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Lime Mortars for Brickwork: Traditional Practice and Modern Misconceptions—Part One
The revival in the use of traditional lime mortars for the repair, restoration and conservation of historic buildings in the United Kingdom over the past 25 years continues to gain momentum as designers and builders alike recognize the importance of using materials that are sympathetic to those originally used for the construction of such buildings. This work has tended to focus on the use of pure non-hydraulic slaked lime putties as the principal binder for all mortars, which has led both to the widely-held belief that all historic lime mortars were prepared in this manner, and to a general perception that hydraulic limes are similar in behaviour to modem cements.
These views are essentially inaccurate and contradict much of the written works on bricklaying mortars that reflect the thinking and practices of architects and knowledgeable master craftsmen from the seventeenth century onwards. This is especially so in relation to the city of London, from where such influence was to spread rapidly throughout the country and to the British colonies. The vast majority of brick buildings that are now in need of care and attention date from after this period, and it is therefore timely to reappraise traditional practice and modem misconceptions.
Lime Mortars for Brickwork: Traditional Practice and Modern Misconceptions—Part One
The revival in the use of traditional lime mortars for the repair, restoration and conservation of historic buildings in the United Kingdom over the past 25 years continues to gain momentum as designers and builders alike recognize the importance of using materials that are sympathetic to those originally used for the construction of such buildings. This work has tended to focus on the use of pure non-hydraulic slaked lime putties as the principal binder for all mortars, which has led both to the widely-held belief that all historic lime mortars were prepared in this manner, and to a general perception that hydraulic limes are similar in behaviour to modem cements.
These views are essentially inaccurate and contradict much of the written works on bricklaying mortars that reflect the thinking and practices of architects and knowledgeable master craftsmen from the seventeenth century onwards. This is especially so in relation to the city of London, from where such influence was to spread rapidly throughout the country and to the British colonies. The vast majority of brick buildings that are now in need of care and attention date from after this period, and it is therefore timely to reappraise traditional practice and modem misconceptions.
Lime Mortars for Brickwork: Traditional Practice and Modern Misconceptions—Part One
Lynch, Gerard (author)
Journal of Architectural Conservation ; 4 ; 7-20
1998-01-01
14 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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