Projects and updates from Cornish Lime Builders.
We have recently finnished ragging this lovly farm house. We also replaced a few of the slate cills. After a couple of months curing time we will be painting it with a hydrophobic lime wash. At the moment we are weathering the storms lime pointing the interior. It was lucky to have some nice warm […]
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 […]
Marble tops found on site And a nice little beer shelf formed in slate Lovely barby built with bricks after we removed a badly leaning chimney . All we need now is a bit of sun lol
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 […]
Ive neglected my blog this year but I’ve been a busy bee.. Newly sign written vans are a nice new addition to my business. More to follow…….
A few pics now it’s settled in.
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.
Just making a start on this barn conversion. It’s a fantastic building. I am hopping for a mild autumn.
When the owner acquired this hidden gem it was suffering from years of neglect. A once fine merchants residence had fallen into severe disrepair along with botched diy and flood damage. The first step was to bag rub 2 sides and point the front. We found dry rot, so once that had been treated a […]
