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Lime Mortar

  • What is hydraulic lime mortar?

    Hydraulic lime mortar is a totally natural, traditional building material. Its origin can be traced back through history for thousands of years. The Greeks, Egyptions and Romans all used an ancient form... Read More

  • Why use hydraulic lime mortar?

    Hydraulic lime mortar is a traditional building material with an interesting historical background. It is widely used in building conservation because many old buildings were originally built with this mortar. It is... Read More

  • Types of hydraulic lime mortar

    Hydraulic lime mortar is available in three different grades; NHL2, NHL3.5 and NHL5. The NHL stands for Natural Hydraulic Lime. The number relates to the compressive strength of the hydraulic lime... Read More

  • Estimating lime mortar quantity

    Rules of thumb, you can estimate mortar quantity for bedding, repointing and rendering as follows. Repointing Brick, Block & Stone Masonry. 10kg mortar will repoint 1 square metre of brickwork with joints... Read more