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...
Rosevidney Manor. Pointing job.
We are hacking out and repointing two sections of different ages. One section was built in the 17 hundreds. The other is Edwardian. We are attacking the Edwardian section first. This is challenging due to the hardness of the point being removed. And the small size of the stone.
Eco Building Services / Lime Rendering / Ragging / Baggrub render / Restoration / Traditional Building Services
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.
Eco Building Services / Lime Pointing / Pointing / Portfolio / Restoration / Traditional Building Services / Uncategorized
Granite Barn Repoint Gwenver
We Were called in to repoint a barn conversion . It was a straight forward job. Completed in a couple of weeks
Eco Building Services / Lime Pointing / Pointing / Ragging / Baggrub render / Restoration / Traditional Building Services
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.
The Old Post Office St Erth
On this project we repointed the whole building. We also rebuilt a chimney with a lead tray and a lead skirt to match the existing chimneys to the front of the property. ...
The St Agnes island hall project
Last summer we were blessed to receive a call from Dawnus construction. They were undertaking the complete renovation and upgrade of the St Agnes village hall on the isles of Scilly . They had had problems with the plaster and they wanted it sorting out asap. We were delighted to go over and re...
The Coverack Cob Job
The back of this fisherman’s cottage in Coverack Had been left exposed for over ten years . It had been severely washed out and the sills were pretty shocking. I removed all the loose cob ,replaced the existing sills with good slate ones. I then repaired all the washed out areas .Then gave it two...
Building Services / Eco Building Services / Lime Rendering / Ragging / Baggrub render / Restoration / Traditional Building Services
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.
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.
Traditional Roofing
All types of natural slate roofs undertaken, from design to completion. Vertical slate hanging, clipped.
Stone Work
All aspects of stone work undertaken, Granite/ local stone and imported stone. New build, renovation/restoration, repairs, stone facing, openings, quoin and lintel work.