About Us

We are a Third Generation Plastering Company based on Boston's North shore. We are a professional, responsible and hard working team. We strive to provide a top quality service and product to our customers. Quality of product and cleanliness are very important to us, that means every work area is covered and then cleaned after. We offer all types of Plastering services from the historic replication of old horse hair to the newer blue board and plaster skimcoat. We also have expertise in exterior Stucco Plastering, Lime Plastering and Decorative Plasters. The crew is mostly from Ireland, where we learned our Trade and had knowlege passed down from our Grandfather Michael "The Major" Tolan, to his son Martin James Tolan who is still operating in Dublin, Ireland, while we continue to expand in the Boston area under Steve Tolan Plastering. Interesting projects we have done include Replicating and repairing timber fluted columns using masonry products so they can withstand New Englands tough climate, in Lynnfield. Replicating the Hull of a boat onto the ceiling of a residence in Marblehead. Rounding walls, repairing old plaster Crown Moldings, center pieces, replicating a wood molding in plaster in order to provide a non flammable material to decorate a fire mantel in Ipswich and in Marblehead. Creating an Infinity Dome ceiling  at a residence in Salem. Replicating old historic plaster work in many homes in Ipswich. We have appeared  on 2 episodes of the TV show Flipping Boston. We work with many contractors and directly with many homeowners, if you have a plastering issue, we will have a plastering solution for you. Please look at our various pictures under the ‘Our Work (https://www.stevetolanplastering.com/ourwork)’ page to see the work we have done.