great finish very happy to recommend.”

Susan Dawson, Google review, May 2026

“A brilliant job done, has done other work for us and always very professional, friendly and punctual, have other work to do yet so will definitely use him again as we trust him to do it to exceptional standards.”

Barbara Pick, Google review, August 2025

“A superb job, very punctual, no mess and a quiet worker. Rob said he loves his job and his care and attention to do a perfect job shows”

Paul Ross, Google review, June 2025

“Got to give Rob a 5* recommendation. The service was prompt, the quote was reasonable, the quality of his craftsmanship is excellent. His time keeping is good, works in a clean manner, and left our garage conversion immaculate. Highly recommended and we will.be using his services again in the near future.”

Andrew Danylew, Google review, September 2024