The merits and conservation of traditional lime render proved of interest to more than 70 people recently as they attended a seminar on the issue in Borris House. The seminar, which was hosted in ...

Lime is the principal binder of most traditional mortars, plasters and renders and is used in all historic building conservation and renovation projects in some form or another. The world of lime is a ...

London studio Oliver Leech Architects used a "soft, calm and neutral palette" of handmade bricks, lime render, timber and zinc for this family home overlooking a river in Hampshire. Located near the ...

I am in charge of an old parish house called Millbank in Trillick, Co Tyrone. It has been unoccupied for some time but kept heated. The external plaster has extensive cracking and flaking paint. It ...

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