Tracking down lime sources
A limestone quarry What a palaver! Being a bit of a fuss pot over lime I wanted to check the lime credentials of the lime putty that is being ordered for my render. I seem to have been around the …
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Lime rendering my home
Money where mouth is moment! I have long been an advocate of treating old solid walls correctly. This means allowing them to breathe using a lime based render (where render is needed of course). Anyway my house has been suffering …
Damp appearing?
In this sort of weather you might find damp in places that were dry before. Why? Well, when you have driving rain rather than just rain it tends to get into cracks and holes that it might otherwise miss. Key …
Lime – that’s less than half the problem!
Sustainable and historical bodies talk about the need for lime renders and mortars in pre-1919 solid walled buildings and rightly so. Lime is a porous material and will allow moisture to pass through it. This allows the walls to ‘breathe’ …
Cracks removed and new unconventional render applied
When doing my holiday work, one of the objectives was to remove the micro-cracks in the cement render on the house. These hairline cracks are terrible for letting rainwater in and then trapping it in the structure. Hairline cracks are …
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Rotting wooden beam
Not my rot, but it looks quite similar! Whilst the family are away on holidays I have been practising what I preach. Sleeves have been rolled up and the 1890’s Cardiff end terrace is getting a bit of a once …
Damp wall on the first floor
Cracks in render can cause damp walls upstairs. I was in a end of terrace house in Cardiff last week and came across one of the dampest first floor wall I have seen. The Home Buyers survey did not pick …
Home Surveys – are they worth it?
I am flabbergasted. I have been to a newly purchased house in Cardiff where the new owner had been told that the house had some damp and that there was some repair work required to the guttering. Thankfully, because of …
Damp internal walls
How is this possible? Damp on an internal wall? – So no water ingress from blown render or poor pointing, no leaking gutters, no cracked tiles, no raised pavements above damp proof course, so what is going on? Internal walls …
Ton Mawr – a new local lime render for SE Wales
A brand new lime render product is now available in South Wales from Welsh Lime Works and it is made from the limestone at Ton Mawr Quarry in Taffs Well. Using limestone as a base aggregate for lime renders is …