Recent content by Sheena Smart

Firstly many thanks to everyone who's offered up advice thus far. I followed the advice above and e-mailed Scotlime who very kindly responded today and offered advice on my situation. My overriding concern I suppose is 2-fold - firstly I entered into a contract with a builder who agreed to...

I spoke with the builder today - he claims he used one-part cement to 3 parts lime, I also suggested he cease work and we reconvene at the start of the week to see how we move forward and he has agreed this is sensible. I have also e-mailed Scotlime.org to try and get an understanding of the...

problem I have is that he has mixed cement through the lime and I just don't know that it's going to be fit for purpose! He totally ignored me when I said I didn't want cement being used and lobbed it in the mixer although that was 2 days in, I was at work when he started the pointing. I don't...

Thanks for reply - I have Otterbein hydraulic lime in NHL 3.5 and NHL 5.

I live in a 150+ year old granite house which had suffered from poor cement pointing from a previous owner. As water had been penetrating the gable end I set out to have this re-pointed using lime as everything I had researched heavily supported the use of lime on a granite building. I am also...