Surface repairs
Lime-based repair mortar, matched to the stone’s colour, texture and tooling.
Stone surface repairs
Any stone, any feature
Edinburgh Stone Repairs & Masonry use a specially formulated mortar, based on natural hydraulic lime and aggregates, for the repair of masonry. Our stonemasons can repair any stone, whether decorative features such as mouldings and cornices, or lintels, sills, mullions, ashlar stone, rubble stone, quoins, corbels, sandstone, limestone and pillars.
Lithomex has high vapour permeability, a low modulus of elasticity and excellent bond characteristics, and achieves early freeze–thaw resistance. It develops early strength, but not such that it becomes stronger than the background. Our stonemasons’ priority on each repair is to make it as near a perfect match to the stone as we can, paying particular attention to its colour, tone, surface texture, tool markings, grain and weathering. We use traditional methods and lime-based mortars, which allow the walls to breathe.
Pointing
Lime mortar pointing services
A large proportion of Scotland’s buildings constructed before 1920 used lime mortars in both construction and finishing. Lime mortar offers many advantages over modern cement, as it is softer and more porous than any cement-based mortar, so moisture can evaporate through the mortar rather than through the bricks or stones of a building.
Cement mortars tend to have a consistent, ‘closed’ pore structure that traps water rather than allowing the building to breathe. Any trapped moisture will expand if subjected to freezing conditions, and the mortar may ultimately fail — often damaging the surrounding masonry in the process, and causing dampness internally.
Correct repointing in lime mortar helps to weatherproof and stabilise the wall’s structure. Repointing can be done to suit every masonry project, and when it is completed correctly it will prolong the life of the structure and help to retain its individual character.
Damaged stonework?
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