AC Plastering & Damp Insurance Specialists

Andy Charlton Plastering & Damp Insurance Specialists have been providing plastering and damp proofing expertise in Washington Tyne and Wear since 2003. Our reputation is built on providing a clean, friendly, cost effective service with attention to detail.

Our fully qualified and insured team can tackle any plastering job no matter how big or small. Please take a look at some of the work we have carried out and the excellent feedback we have received (including almost 150 5 star reviews on Yell!).

We are now specialists in Insurance work for both plastering and damp proofing. Providing a quick, efficient and cost effective job to ensure that normality is returned to your home as quickly as possible following a household incident such as flooding, storm damage or fire.

We are based in Washington which is ideally placed to work in South Tyneside, Wearside and the surrounding areas.

Established in 2003 Andy Charlton Plastering and Damp Insurance Specialists specialise in high quality plastering work. We are experienced in providing a range of external rendering and internal plastering work. For everything from external wall coating to re-skimming work. We are also the recognised as the leading installer of Corksol spray cork in the North East. For more information, click here.

We have extensive experience in carrying out plastering, skimming, plaster boarding, new ceilings, rendering, damp proofing and garage conversions for interior and exterior of both commercial and residential properties across the North East.

We can also offer asbestos testing, are CIS registered for contract working and have full public liability insurance for your peace of mind. Our satisfied customers are all across the North East have given us almost 150 5star reviews on Yell, we've reproduced some of them here but please use the button below to view them all on yell.com

Why Choose AC Plastering & Damp Insurance Specialists

All our team members are fully trained and experts in their relevant field. All work is overseen and checked by Andy himself to guarantee the perfect finish.

All our work is guaranteed to be of the highest quality and a perfect finish. Giving the ideal base for redecoration

Every team member is fully qualified and vetted to ensure the highest standards of both workmanship and integrity.

Some of our plastering and rendering work...

A small sample of some of the projects we have worked on over the last few months. From internal plastering, external rendering, Artex covering and media walls. Andy Charlton Plastering & Damp Insurance Specialists do it all.

External Rendering

It's not just the inside of your home that can benefit from being replastered. External rendering is often battered by the elements, cracked and broken rendering can ruin the initial view of your home.

We gave this home a fresh new rendering to complement their new doors.

Artex Walls

1980's style artex was recently voted one of the top 5 most hated property features. We safely and sympathetically removed all traces of it from this homes walls before creating a beautifully smooth finish. Within days this living room was transformed into a stunning family room.

New chimney breast

These dated living and dining rooms had the dividing wall removed to open up a bright new living space. The addition of this chimney breast giving both rooms the use of a stunning stove finished it off perfectly.

Reworked kitchen

Our clients had a fresh new modern kitchen fitted which involved ripping out all of the old units and reworking the space. All of the walls were re-skimmed to provide the perfect base for creating their dream kitchen.

Ceiling

Ceilings can often become cracked and weary resulting in light fittings not hanging correctly and unsightly blemishes appearing in your home. We stripped, skimmed and created the perfect flat ceiling to complete this room.

Re-plastered room

This homeowner was reworking their living room, part of that was the inclusion of new electrical sockets and lighting. We re-plastered the walls to create a smooth finish perfect for the electricians to complete their work to the highest standards.

If you're in need of urgent help to transform your home or business then click the button now to speak directly to Andy himself.

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Our Reviews & Testimonials

Some of our feedback received can be found on our Yell and Facebook pages, you can view all of our independent reviews on the following sites: Yell.com and Facebook

We also have a very proud 5 star rating on Google...

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Gary Valentine

14:37 21 Mar 26

Andy assisted with the whole renovation not just the plastering but also decoration and carpets. As a landlord that’s not local to the area it’s great to have someone who has contacts in all trades

Lisa Fitzpatrick

12:05 12 Feb 26

Had some damp proofing and remedial work completed by Andy ! Highly recommend! Excellent workmanship, clean and tidy and reasonably priced ! Very professional throughout ! Thanks so much !

