Category Archives: Roughcast render

The colour of a house

Posted on May 10, 2015 by byrnesurfaces

One of the privileges I enjoy is the opportunity to make my mark on the landscape, and when a client has the boldness to choose a rich colour for their house it is a chance to make a statement. The … Continue reading →

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A very sorrowful gable

Posted on March 2, 2014 by byrnesurfaces

A client had a very damp gable wall, water was running down and the damp patch was growing ever larger. Outside the gable was complicated by a chimney breast that was once inside, but since the house has been knocked … Continue reading →

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roughcast revisited

Posted on November 6, 2013 by byrnesurfaces

In 2006 I rendered a house extension which had been built with artificial Cotswold stone, hard,slightly glazed, unattractive and unconvincing. So the owners thought it might be lime rendered. I remember thinking that there could be a problem with adhesion … Continue reading →

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Nothing need be wasted when using lime

Posted on October 18, 2013 by byrnesurfaces

Having finished the harling there was a bit of course stuff left over and the tools needed washing. so both the remaining render and the tool washing water was put in a barrel and, with the addition of more lime, … Continue reading →

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Owlpen Manor – Render Repairs

Posted on November 21, 2011 by byrnesurfaces

The following is a description of work carried out by JBLimeplastering at Owlpen Manor in Gloucestershire The masonry revealed by the removal of the cement render was very friable with missing elements. The building mortar used in the construction was … Continue reading →

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Conservation and repair of an historic lime render – Gloucestershire.

Posted on September 6, 2011 by byrnesurfaces

The render probably dated from the 19th century. It had replaced an earlier render, traces of which were present here and there. Traces of coloured limewash on the quoins suggested that at one time the quoins were left unrendered as … Continue reading →

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