Lime Guides
Lime Guides and Advice
Practical, plain-English guides to lime and traditional buildings, from why cement damages old walls to caring for lime render. If you have a question about your own property, get in touch and we will be happy to help.
How to look after lime render, pointing and limewash so they protect your building for decades, and when to call in help.
Why a concrete slab can push damp into the walls of an old building, and how a breathable limecrete floor works instead.
A plain-English guide to when repairs to a listed building need consent, and how to approach repointing, rendering and plastering work.
Damp in solid-walled period homes is often caused by modern materials that stop the walls breathing. How to spot the causes and what actually fixes them.
Why cement pointing and render damage old brick and stone walls, and why lime is the right material for buildings put up before about 1920.
