Studio · Plasterer

Plasterer
Adelaide.

A hand-applied plastering studio. Walls, ceilings, gyprock, repairs and the specialist finishes the trade is built on. Italian-trained, in-house, no subcontractors — the foundation under every Plasterer Adelaide project we take on.

Trade

Plastering · All finishes

Training

Italy & Spain

Studio

In-house, no subcontractors

Years

13+ on the trowel

What we are

Plasterers,
first.

We are, first, plasterers — but we think like makers, sample like designers and finish like the work matters.

The trade itself is broad. The Plasterer Adelaide homeowners need is rarely doing one thing. A renovation involves new walls and old ceilings. A new build needs gyprock hung, set and finished. A water-damaged ceiling needs the cause fixed before the patch goes on. A heritage cornice needs matching, not replacing. Done well, plastering is the surface every other trade lives against.

Across Adelaide, the studio works in standard wall and ceiling plaster, plasterboard and gyprock, hard plaster set, repairs and patch matching, cornices and decorative trim, and three specialist finishes — Venetian plaster, microcement and rendering — that sit above standard plastering as the studio’s premium offering.

No subcontractors. The face you meet at quote is the face on site. Every layer hand-applied, every job finished in-house.

Services

Six trades,
one studio.

The studio practises across six closely-related plastering disciplines. Each is offered with the same attention — to substrate, to material, to the room it lives in. Three are everyday plastering; three are the specialist finishes the trade is built on.

Walls & Ceilings

Fine-grain microcement, ideal for feature walls, splashbacks and bespoke joinery. The most affordable system, finished in either matte or satin.

Gyprock & Plasterboard

Hang, fix, set, sand and finish-coat plasterboard. New builds, extensions, second-storey adds. All in-house from delivery to paint-ready.

Repairs & Patching

Sagged ceilings, water damage, hairline cracks, blown plaster, holes and patch matching. Most repairs blend back invisibly with a single visit.

Cornice & Decorative Trim

Square-set, P50, cove, shadow-line and decorative cornices. Ceiling roses, archways and heritage profile matching for renovation work.

Venetian Plaster

Hand-burnished lime plaster, polished to depth. The studio’s signature interior finish for considered architecture and bespoke joinery.

Microcement & Render

Seamless cementitious surfaces for floors and bathrooms; acrylic, cement and hand-floated systems for exteriors and architectural facades.

The Why

Why a craft plasterer?

Plastering looks the same on every quote sheet. The difference is the hand on the trowel. A craft plasterer prepares the substrate, mixes by feel, sets in three coats not one, and finishes in raking light to catch the marks a fast plasterer leaves behind. The price gap is small. The result, across thirty years, is not.

  • Italian-trained applicators — senior team trained in Italy and Spain

  • Hand-applied always — no sprayed shortcuts, no rushed finishing

  • One studio, one team — the face you meet at quote is the face on site

  • Sample boards first — bespoke samples in your space, in your light

  • 13+ years on the trowel — 240+ completed projects across South Australia

  • Free, honest quotes — we tell you when we are not the right studio

Applications

Where it
lives.

A Plasterer Adelaide brief covers everything from a single ceiling repair to a whole-of-house new build. The studio works across the full range — standard plastering for the walls and ceilings every home needs, and specialist finishes for the surfaces that earn a closer look.

01

New Builds

Whole-of-house plastering for new residential and architect-designed builds. Specified to plan, scoped to the builder.

02

Renovations & Extensions

New plasterboard set against existing plaster, levels matched and joins blended invisibly. The studio’s everyday work.

03

Ceilings & Soffits

New ceilings, replacement ceilings, sagged ceiling repairs and water-damage restoration. Hand-set, paint-ready finish.

04

Gyprock Hanging & Set

Plasterboard delivery, framing fix-up, hanging, set, sand and second-coat. All in-house, paint-ready, no subcontracts.

05

Repairs & Patches

Hairline cracks, blown plaster, holes from doorhandles, patch matching after electrical or plumbing — most in one day.

06

Heritage & Conservation

Lime plastering, decorative cornice matching and heritage profile restoration for character and period Adelaide homes.

07

Commercial & Hospitality

Cafés, retail fit-outs, day spas, restaurants and boutique offices across Adelaide. Scoped against the trade programs.

