# / . 4 % 8 4 - ! 2 # ( -ICHAEL &AREY 0LANNERS LEAVE LIME MANUFACTURER WITH A BITTER TASTE )T WAS IN $ECEMBER THAT #ONTEXT PUBLISHED MY THOUGHTS ON HYDRAULIC LIME IN AN ARTICLE ENTITLED @4HERE IS -ORE TO ,IME -ORTAR THANx )T IS NOW NEARLY YEARS SINCE WE BEGAN PRODUCING LIME /N THE SUCCESS SIDE THE USE OF LIME FOR BUILDING BOTH CONSERVATION AND NEW BUILD WORK HAS BEEN GROWING AT PER CENT YEAR ON YEAR SINCE THE MID S )N THE EARLY PART OF THIS PERIOD THE INCREASE APPLIED TO BOTH FAT AND HYDRAULIC LIME BUT MORE RECENTLY SALES OF FAT LIME SEEM TO HAVE LEVELLED OFF "Y GOVERNMENT RESEARCH FUNDS HAD BEEN OBTAINED TO @CLASSIFY HYDRAULIC LIMES FOR THE 5+ CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND IN 3EPTEMBER THIS YEAR THE RESULT OF THE THREE YEAR PROGRAMME WAS A NEW $ONHEAD PUBLICATION (YDRAULIC ,IME -ORTAR FOR 3TONE "RICK AND "LOCK -ASONRY )3". 4HE BOOK PROVIDES A DETAILED BEST PRACTICE GUIDE ENABLING HYDRAULIC LIMES TO BE USED WITH CONFIDENCE ! SECOND RESEARCH PROGRAMME IS UNDERWAY LOOKING AT ENGINEERING PROPERTIES IN MORE DETAIL WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON NEW BUILD !LSO ON THE PLUS SIDE CONSERVATION IS VERY MUCH PART OF THE NATIONAL AGENDA AND MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN TRAINING INITIATIVES AROUND THE COUNTRY )N THE EARLY PART OF MY COMPANY CARRIED OUT A SMALL SURVEY OF OWNERS OF PRE HOUSES IN THE 3OUTH7EST TO EXAMINE THEIR VIEWS ON CONSERVING AND REPAIRING THEIR HOMES (ALF OF THEIR PROPERTIES WERE LISTED 4HE MAIN POINTS FROM THE RESPONSES WERE s .OT ONE OWNER HAD USED LIME FOR INTERNAL PLASTER s /NE THIRD OF THE OWNERS SAID THEIR HOUSES SUFFERED FROM DAMP AND OR CONDENSATION s (ALF THE OWNERS SAID MORTAR AND PLASTER REPAIRS WERE NEEDED BUT THE SAME PROPORTION DID NOT KNOW WHAT MATERIALS OUGHT TO BE USED s /F THOSE WHO HAD UNDERTAKEN REPAIRS THE DECISION ON MATERIALS WAS TAKEN BY THEM OR THEIR BUILDER )F THE RESULTS OF OUR SURVEY ARE TYPICAL THE CONCLUSION MUST BE THAT LOCAL AUTHORITIES MUST REDOUBLE THEIR EFFORTS TO EDUCATE OWNERS OF PRE PROPERTIES &ROM THE POINT OF THE CONTRACTOR THERE WOULD APPEAR TO BE PLENTY OF SCOPE FOR EXPANSION OR AT LEAST A SECURE FUTURE ) KNOW HOW COMMITTED TO THEIR WORK CONSERVATION OFFICERS ARE SO IT CAME AS A SURPRISE WHEN ) WAS ASKED BY SEVERAL ! NEW SCIENCE BLOCK AT 3HERBORNE "OYS 3CHOOL BUILT WITH BLUE LIAS HYDRAULIC LIME !LL PHOTOS IN THIS ARTICLE PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ! NEW BUILD PALLADIAN MANSION IN7ILTSHIRE
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