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Preparation and use of lime mortars : an introduction to the principles of using lime mortars / drafted by the Scottish Lime Centre for Historic Scotland

"This note ... was drafted for Historic Scotland by Pat Gibbons of the Scottish Lime Centre Trust with contributions from Bob Bennett ... [et al.]"--P. [2] of cover ...
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Old building methods that held up better than the new ones

Old-growth lumber with tight growth rings outperforms much of today's fast-growth engineered wood in long-term stability. Lime mortar allowed historic brick walls to flex and self-heal hairline cracks ...
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FROM CEMENT TO LIME: REVIVING GOA’S HERITAGE WALLS

Goa’s historic buildings are in creasingly finding a new lease of life as heritage conserva tion practitioner Logan Hen riques works to restore traditional laterite walls using age-old lime plas ter ...