08

Specialist Finishes

Venetian plaster, microcement and rendering — the studio’s premium offerings, applied over our own studio foundations.

Applications

Where it
lives.

A Plasterer Adelaide brief covers everything from a single ceiling repair to a whole-of-house new build. The studio works across the full range — standard plastering for the walls and ceilings every home needs, and specialist finishes for the surfaces that earn a closer look.

01

New Builds

Whole-of-house plastering for new residential and architect-designed builds. Specified to plan, scoped to the builder.

02

Renovations & Extensions

New plasterboard set against existing plaster, levels matched and joins blended invisibly. The studio’s everyday work.

03

Ceilings & Soffits

New ceilings, replacement ceilings, sagged ceiling repairs and water-damage restoration. Hand-set, paint-ready finish.

04

Gyprock Hanging & Set

Plasterboard delivery, framing fix-up, hanging, set, sand and second-coat. All in-house, paint-ready, no subcontracts.

05

Repairs & Patches

Hairline cracks, blown plaster, holes from doorhandles, patch matching after electrical or plumbing — most in one day.

06

Heritage & Conservation

Lime plastering, decorative cornice matching and heritage profile restoration for character and period Adelaide homes.

07

Commercial & Hospitality

Cafés, retail fit-outs, day spas, restaurants and boutique offices across Adelaide. Scoped against the trade programs.

08

Specialist Finishes

Venetian plaster, microcement and rendering — the studio’s premium offerings, applied over our own studio foundations.

Where we work

Residential.
And
commercial.

The studio handles Plasterer Adelaide projects for private homeowners, architects, interior designers, builders and commercial developers across South Australia — from a single ceiling repair to whole-of-house new builds.

Residential

For the home

Whole-house plastering for new builds, renovations and extensions. Single-room and feature-wall applications. Sample boards prepared on site, in your light, before any commitment.

  • New builds with architects and builders

  • Renovations, extensions and second-storey adds

  • Heritage and character home restoration

  • Ceiling and wall repairs

  • Cornice replacement and matching

Commercial

For the project

Hospitality fit-outs, retail showrooms, day spas, restaurants and considered office interiors across Adelaide. Specification documents and trade pricing supplied to architects and builders on request.

  • Hospitality and restaurant fit-outs

  • Retail and showroom plastering

  • Day spas and wellness interiors

  • Boutique offices and reception area

  • Apartments and body-corporate work

Materials

The materials
we work in.

Plasterer Adelaide work runs across a small family of materials. The studio uses each according to the substrate, the spec and the brief — never one product imported into a job that calls for another.

Standard 10mm and 13mm gypsum board for new builds, plus moisture-resistant board for wet areas and fire-rated board where specified.

Gypsum-based hard plaster, mixed and trowelled wet. Used for high-end new builds, hard-wear surfaces and traditional set-coat finishes.

Two-coat set plaster and single-coat skim over existing substrate. The cleanest way to flatten an old wall before paint or finish.

Slaked lime and marble dust, imported direct. The base of all Venetian and traditional heritage work the studio does.

Cementitious coating system for floors, walls and wet areas. Polymer-modified, fibreglass-reinforced, sealed by hand.

Sand, cement and lime, applied 15–20mm thick over brick or block. The exterior counterpart to internal hard plaster.

Polymer-modified system applied 3–5mm thick. Pre-tinted, crack-resistant, the workhorse for Hebel and lightweight cladding.

Pre-cast plaster cornices, ceiling roses, archways and heritage profiles. Matched and installed to the home it lives in.

Process

From quote
to finish coat.

A Plasterer Adelaide project takes between two days and three weeks depending on scope. Most of the time is preparation, set-out and curing — the trowel work itself is unhurried but efficient. Every layer applied by hand, no sprayed shortcuts.

Site visit

We walk the rooms, assess the substrate, the levels, the existing plaster. Honest advice on scope, system and timeline.

Quote & Scope

Written quote within three working days. Itemised by room, by system, by stage. No surprises mid-job.

Set-out & prep

Substrate cleaned, levels checked, board hung where new. The unseen work that determines the final surface.

Set & Coats

First coat, second coat, third where the system calls for it. Each cured before the next, finished in raking light.

