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Questions tagged [lime]

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How to drain a toilet bowl?

I want to clean a stained porcelain toilet bowl. It feels like a small crusty coral reef right at the bottom in the water, visible to anyone looking down. I suspect its like calcium/lime but this is not normally a problem in our area. Plain…
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How to obtain or make type O mortar

After brief research, I figured that I need type O mortar to do some repair work on the exterior of my 1941 brick veneer house. Strangely, it seems that the big box home improvement stores don't sell type O mortar mix. OK, so maybe I need to make…
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How to stop dust or sand crumbling from mortar on an Internal stone wall

I have an old cottage with some exposed stone walls. Very pretty, VERY dusty. Overtime there is always dust that comes away from the lime mortar/pointing. A lot of people will re-point with cement, but I would really like to avoid this as obviously…
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Advantages of lime plaster over battens with conventional insulation?

My head is spinning from all the different opinions I've received from local builders and other sources. We have an old stone farmhouse, and all the eco-people are saying the walls need to breathe both on the inside and outside. Some builders have…
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What layer should lime plaster be applied to internally on stone house?

I had a plasterer with 47 years of experience come to see our old stone farmhouse. In one room, the electrician has cut through the wall. Underneath the gypsum plaster is a layer of what the plasterer said was sand cement on top of the…
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lime plastering over chicken mesh or reed

we are trying to put up walls for our insulated walls. We used fiberglass insulation and currently just put up chicken wires (not super flat but we are fine with the wall having curves here and there) with the hope that they will hold lime…
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What is the correct tuck pointing mortar ratio for a 1907, St louis brick main support column in basement. Lime? Portland? Sand? Water?

The owner believes the bricks are softer bricks due to the age of the house. All the research i have done say's after 1900 most houses in this area used Portland cement, lime, and a sand mix. I just trying to fix there columns for them without…
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Painting over limewash brick

When we moved in to our home an interior brick wall had been painted over with some type of opaque white paint. I decided to limewash the wall - a coat of prep coat and two coats of limewash. It looked patchy so I repeated the prep and limewash and…
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Is it ok to cover this cement patch with lime mortar?

I previously asked about a patch on a deep hole which has been giving off a strong odour. In the comments people mentioned that the cement had probably been mixed with other materials hence an unusually strong odour. I am a bit sensitive to…
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Lime mortar for indoor applications

I have a question. Can I use lime mortar (hydrated lime and sand mix) for indoor applications? I have to re-point an old, brick wall (This is my first time doing it). Is it safe health-wise? What else could be used for this type of wall?
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1920 UK London House - How should I internal insulate?

The house was built in the 1920's east of London. The inside walls are cold to touch and we are considering insulating them. The house was recently externally rendered without external insulation :( and therefore I am looking at internal…
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