Traditional Masonry.... Stonework.. pic update page 2

[peanut]

shame you were well ahead in my book until I saw the last abomination

Sorry but those windows are completely inappropriate for a period property . They destroy any character that the poor building had left. Frankly I'm amazed the local Planning dept allowed them. Probably isn't a conservation area.
I would have preferred to see more sensitive conservation as apposed to restoration overall but then I'm one of those 'bloody Architects' lol so what do I know . Its easy to critisise so on the positive side I can see that an enormous amount of care and work has gone into achieving the best quality workmanship :roll:

 

[gibbleking]

sniffle......... windows were hand made in local hardwood....we in norfolk didnt have glass invented till 20 years ago..heheh....have to say i dont like em either.....but thats what he wanted.....place is called sundial and was orig built in the 1600,s....walls are 3 feet thick flint with brick exterior....roof is copletely replaced with new timbers but we used the old roman pan tiles again....pointing was done with old white mortar...(took me months to point the whole house the front wall bowed out by nearly a foot and a half so i had to remove a brick one by one, clean it up and replace it level........and me just a lowely electrician too).the side of the house had a huge crack next to the stack which i knitted back together too.place was a real dump when we starte.ps i really like your stone work.....almost incan in quality.

 

[peanut]

sorree

Pantiles are a bitch to lay and get weathertight. don't envy you that job. I was a builder for 20 years before going to Uni :roll:
Hacking off that render your arms must be like Popeye's !
Nice job on the pointing. Its lime mortar I take it? Its very difficult to get a good finish after render has been hacked off.
I only hope they don't get any damp penetration back which is presumably why someone rendered in the first place . That brick is very porous.

I assume that the dormers aren't quite finished in the picture ? The fascias need some cheeks to return the fascia under the dormer eaves and ideally some thickening of the cills which look decidely thin. I would have finished the leadwork at eaves level and finished everything below in timber personally .

Nice to see someone really cares about delivering quality finishing these days well done 8/10

 

[gibbleking]

footnote......turns out the building wasnt listed(much to my shock given the age) and we could only get the planners out once in 2 years...(i think they must have got lost given its location in the middle o nowhere) and they said try to keep the old tiles and bricks.... :shock:

 

[gibbleking]

wore out a bolster chisel and a hammer doing that place.render on the sides was diamond hard so an inch to sodding ages .....the pan tiles wre very soft and broke easily........dont do building anymore ....just teach cycling pof to junior horrors

 

[peanut]

not sure that is any easy
Glad I got out of building work too. This weather is no fun on a roof trying to smack some cold lead around without tearing it.
or putting heating into a building with no roof brrrrr

 

[peanut]

just love that walling, completly mesmorizing. How do you fancy a couple of weeks in the West Country next spring ?
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[magicmistertea]

just love that walling, completly mesmorizing. How do you fancy a couple of weeks in the West Country next spring ?
if you are trying to build a simple webpage to get something up quick why not try MS Publisher or MS Frontpage you don't have to write any html stuff it does it all for you. Just insert your images text and background special effects etc then it turns it into a webpage for ya. You could construct and upload a website in a single evening

yea i know actually im quite good with computers..../ ive got a "computer" friend who is sorting me with a web-site......... i just have to sort out my portfolio of pictures, i have many more than ive posted.

im not sure if i read the thread right but i think you have me and gibbleking confused........................ my work is the stonework and the arches, Not the "removing render" and re-pointing job also pictured from gibbleking.............. the job looks good but if you are going to remove render and re-point period building then its not a bad idea to get it sypathetically sandblasted with someone who knows what they are doing. the re-pointing looks good but there are patches of staining which could have been removed.
what mixed was used to re-point?
I would have used 5 parts sand(aggregate) - 2 parts 3.5 NHL lime ?(hydraulic lime)(Not hydrated).
making sure that samples were mixed to the right colour weeks before i started re-pointing. colour makes a massive difference to the finished job.... But in general gibbleking the job looks nice
Peanut....... im not sure who youb are asking but /....If its me who you are asking... if i fancy a couple of weeks works in the south west... then i live in the south west..... so yer why not !!!! ive got loads of scale drawings ive been working on... Gothic arches, etc etc...
cheers andy

 

[peanut]

yea i know actually im quite good with computers..../ ive got a "computer" friend who is sorting me with a web-site......... i just have to sort out my portfolio of pictures, i have many more than ive posted.

im not sure if i read the thread right but i think you have me and gibbleking confused........................ my work is the stonework and the arches, Not the "removing render" and re-pointing job also pictured from gibbleking.............. the job looks good but if you are going to remove render and re-point period building then its not a bad idea to get it sypathetically sandblasted with someone who knows what they are doing. the re-pointing looks good but there are patches of staining which could have been removed.
what mixed was used to re-point?
I would have used 5 parts sand(aggregate) - 2 parts 3.5 NHL lime ?(hydraulic lime)(Not hydrated).
making sure that samples were mixed to the right colour weeks before i started re-pointing. colour makes a massive difference to the finished job.... But in general gibbleking the job looks nice
Peanut....... im not sure who youb are asking but /....If its me who you are asking... if i fancy a couple of weeks works in the south west... then i live in the south west..... so yer why not !!!! ive got loads of scale drawings ive been working on... Gothic arches, etc etc...
cheers andy

sorry Andy thats the trouble with posting in numerous forums simultaneously. Funny I was having some difficulty resolving the difference between the walling and the building restoration. No wonder!
Re the pointing etc I didn't want to seem too critical but there is much I would have done differently .

We have a 4-5 feet earth bank down our private lane which is being washed out by the rainwater runoff from adjacent site. A wall would seem like a perfect solution. I'll propose it at our next residents meeting in Jan 09 .

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[magicmistertea]

thats okay, no probs........ im a craft mason and i take my work very seriously .
i draw most of my work to scale before i build it, (being an architect im sure you will appreciate that !! ). im trained, qualified and masonry is in my blood .
i would be happy to give you a price for a retaining wall... but it would have to be built properly with stepped foundations, DPCs and drainage.... i wouldnt want to travel and be asked to build a wall that was just "thrown up" , my work is quality....period.
its the only way i work.... this often means i can not do cheap jobs..... but you get what you pay for
cheers andy
p.s i also do building restoration.