Finish & Handover

Final sand, paint-ready handover. Site cleaned. Care card supplied. Touch-up visit booked at three months if needed.

Process

From quote
to finish coat.

A Plasterer Adelaide project takes between two days and three weeks depending on scope. Most of the time is preparation, set-out and curing — the trowel work itself is unhurried but efficient. Every layer applied by hand, no sprayed shortcuts.

Site visit

We walk the rooms, assess the substrate, the levels, the existing plaster. Honest advice on scope, system and timeline.

Quote & Scope

Written quote within three working days. Itemised by room, by system, by stage. No surprises mid-job.

Set-out & prep

Substrate cleaned, levels checked, board hung where new. The unseen work that determines the final surface.

Set & Coats

First coat, second coat, third where the system calls for it. Each cured before the next, finished in raking light.

Finish & Handover

Final sand, paint-ready handover. Site cleaned. Care card supplied. Touch-up visit booked at three months if needed.

Compared to

Why not just
a generalist?

A frequent question, especially on smaller jobs. Plastering is one of those trades where any handyman will quote it, but only a craft plasterer will finish it. The price gap is rarely the point — the lifespan and the surface are.

A frequent question, especially on smaller jobs. Plastering is one of those trades where any handyman will quote it, but only a craft plasterer will finish it. The price gap is rarely the point — the lifespan and the surface are.

Craft Plasterer
Craft Plasterer Generalist Tradesman Cheap Quote
Training Italian-trained, 13+ years General trades Variable
Sample boards Yes, in your light Rare Never
Coats applied Three, hand-floated Two, sometimes one One, sprayed
Substrate prep Cleaned, primed, levelled Variable Skipped
Subcontractors None — in-house Sometimes Usually
Finish under raking light Inspected, corrected Variable Visible marks
Lifespan 30+ years 10–15 years 5–10 years
Repair & matching In-place, blended Repaint required Usually re-do

Investment

A guide to cost.

Plasterer Adelaide rates are priced per square metre for walls and ceilings, by the job for repairs and decorative trim. Specialist finishes are quoted separately. Every project is quoted bespoke after a site visit — these tiers are a guide only.

Finish tier

Standard Plastering

From mid range

Walls, ceilings, gyprock and plasterboard for new builds and renovations. The everyday work of the studio, scoped per square metre.

Finish tier

Repairs & Cornice

Quoted per job

Patches, ceiling repairs, cornice replacement and heritage matching. Usually a same-day or next-day visit, fixed-price quoted.

Finish tier

Specialist Finishes

Premium

Venetian plaster, microcement and rendering. Each priced on dedicated service pages — sample boards before commitment.

Finish tier

Every plastering project is quoted on site. Site visits in Adelaide are obligation-free.

Care

Living with
plastered walls.

A properly set plaster wall asks little. The studio provides a care card with every project — the short version is below.

None required. Damp microfibre with warm water for marks. Avoid solvent cleaners on painted plaster.

Common in the first 12 months as the building settles. We return for one obligation-free touch-up visit.

Door-handle holes, picture-hook damage, scuffs. Repaired in place, blended, painted — usually a single visit.

Fix the cause first. Then the studio strips back the affected plaster, dries the substrate, and re-sets to match.

Painted plaster benefits from a refresh every 7 to 10 years. Set plaster lasts decades beneath the paint above it.

When extending, we match levels and blend new plaster against old — no visible joins between the work and the home.

Service Area

Plastering
across Adelaide.

Based in Adelaide, working across Greater Adelaide, the Adelaide Hills and the Fleurieu Peninsula. Some of the suburbs we know well for Plasterer Adelaide projects — new builds, renovations, repairs and heritage work.

Burnside

Unley

Stirling

Norwood

Walkerville

Toorak Gardens

North Adelaide

St Morris

Glenelg

Hyde Park

Henley Beach

Magill

Don’t see your suburb? Regional South Australia and interstate plastering projects quoted with travel separately.

TESTIMONIALS

What Clients Say

The work speaks for itself. So do the clients who have lived with it.

