The consolidation process of old renders with loss of cohesion is nowadays performed usually with inorganic compatible products, such as calcium or barium hydroxide or et [...]

Earth is the oldest building material which is still used widely nowadays. Earthen architectural heritage has important values in aspect of history, art, technology and e [...]

In the centre and south of Portugal construction of buildings with earth was frequent until the mid-20th Century. Rammed earth was the most common type of construction in [...]

The definition of the composition, the technological process and, last but not least, the provenance of the raw materials of historical mortars is still difficult and uns [...]

This paper focuses on the design and reproduction of crushed brick/lime mortars for the repair of historic masonry. The research presented involves an analytical study of [...]

Lime–based mortars of adequate workability are used for repairing coating mortars on old masonry in historical buildings. The analysis of a great number of old plasters [...]

Contributions and expressions of interest are invited on any aspect of the understanding of historic mortars and historic masonry, from the compositional to the mechanica [...]

Currently, several techniques are available for characterisation of mortar binders for research and conservation purposes but not all of them are suitable and affordable [...]

In the domain of heritage buildings conservation, interventions must be designed, whenever possible, to maintain existing materials instead of their replacement by new on [...]

Fluid, lime-based grouts for the conservation of historic buildings have been mentioned infrequently in the literature, and with relatively few details of the experimenta [...]

Lime water treatment on a specific lime mortar was tested and evaluated for effectiveness, showing that after a sufficiently high number of applications (160 cycles, 54-8 [...]

The effective design of a mortar for repairing masonry depends on a clear understanding of its function within masonry. The functions of mortar materials in masonry are c [...]

In this work nano-titania in anatase form has been added to mortars containing (a): binders of either lime and metakaolin or natural hydraulic lime and, (b): fine aggrega [...]

Loss of adhesion is one of the main forms of degradation of old renders; it can cause the separation of different render layers or the separation of the render and substr [...]

The aims of the paper are the following: to develop a consistent usable classification of historic masonry typologies, to outline general considerations about the mechani [...]

Consolidation is a conservation treatment with good potential to be applied to ancient renders, provided that the alterations in the properties of the original mortars re [...]

Despite of over forty years of research on over the world, the ideal grout for re-adhesion of delaminated wall paintings has not been invented. Along with the industry de [...]

Large part of heritage buildings in Slovenia was built with stones or mixture of stones and bricks, as up to 20th century the local stone represented the cheapest and mos [...]

Many heritage buildings in Slovenia were built of stone or a mixture of stone and brick; until the 20th century the local stone represented the cheapest and most accessib [...]

Various binding materials have been used worldwide, across different pre-historic and historic periods, to meet several construction applications. Lime has historically b [...]

Efficient nano materials for consolidation, cleaning and hydrophobization of porous historic materials have been developed in several European and national research proje [...]

This contribution is part of a research project aimed at developing a methodology for the emergency stabilization of historic buildings damaged by the 2009 Abruzzo earthq [...]

The consolidation and conservation of historic mortars requires materials which are compatible with the components originally used. The application of nano-lime offers su [...]

Grouting of historical masonries has been a widely used technique for regaining their integrity or strengthening them. Since cement-based grouts proved very strong and in [...]

Lime water, esters of silicic acid and plastics are common materials used for the conservation of historic mortars. Injection grouts containing cement or hydraulic lime a [...]