Completed projects
 The Old House and Cottage East Haddon
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Dated 1691 this house was modernised in the 19th Century. The scope of work to be carried out in the next few months will include installing a limecrete floor in the Cottage and rebedding the Yorkstone floor. Removing the cement render on the front of the house and repointing. Removing the cement render on the rear of the house and re-rendering on top of the cob walling. Removing the modern plaster within the cottage and replaing it with a lime render. At the same time the asbestos roof sheets on the Cottage will be replaced with thatch. 		east haddon
On the rear elevation of the property the cob can be seen beneath the modern cement render.
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The cement based render being removed from the Cottage lounge walls
The clay floor of the Cottage being removed to allow for the LECA (clay aggregate) to be placed prior to the Limecrete floor.
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On the rear elevation of the Cottage the ground level was 750mm above the inside floor level, therefore the inside walls suffered from damp. To counter this the external ground level was lowered and a French drain installed
The Limecrete floor in the process of being laid on top of the lightweight clay aggregate and membrane. The first coat of lime render has now been placed on the walls.
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