Helensburgh

Our client was also planning on carrying out maintenance works to their high level rainwater goods and joinery works and it was important that we could collaborate these works, utilising the scaffold access that would be required for the stonework.

Stratum Masonry carefully carried out the restoration of the home which included all failed pointing mortars removed and replaced with a well gauged lime mortar mix. Stone replacement works were also carried out to the front elevation, where fractures had occurred on some of the historic items caused by corrosive fixings.

The historic fabric had suffered some algal growth of the years due to the location of the home. The front elevation was carefully cleaned in a sympathetic manner which ensured all historic fabric was kept in tact and the build up of dirt was safely removed.

As part of the works, Stratum masonry also carefully removed the cement render located on one of the gable wall chimneys, the cement render had fractured in various places over the years due to it’s poor breathability and improper use. All cement render was carefully removed and a lime-based render system applied, with our in house stone restorers keying the chimney to look like ashlar stonework.

The project threw up a few challenges for our team which we overcame, the first being fractured pointing to the rear elevation at high level which was noted once scaffolds were erected. We brought this to our clients attention and it was agreed that all pointing to this area would be carefully raked out and repointed in a lime mortar mix, utilising the access provisions that were in place.