Topher Graham

17:48 26 Jan 26

Spot on job by Andy, plastered our new room a couple months back and looking excellent 👍

simon purvis

16:05 12 Dec 25

Leading up to the sale of my house I requested AC to complete an in depth survey of all internal surfaces of the property which was completed immediately and a full report and recommendations were provided upon which I authorised them to go ahead with the works. All works were completed to a high standard with no leftover mess. I would highly recommend AC’ services as all aspects throughout the process were completed in good time and in a very professional manner.

Russell Gray

08:58 20 Oct 25

On our daughter's recommendation we asked Andy to estimate costs to replaster ceilings of the entire downstairs rooms including hall and passageway and were concerned about the time and mess this could create. We accepted the estimate given together with assurances that all would be resolved efficiently and to our satisfaction.
We are delighted with the results and the confidence given that all would be well.
The work was handled extremely well over three days and very efficiently indeed. The completed jobs over all the ceilings looks wonderful and ready in due course for decoration.
We will strongly recommend Andy Charlton Plastering and Damp company to anyone and thank Andy and his plastering team for these jobs done so well!

Joanne Hockaday

05:18 05 Sep 25

Andy came and quoted for the job back in July. In a world where you contact people to come and quote and they don’t get back to you, or arrange to come out but never show up, Andy was very responsive and turned up as promised.
Price and job start date was agreed, Andy started the job and his lads finished it.
Andy was then in touch to arrange rubbish to be collected in a very timely fashion.
I felt assured throughout and after that if there were any issues Andy would be on it (though there were none at all).
Whilst plastering and damp proofing work is not enjoyable to live through, I’d highly recommend Andy if you need any work of this nature doing. I also took advantage of his discount if paying up front, saving myself a bit of money to put towards decorating.

Brandon Appleby

19:45 09 May 25

Had Andy and the lads in to sort out some damp in our old terrace house.

Had a few quotes from the usual local companies and all quoted within the same range but Andy came across as the most likeable and trustworthy and I'm pleased to say after the work has been completed, my gut instincts were correct.

Considering the work needed the internal walls being knocked back to brick, I was pleasantly surprised how little mess there was, especially considering the multiple bags of rubble that were cleaned up. Can only be testament to the care the workmen have about your home.

The plastering job is fantastic. Smooth as glass and our walls are as straight and square, something they've never been before. Yet again they left the house looking clean, tidy and liveable. All rubbish and rubble picked up and they even swilled were the rubble bags had been stored before pick up.

We also really appreciated a follow up visit from Andy to make sure we were happy with the work and whether there was any issues, which only shows a commitment to his work and workmen.

Definitely recommend Andy and the lads. Quality work and a quality customer experience.

Thank you very much. Would definitely recommend you and use you again.

Diane Hindhaugh

20:15 24 Jan 23

ANDY was recommended to us by our 90yr old neighbour who had terrible issues in all downstairs rooms with damp. He was so impressed with Andys professionalism and kindbess he told us not to go back to our previous company who had done some work for us in the past. He was so confident in Andy we contacted him. Andy came out assessed n guided us and today he has completed our damp proofing work. All we can say is thankyou! Am amazing, professional job. Andy is genuine n very very helpful. Dont hesitate to ask him to do yr jobs. Ours is brilliant.

Mark Henderson

14:40 19 Dec 22

Excellent service, quick, clean and fair price. Will be using Andy again for more plastering work after such a good job on a bedroom he skimmed for us.

Jeff Little

16:24 07 Nov 22

Needed a plasterer at short notice and contacted Andy after a friends recommendation. Andy’s communication was first class and he managed to fit our job in quickly. He plastered a newly built fireplace for us in a couple hours to a really high standard. His workmanship and cleanliness were great and we would highly recommend his services for any work big or small.

Stuart Brown

13:01 30 Sep 22

Had issues with damp in my dining room and kitchen. Got in touch with Andy for him to come out to inspect the job and quote. Was very impressed with the knowledge which he had and how he explained in detail what would be done. He came out and completed the job on the agreed date and done a fantastic job. Left the area nice and clean after finishing. Would 100% use Andy again for any future work.

Deborah Norman

09:06 08 Sep 22

During a new kitchen installation, Andy came to sort out a damp issue that needed sorting before works could continue and he came swiftly and installed a cavity wall drain membrane. Incredibly tidy job and smooth plastering. Can't thank him enough.