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Little Keigwin in Moushole
The oldest cottage in Moushole Cornwall. This property was lime rendered into Cellnit lime render boards externally. Then painted in Beecks Beeckacil tinted hydrophobic tinted mineral coating.
It was built to conservations requirements and ended up
Looking truly beautiful for many years to come.
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Returning a Cornish cottage to its origin.
Renovating a dilapidated Cornish cottage using hydraulic lime mortar to rejuvenate the aesthetic and cure the damp issues. Carefully hiding years of neglect and botched renovations to create a beautiful family home.
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The drapery Redruth
When Stephen told me he had bought the old drapery in Redruth I was keen to get involved with the Renovation. The garden was badly overgrown as you can see from the pictures. Once they had striped back the foliage the stonework revealed was fairly unsightly and in poor shape. Once we stabilised and rebuilt...
Vine Cottage. Cob Repair
Vine cottage is one of the oldest cottages in Newlyn. When the present owners applied for a mortgage the surveyor discovered that the cob had been cement rendered. As a condition of the mortgage he specified that the cement was removed and replaced with lime mortar. At this point the previous owner contacted us and...
Country mansion house
A few shots from a line render job on a beautiful country house near Truro. All hand formed corners onto brickwork. High end finish
Bag rub render.
Bag rub render or ragging is a brilliant way to create a beautifully traditional breathable render. It can hide a multitude of sins such as previously botched opening infills, damaged stone work, cement lintels or even block extensions. Historically almost all Cornish granite buildings were ragged then painted in milk paint . This created a...
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Lower Town
View from kitchen Lime and timber Natural slate floor. Master bedroom with reclaimed victorian fire place. All the timber in this property came from a locally fallen tree. All structural timber, stairs and porch out of the same tree. the second room downstairs with a new opening to the courtyard . View of the main...
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Colenso Cottage
This was a lovely little project . We worked alongside a standard builder. ragging the outside and pointing up the stairs and the Inglnook. The areas of lime pointing and the use of lighting have really worked giving this house a lovely feel. The sunlight on lime pointing up on the landing. Landing area pointed...
Secret location in Devon.
I picked up a Wee bit of render up on a Manor House in Devon. 3 coat lime render all applied with a spray gun. It is rather a gritty mix. But I have a gritty crew to apply it. All hand finished no beading. Fun and games. Can’t wait to get a shot once...
Hydrophobic lime render in Camborne
Hi spec shop front. Hydrophobic lime render to conservation and heritage trusts specification. This is on Camborne high street. Come and have a look once the Scafold comes down. All tucked in for the night.
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Balwest Church Rooms
We lime ragged this old Sunday school. Then Painted it with beeks beakasil hydrophobic lime wash. The methodist committee and the architects were very pleased with the result Six months on and you still need sunglasses when looking at the building in a sunny day.
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Lime Bagging / ragging
This is a great technique to solidify walls protecting the stone and giving a great finish to apply both active and passive lime paints to.