A Selection of Instructional Videos to Help with Your Building Conservation, Including Lime Pointing and Plastering

It’s always easier to see how other people tackle a project.

We’ve selected a few videos featuring Robert Perkins the Lime Mortar Expert, to help give you ‘hands-on’ advice with your building project.

If you need to cut clean through brickwork with low dust, tackle re-pointing, repair your brickwork, cut out openings in masonry, replace damp proof membrane or rake out lead flashing, then why not take a look at the Arbortech Allsaw video.

https://unitylime.co.uk/how-to-guide-racking-out-using-an-arbortech-allsaw/

Follow Robert as he takes you, step by step, through pointing a lime mortar wall.

https://unitylime.co.uk/how-to-guide-pointing-a-limestone-wall/

He also shows the correct way to point a brick wall with lime mortar the Lime Mortar Expert in this step by step video guide to pointing a brick wall.

https://unitylime.co.uk/how-guide-pointing-a-brick-wall-with-lime-mortar/

There’s a brief video explaining the issues with the use of portland cement in a traditional building built with lime mortar.

https://unitylime.co.uk/cement-problem-video/

Finally, what is limestone?  Our technical video explains the life cycle of limestone from formation through to lime and its application in lime products.

https://unitylime.co.uk/lime-life-cycle-video/

 

From straw bale construction to windmills, cottages, barns and more, whatever your interesting and challenging projects, we can offer advice and guidance so talk to us today.