Recent work
A Recent Loft Conversion
Rooflight conversion — turning dead roof space into a proper room. See more on our loft conversions page.
Render repair, Portland stone, lime repointing, roofing and extensions across Weymouth, Portland, Preston and Chickerell — on the most weather-beaten frontage in Dorset.
A Georgian seafront facing due south into the Channel, and a stone island alongside it. Weymouth's building work is dominated by both.
External render, repair and full re-render. Weymouth's Georgian and Regency frontages are largely rendered and painted, and on the Esplanade they take salt and driven rain head-on. Blown render is the single most common call we get here, and patching over it without finding where the water is getting in just moves the problem along the wall.
Stone repair, dressings, boundary and retaining walls. Portland stone is quarried on the doorstep and is what a great deal of the older fabric is built and detailed in — it wants matching properly rather than substituting for whatever is on the merchant's pallet.
Repointing, brick repair, chimneys and garden walls. Salt-laden air pulls mortar apart faster on this coast than almost anywhere, and older walls want lime rather than cement. More on our brickwork →
Pitched and flat roofs, storm damage, ridge and verge work, plus rear extensions and loft conversions. Exposed roofs here lose tiles most winters — fixings and detailing matter more than the tile itself.
Due south into the Channel, a stone island on one side and low water-meadow on the other. Three distinct sets of problems in one town.
Weymouth Bay faces south with open Channel beyond, so the Esplanade gets salt and driven rain full in the face for months. Render blows, paint fails, pointing erodes and iron fixings rust and split the stone around them. Specification here isn't a nicety — it is the difference between a job lasting twenty years and five.
Portland is a stone island: steep, quarried for centuries, and built almost wholly from what came out of the ground. Stone construction, stone walls, exposed sites and old workings underneath parts of it. Building there is a masonry job, and treating it like mainland Weymouth gets you the wrong materials and the wrong details.
Radipole Lake, the backwater and the harbour put a lot of low-lying land right behind the seafront, and parts of the town sit in Environment Agency flood zones. On anything near the water it is worth establishing zoning before designing floor levels or foundations.
Rooflight conversion — turning dead roof space into a proper room. See more on our loft conversions page.
Where we work across Weymouth, Portland and DT3/DT4.
| Area | Areas & what we see there |
|---|---|
| Weymouth seafront | Esplanade, Brunswick Terrace, Greenhill Georgian and Regency rendered frontages, conservation area and a great deal of listed property. Render repair, lime work and careful making good — the hardest-worked buildings in Dorset. |
| Old town & harbour | Hope Square, Trinity Road, Nothe Older brick and stone around the harbour, tightly packed and low-lying. Repointing, roofs, walls and flood-aware work. |
| Portland | Fortuneswell, Easton, Southwell, Weston Stone island, stone buildings, exposed on every side. Masonry repair, stone walling, roofs and render specified for serious exposure. |
| Preston & Overcombe | Preston, Overcombe, Bowleaze Inter-war and post-war housing along the bay with reasonable plots. Extensions, garden walls, roofing and loft conversions, with coastal exposure still a factor. |
| Chickerell & Wyke Regis | Chickerell, Wyke Regis, Lanehouse Mixed village and estate housing behind the Fleet and Chesil. Extensions, re-rendering, driveways and boundary walls. |
| Upwey & Broadwey | Upwey, Broadwey, Littlemoor Inland and sheltered at last, on chalk. Older cottages alongside post-war estates — the most straightforward building ground in DT3. |
On a south-facing Weymouth elevation the system and the edge detailing decide how long it lasts. We spec for the exposure rather than for the quote.
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Mike is based in Poole, so Weymouth is a real drive. We'd rather tell you straight whether a job suits us than win it and then let you down on timings.
No. We come out, look at the job properly and give you a written estimate, with no charge and no obligation.
Because water is getting behind it. Weymouth Bay faces due south into the Channel, so the front elevations take salt and driven rain for months at a stretch. Once water is behind render it can't dry out, frost opens it up and the render blows off in sheets. Patching the blown area without finding the entry point just moves the failure a few feet along the wall.
Yes. Portland is a stone island and building there is a masonry job — stone walling, stone repair, and roofs and render specified for severe exposure. Parts of it also sit over old quarry workings, which is worth establishing before designing foundations.
Very likely. Much of the seafront and old town is conservation area with a lot of listed property, and that governs what you can change externally, including render colour and detailing in some cases. Dorset Council decides consent, not us, and we'll flag it before starting rather than halfway through.
Often, but check flood zoning first. A good deal of low-lying land sits right behind the seafront and parts of the town are in Environment Agency flood zones, which can affect floor levels, foundations and approval.
DT3 and DT4 — Weymouth town and seafront, the old town and harbour, Portland including Fortuneswell, Easton, Southwell and Weston, plus Preston, Overcombe, Chickerell, Wyke Regis, Upwey, Broadwey and Littlemoor.
Day rates typically run £200–£350 depending on trade and complexity. Stone, heritage and access-heavy seafront work sits higher. Project work is priced as a package so you know the figure before we start.
Yes — dormers, rooflight conversions and full loft builds. The inter-war and post-war housing at Preston, Chickerell and Littlemoor converts well. Listed seafront property is a more involved job.
Free estimate, no obligation. We'll come out, look at the job, and give you a straight price.