★★★★★
"The most professional plasterers we have worked with in fifteen years of building. Quiet, careful, exactly on schedule."
RC
Rachel C.
Burnside · Architect
★★★★★
"Sample boards before commitment, every coat hand-applied, every detail considered. Exactly the studio we hoped to find."
MT
Michael T.
North Adelaide · Residential
★★★★★
"We did the entire facade in textured render. The transformation is beyond what we imagined. Three years on, still flawless."
JL
Julia L.
Glenelg · Residential
★★★★★
"Booked them for our day spa fit-out. Microcement throughout. Clients comment on the surfaces every week. Genuinely studio-quality work."
DP
David P.
Norwood · Commercial
★★★★★
"Three years on, our microcement ensuite still looks new. No grout, no silicone going mouldy. One continuous surface that feels like architecture."
AJ
Anna & James
Hyde Park · Microcement
★★★★★
"Hallway and stair walls in Venetian plaster. Light moves across the surface like nothing else in the home. Three years later we still notice it."
JC
Jonathan & Caroline
North Adelaide · Venetian
★★★★★
"Microcement bathroom over our existing tiles. No demolition, no skip bin, no dust. Saved us thousands and the result is stunning."
PM
Priya M.
Hyde Park · Microcement
★★★★★
"Honest about what would and wouldn't work in our space. Rare and refreshing. The studio you want when the surface really matters."
RK
Robert K.
Walkerville · Plastering
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Looking for a plasterer for your Adelaide home?

Quotes are obligation-free and usually returned within three working days. Site visits across Greater Adelaide. We answer every enquiry personally.

Frequently Asked

Questions
we hear.

The most common questions clients ask before, during and after a plastering project. If yours isn’t here, send it through — we answer every email personally.

The most common questions clients ask before, during and after a plastering project. If yours isn’t here, send it through — we answer every email personally.

Plasterer Adelaide rates vary by scope, substrate condition and finish level. Standard wall and ceiling plastering is priced per square metre; repairs, cornice and decorative work are quoted by the job. Specialist finishes — Venetian plaster, microcement, rendering — are priced separately on their own service pages. Every project is quoted bespoke after a site visit.

Yes. The studio installs, fixes and finishes plasterboard for new builds, renovations and extensions. We hang, set, sand and finish-coat in-house — no subcontractors. Hard-wall plaster, set plaster and skim coats over existing substrate are also part of regular work.

Yes. Sagged ceilings, water-stained ceilings, blown plaster, hairline cracks and patch repairs are part of the studio’s everyday work. We assess the substrate first, fix the cause, then re-plaster and finish to match the surrounding ceiling. Most repairs blend back invisibly.

A typical room takes two to four days from set-out to finish coat — most of it curing time between coats. A whole-house renovation runs two to four weeks. Repairs and patches are usually a same-day or next-day visit. Specialist finishes — Venetian and microcement — take longer because of the additional layers and burnishing.

Gyprock is a brand name for plasterboard — pre-made gypsum panels fixed to studs and joints set with compound. Hard plaster is mixed on site and trowelled wet onto a substrate, building up to a finished surface. Modern Adelaide homes are mostly plasterboard; heritage homes and high-end builds often use hard plaster for its depth and longevity. The studio works in both.

Yes. The studio works directly with private homeowners, builders, architects and interior designers across South Australia. We schedule with the build program, coordinate with painters and trim trades on site, and supply specification documents and trade pricing on request.

Yes. Standard square-set, P50, cove and shadow-line cornices are everyday work. Decorative cornices, ceiling roses and heritage trim are matched and installed where the home calls for it. We can match existing profiles for renovation and conservation work.

Yes. Senior applicators are trained in Italy and Spain in traditional lime and gypsum plastering — the foundation that underpins all of the studio’s work, from standard wall plastering to Venetian and Marmorino. We import lime systems direct, never local substitutes.

Yes. Standard plastering is the foundation of the studio. Above that, we specialise in three premium finishes: Venetian plaster, microcement and rendering. Each has its own service page with full detail on systems, finishes, applications and pricing.

Yes. Plasterer Adelaide projects span Greater Adelaide, the Adelaide Hills and the Fleurieu Peninsula as standard. Regional South Australia and interstate projects are quoted with travel separately.

Yes. Site visits within Greater Adelaide are obligation-free. We quote in writing within three working days, and tell you honestly when we are not the right studio for the job.

Yes. Workmanship is guaranteed for the life of a typical residential plastering job when cared for as advised. Most issues blend back with a single touch-up visit. We stand behind every project we leave..