At last the revolutionary lime product that we have all been waiting for: From: https://vivus.solutions I have known for sometime that someday, someone (well I knew whom) would create a special lime product that would answer all the concerns that …
Limewash picture from Heritage Directory I have spent a lovely few hours yesterday painting the rear of my house using some limewash. I made the limewash using some mature lime putty mixed up with water. The mix is around 60:40 …
When building we use the term ‘sand’ a lot for mortars, but what do we mean by it and is sand what we really need for lime renders and plasters? The picture above shows some ‘soft sand’ on the right …
One might think that with the growth of consumerism that we would naturally consume more maintenance products for our homes, but the trend seems to be the opposite. The rush to be at the front of the queue for the …
Thought that this might be of interest as it shows the types of advice given when we do a Home Inspection Report. The winners of the Profiad Ni competition had visits from us for around 2 – 3 hours each …
Lime rendering done by Welsh Lime Works in Cardiff Lime rendering is a specialist trade (not to be confused with lime plastering or cement rendering!) and as such it takes time served craftspeople to do it well and it also …
Courtesy of http://stonecottagerenovation.blogspot.co.uk/ The majority of old solid stone and brick houses are covered in a liberal amount of cement render these days. I will assume that you know my opinion on cement render on solid walls, so I won’t have …
No need for these now! The was always a certain smell when we came back home. That slight dusky smell that reminds you that there was damp in the house. Well, I am glad to say that when we returned …
Cavity walls were designed to keep damp out of homes Cavity walls have been the standard way of building for the past century. They are designed to have two walls (bound together by wall ties) with one acting as the …
Welsh Lime Works have finished my house!! Hooray. They have managed to work around the scaffolding and all the problems left by the last lime company to produce a lovely white house. The final coat to this lime putty render …
