Bag rubbed section of wall to cure damp problem.
We bag rubbed this small section to deal with a localised damp issue.
Gabel end and chimney rebuild.
The gabel end of this end of terrace was suffering from serious damp. We diagnosed a leaky chimney and a failing cement render. After rebuilding the chimney building in a lead tray we bag rub rendered the gabel and then lime painted it with beecks beeckacil colour 101 old white. Job done. All damp has...
Swan Pool St. From pebbledash with love.
This property was in a rather sorry state prior to us removing the pebble dash and fully Renovating it’s exterior. In the 1960s it had had a cement based false Georgian facade created. Everything was cement including the cills. We had to stitch together a reasonable amount of cracks with heli bar. We decided to...
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...
Copper works office Hayle.
A lovly sea faring couple brought this house and wanted to sort out there damp issues along with giving there property a facelift. We started the hack out off the deck prior to erecting the Scafolding to save money on scafold hire and start the drying process ASAP. Once the scafold was up we stripped...
St Erth Bag Rub Ragg
We were asked to bag rub render this gabel end. The Scafold was left from the previous builder fitting the windows so we started the job ASAP . When we started the hack out it became evident that there was a problem with the wall above the top window. Previous builders had destroyed the cob...
Colenso ragg render.
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...
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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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Trevorgans surf shack
This was a a beautiful but damp little property. We repointed and ragged the exterior, Rebuilt the steps, And Lime grouted the walls.
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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.