On this project we had to lime plaster the kitchen area of this period cottage in Bolton Lancashire. We removed the existing gypsum based plaster of the solid walls, this gypsum plaster was not allowing the solid stone wall to breathe so a build up of moisture was present. Once the gypsum plaster was removed […]
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On this Lime Rendering project in Preston Lancashire we were asked to remove the existing cement based render from the brick wall. After removing the cement based render from the wall we used our low pressure wet blasting system to remove the modern paint from the brickwork. The system works on the same principle as a
On the project Near St Bee’s in Cumbria we were asked by the client to re-render the front & rear elevations of their Grade 2 Listed home. The stonework had been pointed with a cement based mortar in the past. The client wanted the lime render to be a ashlar lined finished stucco. We first
On this project in Rochdale, Manchester our team of Specialist Lime Plasterers were required to apply a 3 coat lime plaster to classrooms suffering from damp & water ingress. We were sub-contracting for a Manchester based building company, Tomax Building Contractors. The contract was carried out in the school summer holidays in 2012. Our Restoration
This property was undergoing a full restoration program and our team were contracted to complete the Lime Plastering work. We used a Lime Putty based plaster for most of the internal plastering on a solid masonry background. We also used a synthetic lime plaster to plaster the new ceilings which had been boarded with a
On this project the client asked us to repair & rebuild the Brick Infill Panels on the Listed Oak Frame Building in Cheshire. This Listed Building in Cheshire dates back to the 16 century and had an internal Scaffold erected to prevent the building from collapsing. This scaffold had been erected approximately 10 years prior to the
On this project in Cheshire we under took maintenance work to this large private house. Areas to the rear, side & front required Lime Pointing. Our Team of Restoration Specialist had to carefully remove the existing Lime Pointing Mortar from the 2mm Ashlar Stone Block. We applied a new Lime Mortar carefully taping the joints
On this project in the Yorkshire Dales, we Lime Pointed the Gable elevation to this period farmhouse. The Farm house is situated at the top of the Yorkshire Dales Near Sedbergh. Access to the property was via a 1 mile narrow, steep lane. The Stone wall has been previously pointed with a sand/cement mortar, with mould
This project involved brick stitching movement cracks using traditional Lime Mortar. The house also had over 80 joist ties installed. We started work in June 2011 and completed in July 2011. The replacement bricks had to be sourced from a local reclamation yard to match the existing. One of the external cracks in the Brickwork
Church House is a Lakeland farmhouse located in Eskdale, Cumbria. The Cottage has undergone a complete Restoration and is now used as a self catering holiday rental property. During the restoration of the building our team completed all the internal lime plastering work. We used a NHL Lime Plaster throughout the Cottage. With the Stone walls on
This project involved Lime Plastering a Stone built 1790 Cottage in Roughlee Lancashire. Our Lime Plasterers completed the project in just 3 weeks. We used a Lime Putty based Lime Plaster on this project, with a minimum of 4 coats, due to the random rubble Stonework. We first applied a levelling coat of Lime Plaster
This project in Darwen Nr Blackburn Lancashire involved Lime Rendering the rear elevation of this end terrace property. Our Team of Restoration Builders took 4 weeks to complete this project. The property had a cement based render on with a pebble dash finish. This was removed using small air tools. Due to the limited working
