This property Was originally painted in a lime wash with other coatings added. We used the auro hi grade lime that needed three coats and a lot of scaffolding.
Old shop lime plastering and wooden floor restoration
This was a interesting job. The owner had interesting plasters with a few left to use. Here there is a background fill coat of adaptavates breatha-plaster on to gypsum made to level the previously hollow partitioned wall covered and filled…
Heritage property restoration, Lords mead cottage, Mere
The cottage on first impression did not look too bad and the owner wanted a lick of paint to sell it. On observation i noticed lots of bubbles in the masonry paint that needed to be removed. Once started the…
Listed property lime plastering
This Is the restoration of a larder on a grade 2 listed building. The plaster was coming of the stone work all over the place. We took of all loose plaster much more than the start pics shoe. We re…
Painting of takeaway, Frome
The takeaway was painted untidy and pink with unfinished wood work and roof work. We did the wood, roof and interior too. The paint was Auros 250 in Rubie.
Lathe repairs, lime plastering and wooden floor restoration
The bedroom was in quite a state with plaster falling off some of the walls and nails sticking out of a previously carpeted Pine floorboards. Auro 321 Nimbus was used on the walls as well as a grey Auro 260…
Interior re-decoration. April 2015
Three rooms a stairwell, kitchen and woodwork with some wallpapering. We used Auro 321 nimbus for the walls. and Auro 260 for the woodwork. Fair amount of prep work not seen in pictures.
Painting of exterior rendered wall with lime paint. August 2015
We painted the rendered walls with Auro high grade lime. I mixed two colours using two of the lime pigment additives and my own ochre, blue and rose pigments. The lime paint is great as it adheres well is porous letting the wall…
Wooden floor sanding, oiling and waxing
The Floor boards were old 18 century oak. I sanded them using a large belt sander as it was a small room and there were lots of undulations that can be reached with smaller tools. Probably took 2mm off. Finished…
Paint removal from Bath stone, Pointing and painting. Wiltcot st, Bath, May 2015
We removed about five layers of paint from the exterior of a house on waltcot st with heat guns, sharp scrapers and chisels. Re pointing was done Auro high grade lime paint was used as this lets the stone breathe…