Lime painting, stone ashlar cladding & Stone indenting to give door aperture

Tipperlinn Rd, Edinburgh

(Redbuild contract)

Stone ashlar cladding & Stone indenting to give door aperture

 

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ST MARGARETS FARM COTTAGE, MIDLOTHIAN

LIME PAINTING

Lime has been used in building for around6000 years, since at least 4000BC. Early lime-burning techniques involved layering limestone and fuel ina clamp or simple kiln or even firing in the open. Later developments involved more sophisticated kilns burning line by means of a separate fuel (flare kilns) or layered with fuel (mixed feed kilns).

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