Training Sessions for individuals or small groups
These sessions are suitable for tradesman and contractors or for those undertaking repair or refurbishment to an old building.
One Hour Sessions
Cost: £40 plus VAT per hour for one person, with an additional charge of £20 per person up to 3 people.
Options:
- (1 hour) Powerpoint presentation on lime
- (1 hour) Construction of cob using shuttering
- (1 hour)
- Application of haired plaster onto lath - Lath and Plaster
- Repointing brickwork
- Application of limewash
Half Day Course
Cost: £100 per person for 4 people with an additional £50 per person up to 6 people.
Lecture room presentation on Lime, covering:
- The History of Lime
- Material Source
- Advantages of Lime over cement
- Sand and Aggregates
- General principles of specifying and applying Lime Mortars
Demonstration and practical training session in covered teaching area:
- Different sand types
- Mixing lime mortars
- Various plaster and render coats
- Adding hair to lime plaster
- Applying haired plaster onto lath
- Repointing and dressing brick joints
- Limewash