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I’ve got loads for you Norm just need you back in Lancashire first.

Sets in about 15/20 minutes. you can run them in situ or cast them.

Herculite no2 is the closest you will get to Keene’s nowadays

I tried it once before I reckon I’ll wing it. :cool::cool:

If you’re struggling to find anyone to do it I can have a look at the job for you. We do a lot of work around Chipping, Hurst Green etc on the stone properties.

Was it rendered with putty lime or hydraulic ? If he’s used putty lime mortar it looks like there is no pozzy in the mortar.

You can’t get Keene’s, Parian or Martin’s any more the closest you’ll get to these plasters now is Herculite.

Yeah three coat lime plaster. It’s an awkward b*****d no room for buckets

Working on Levens Hall near Kendal. Stone spiral staircase.

Try this guy http://www.limerich.com/

Took some doing to be honest. I was a site man but I f**k**g hated it in the end. So I saw a niche and fancied doing it full time. A lime plasterer was looking for a lift so I jumped in with him. Did a lot of begging and trying to prove myself kept looking at the listed building consent on the...

I was going to tag you in that photo

Cheers got some nice projects in the pipeline this year and next.

Thanks for the shout mate, appreciate it. But I’m stacked out at the moment

https://www.masonsmortar.co.uk/knowledge-base-3/mm-stone-brick-step-support-mortar-user-guides-and-data-sheets/masons-mortar-ltd-mm-stone-repair-mortar/

https://www.industrialplasters.com/prod/general-tools/joint-rule

No where near yet mate

Should be fine, I don’t think he has any worries to be honest

Sounds a bit too cement rich. I would have replaced one bucket of cement for a bucket of sharp sand. The lime is to make the dash sticky so the stones can get coated in mortar in the mixer.

Cheers Bo

Am I reading right. Are you using pva on lime?

Thanks Dave, This is the Clock room next to the bar area. It was the meeting room for the “Friends of Wythenshawe Hall” The lantern had been leaking for years and the ceiling was in a real bad state. It’s been decorated in distemper. Just the carpet to go down now,

Never too late

Thanks mate, I can honestly say I’ve loved every minute

Nowt a bit of easifil won’t sort

Cheers Andy.

Thanks mate. I’ll take the Fred Dibnah Thanks mate

We got it done, it’s taken three months to complete, two of us. Lath and plaster three coat lime, ribs run in situ, Cornice run in situ on scotch brackets in lath and lime work Fibrous work to corbels. Curves fitted. Been a head scratcher at times. Running the hanging mould around the lantern...

I got a set from Tomps. They’re only a couple of quid each. Cut the end off an old saw blade for a good serrated busk.

Top man

Ashton Gardens. Another one of my projects in the background. They dismantled that pavilion and moved it across the park. Lime rendered.

Some little s**t poured petrol under the front door and nearly burned it down. Apparently he’s due for release just as the restoration is due to finish. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/wythenshawe-hall-arson-three-years-15967134

Not got it yet mate, just a site visit yesterday. Hopefully we’ll win it

I been lucky enough to have been in Wythenshawe Hall, Been to look at a ceiling that needs doing. Re lath and plaster, cornice to run around the room, recast and re hang 4 corbels and 4 ribs to run insitu. Had a look at some of the restoration work that’s been done, it’s absolutely outstanding.

Clay paint might be an option https://earthbornpaints.co.uk/

It sure is pal

We’re getting nearly 8 tonne of mortar from 1 tonne of quicklime so the savings are almost half

It’s good stuff, we use tonnes of it. Very fatty & right price too, the job we’re on now we’ve mixed our own stuff with quicklime and let it stand for a few weeks.

I remember you saying you were from this way

I’ve done straw bale at Cuerden Valley bear Chorley, if your ever that way take a look

We could have a look at this for you, we’re working in Coniston at the moment, I’ll pm you

Cheers for the shout pal appreciate it

How many of the old boys remember this, I was on the bath the other week mixing my own haired lime.

It’s not nice when you break a really good trowel that’s broken in to your way of working

Makes you wonder why we stuck at it,

Ha ha they were T***s at times, one of my old masters did his national service in the military police f**k me he could be mean at times, he was firm but fair

It’s harled by hand mate, They’re slate stacks dubbed out with haired lime, scratched on, butter coated and dashed. It’s a dashing mortar from limebase. Putty based mortar with pozzy. Then they’re getting a coat of Kiem paint.

Cheers pal

The trowel at the end on the right hand side is a very old Tyzack it was given to me by an old boy who got it off an old boy, probably 100 years old it weighs a ton, if you were Plastering with that,a wooden hand board that was piss wet through and a s**t load of lime mortar you’d know you’d...