Q. I am installing flagstone and some paving brick on top of a concrete patio. A book I read suggests mixing sand, cement and hydrated lime in different proportions to make the mortar mix. What is ...
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Masons who've laid brick for decades say the mortar has changed more than people realize
Veteran masons say today's mortar isn't your grandfather's mix — and that matters.
Lime-based mortars are flexible and pervious, allowing for shifts in older foundations and structures and facilitating the movement of moisture in and out walls. This malleability is paramount to ...
buildings, will run into millions of pounds, much of it from grants, according to heritage experts. In some cases, restoration carried out within the past 20 years is having to be stripped out because ...
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