Hot-Mixed Lime Mortars


Abstract eng:
Most lime mortars, for most uses, for most of history, were hot-mixed using quicklime. Lime mortars commonly used today, for conservation and repair, or for new build, tend to be Natural Hydraulic Limebased or designed ‘products’, less often putty lime mortars. This seems anomalous and confounds our general inclination towards like-for-like, compatible repair using authentic materials, – as well as the requirement of BS7913 (1998). Serious consideration of the historical method and advantages of hot lime mortars and the practicality of their use in a modern context has been sparse, with the notable exceptions of Alan Forster (2004 and since) and Gerard Lynch (2007). As a building conservation and repair company, we have routinely used lime rich hot lime mortars – for building, re-pointing and plastering for over 5 years; this paper discusses historic and modern examples of hot mixing and our own practical experience of both and contends that hot mixed high calcium lime mortars that respect historic precedent represent a viable and eminently appropriate modern response to the conservation and repair of old buildings.

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Glasgow : University of the West of Scotland, 2013
Conference Title:
Conference Title:
3rd Historic Mortars Conference
Conference Venue:
Glasgow, Scotland (UK)
Conference Dates:
2013-09-11 / 2013-09-14
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