Restoration & Conservation of beautiful period buildings isn't just a job to us, it's been a lifelong passion.

 

Lime mortars, lime plasters, lime renders, lime screeds, limecretes and limewashes provide for good moisture vapour permeability which is always important in period buildings.

 

Lime plasters used internally can also provide thermal insulation when mixed with the correct natural elements.

 

Lime remains flexible and is also 'self healing'; whereas cement based products simply crack as buildings move, allowing moisture to penetrate.

 

But because lime cures through evaporation and carbonation, if any cracks do appear which absorb moisture, that moisture will then be re-evaporated and more CO² then absorbed.

 

Further to all of this; lime itself posesses natural antibacterial properties that help reduce the spread of bacteria, germs and mould/fungal growth within the home.

 

Knowing the correct type of lime to use for a specific task is important and this is where we can help.

 

Today we see a plethora of names used for lime products, including:

 

• Quick lime
• Lime kibble
• Hot lime
• Fat lime
• Lime putty
• Hydrated lime
• Hydraulic lime
• NHL 2.0
• NHL 3.5
• NHL 5.0

 

So lot's of confusion!

But we  know and understand lime - no confusion. 

 

Whilst the world today appears to have become a place full of 'word soup' diners;

 

'an omni-operational earth redeployment device' is still a spade to us!

 

In addition to offering defects diagnosis surveys, we can also help with specifying the right lime (in plain English) for a given task.