On this project in Whalley Near Clitheroe, Lancashire we had to point the front elevation and adjoining Stone Garden Wall of this Listed Cottage using a Lime Based Mortar. The Building had been previously pointed with a cement based mortar. This cement mortar was not allowing the building to breathe causing Damp. The Moisture in the […]
This listed building in Bolton-by Bowland had water ingress issues caused by then cement based pointing used. The problems with using a cement based mortar for pointing traditional sand stone buildings are that the cement mortars are hard and not flexible. As the listed building moves thermally during the winter and summer months the hard
This project involved replacing old timber lintels over the living room fire plave with new concrete lintels and applying a lime plaster finish to the walls. The project was Started in January 2006 for private client, which took 4 weeks to complete. Firstly We installed acro props to hold up the chimney breast and removed
