Recent content by craigie10

Point taken Malc. The original mortar is lime based, would that take a couple of courses of sand and cement brickwork or would it all need to be lime? I'm working on a solution for wider copes, the only bother is getting them up there due to the weight.

Hi all, My first post here but I've been lurking over the years and found plenty of sage advice. I've got an external parapet wall c.1925 that has been wet dashed with granite in the usual Scottish manner. About 20 years ago I had the loose copes rebedded (they bed onto a lead flashing...

Hi all, My first post here but I've been lurking over the years and found plenty of sage advice. I've got an external parapet wall c.1925 that has been wet dashed with granite in the usual Scottish manner. About 20 years ago I had the loose copes rebedded (they bed onto a lead flashing...