Stone Restoration. Consultation. Lime Plastering and Rendering

When you don’t want much, this is about everything you could want! Back to finish the pointing with some lime mortar and shade at the Lobethal Mill. #lovemyjob @lovelobethal #heritagesa #limemortar
Left the 'folly' in Aldgate to settle down after many layers of Lime render covered some pretty deep stones. When we return we will plaster board the raked ceiling that we added timbers too, to adjust the angle of the ‘rake’. Once that st
From Friday to Monday. Getting closer on this church to the re-pointing. Thanks to @ben_.gautier for an excellent few dusty and hot days! Love my/his job! #stonerestoration #southaustralia #heritagerestoration #lovemyjob
When the little damp repair job turns into something bigger and you think that’s it. Then you realise what you thought was the north wall is actually the east wall and the very long north wall is also part of the job. Must learn the whole sun i
Spraying lime render on a Saturday with ‘Girl Friday’#lovemyjob #girlfriday #limerender
Left the rammed earth to dry out. Started something special on a little folly. Helped by Girl Friday making a cameo on a Tuesday and smashing it. ❤️ Then popped in to another one on the way home to have an exploratory chip chip. #girlfriday #stoneres
Well here we go again. Well sort of. Not stone! Very strong cement render with Tyrolean finish has blown in places and undermined the rammed earth walls. Render is hard to get off but I love a challenge and my new scaffold! #limerender #rammedearth s
Making finishing progress back at the Lobethal Mill. Cement render removed and stone work pointed after a bit of tidying, love and redress. Limewash going on on the inside after flaking paint and blown flushing compounds removed. Really enjoying all
Well that was one to test the will! All curves. Even inside the shelves there were no angles. Remit was make it look like it was carved out of stone, so had to combine smooth with some texture and then some ‘Wabi Sabi’ inspiration! All c
I think I have been lucky for many years to find jobs that are not just about that. TheJob. They are about the people, the place, the want, the vision known or unknown. My current job exemplifies that and then some. Wonderful people. Creativity. Stor
A day and half and it still won’t dry! #wetlimerender #hessian #heritage
This was a fairly challenging lime rendered day out with @niclogan70 ! Back early in the morning to polish/ burnish. #limerender #featurewalls #restoration #lovemyjob
Big few weeks at the Lobethal Mill. Paint and cement based render removed inside ready for lime plaster and a plant based paint. Cement render removed outside ready for repointing in lime mortar. Also a bit of acrylic render over the cement sheeting
And now a rhino!
Back at the Lobethal. Starting work on the inside while it rains. Make good where necessary! Walls are insane! Look what I found under the paint! Some ancient elephant!? Oh and we got the go ahead to do more of the outside!#lovelobethal #lobethalwool
Seemed time to update the old belle mixer for another orange machine. It came flat packed!! That not being my thing I got the boys onto it! Looking forward to the lime eating it away!! Thanks @ben_.gautier and @lewis_moylan #limemortar #shinyandnew #
Time to discover what’s underneath the cement render!! #lobethalwoollenmill #stonerestoration #lovemyjob
Back at Mylor where everything changed. Vaulted ceiling and a lime rendered feature wall. #limerender #featurewall #naturalplaster #lovemyjob
Well here we go again! Back at Nairne for round 3. Lime Renders and lime mortar repointing. And some big corner blocks to repair! #lovemyjob #heritagerestoration #stateheritage #limerender #37degrees
Back at Mylor and Girl Friday came early! Excited to use her new hawk again. The trowel action getting better to. Maybe #girlfriday will become girl everyday of the week at some point! #lovemyjob #limerender