Based in Cornwall we specialise in conservation, restoration and applying traditional techniques to new builds. We have managed sites from ruin to homes, working to an extremely high standard and quality, working closely with building control and conservation officers
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Natural Lime Products delivered throughout the UK

Natural Lime Products delivered throughout the UK

Phil Brown at The Cornish Lime Company Is a gentleman and a scholar. I have worked with them for many years and can not rate there service and quality enough. Pls hit the link below to link to there site         Natural Lime Products delivered throughout the UK.
Cathy and Pat's farmouse renovation

Cathy and Pat’s farmouse renovation

  This has been one of our most challenging jobs to date . It has involved the complete renovation of a beautiful farm house situated in a very exposed position. We have replaced the roof, removed all external pointing , re pointed and rendered with lime then clad it in warm shell boards and rendered...
Bindle and Rues

Bindle and Rues

  Bindle and Rue are a lovely couple originally from Cornwall that acquired an old ruined farm house in Spain. I got a call early 2009 asking if i was in a position to help then renovate the place. I agreed to help and found myself on a plane flying to Santiago de Compostela. The place was a bit of a state with some walls leaning up to 11 inches out...
Nicks farm house

Nicks farm house

This is a lovely old Farm house that had unfortunately had been badly cement pointed.The client wanted to bring it back to its former glory. On the front of the house the original masons that built it had used a real mix of stone,With a wonderful mix of colours . Red ,orange and silver granite, blue elvin, rose quartz, Delabole slate are to mention a few. We had a bit...
Openings in granite

Openings in granite

This is an opening undertaken  during a barn conversion .  The walls where quite shaky and required plenty of acro props . But all went well and the client was happy to create ground floor access . Making the layout of the new home complete.  
Brick B-b-q

Brick B-b-q

Restoration

Restoration

We have managed the restoration of barns, pig sheds and ruins to bespoke beautiful dwellings with many happy clients willing to show previous work done.
General Building And New Builds

General Building And New Builds

We offer a wide experience of new builds and working to specifications, plans and building controls and are up to date with planning laws and regulations. General building from plans to completion including footings and groundworks, drainage, concrete pads with radon sumps and all aspects of stonemasonary, block and brick work.
Lime Building General

Lime Building General

All aspects of lime building, limecrete pads, lime repairs, extensions and building maintenance.
Lime Grouting

Lime Grouting

Where there are severe cavities between the faces inside old washed out/rat run walls a lime grouting process can be undertaken. This involves the insertion of a liquid lime grout (slurry) by either gravity feed or pneumatic pump. Thus strengthening, stabilizing and sealing the building.
Lime Plastering

Lime Plastering

Over the years we have worked to perfect our lime plastering. We are now competent lime plasterers and are happy working over lime render,insulation boards or on plaster boards. We have been asked to sort out a few botched jobs and have many happy clients happy to give references.