Paint Removal in Tiverton

The Moore & Franks approach in Tiverton

Tiverton is properly local ground for us — we run a Tiverton landline, and we know its walls. Rendered and brick Victorian terraces around Westexe and Elmore, stone and cob farmhouses out at Chettiscombe and Bolham, much of it limewashed or painted over the years. There is no sea salt this far inland, but the Exe and Lowman valleys keep the air damp, and masonry paint over a solid wall holds that moisture in. Moore & Franks remove unwanted coatings and clear town-centre graffiti with DOFF superheated steam, gentle on old cob and stone, test patch first. The original surface restored. Family-run, twenty-five years, £5m insured.

The rendered and brick Victorian terraces around Westexe and Elmore make up a lot of Tiverton paint-removal work. There is no sea salt to contend with this far inland, but the Exe and Lowman valleys keep these streets damp for much of the year, and a solid wall that has been painted holds that moisture in rather than shedding it. The result is the familiar one: blistered coats, blown render, brick faces beginning to spall. We take the unwanted paint off with low-pressure superheated steam so the wall can dry and the original brick or render face returns, instead of being sealed under another coat.

Out at Chettiscombe and Bolham the fabric turns to stone and cob farmhouses, often limewashed or painted over the decades — breathable walls that need a gentle, low-pressure method and nothing abrasive anywhere near them. Where old limewash or over-painting is hiding good stone, we take it back where the surface gives it up cleanly. In the town centre the shopfronts and side walls pick up the occasional graffiti and tag, which we clear with steam and a graffiti-specific remover at low pressure, so there is no scoured patch left standing out against the weathered wall around it.

Every Tiverton job starts with a test patch on a discreet area. From valley-town brick to old farmhouse cob, coatings and substrates vary a great deal, so we prove the method lifts the paint cleanly and leaves the surface sound before working a whole elevation. It keeps the conversation straight: most walls come back well, but some old coatings have bonded in for good and will not return fully to bare, and we show you that on the test rather than promise the impossible. The site visit, test and written quote are free.

Our Tiverton customers are typically within 25 minutes of our Exeter base. We cover the wider EX16 postcode area and the surrounding villages (Tiverton town centre & Westexe, Grand Western Canal, Blundell's School, Bolham & Knightshayes, Chettiscombe, Elmore).