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Red Cedar Fruit Cage.

29/12/2012

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Below are a few progressive photos of a Red Cedar fruit cage that Ben built over the last couple of months. It looks, and smells, great! Next project is to make good the Victorian style Greenhouse. 
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Replacement Oak lintels and Oak doors.

10/10/2012

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Below we have a step by step guide to how to replace an oak lintel and fit a new oak door.
To ensure the wall doesn't fall down, a hole is knocked through the stonework, so that the support of an acro prop can be inserted. After the stonework below the support is dismantled, the old lintel can be replaced and the stonework can then be re-built using hydraulic lime/sand mortar. The new doors shown in the photographs below were made and fitted by Andrew French Carpentry, based in North Devon http://www.af-carpentry.co.uk/ - really beautiful work, thanks Andy. 

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Recent Stonework photos of Crediton Project.

18/6/2012

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Here are our most recent photos of stonework using cut and walling stone from Capton Quarry, near Williton, Somerset. http://www.captonquarry.co.uk/
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Cob Wall Repairs at the Crediton Project.

16/6/2012

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Below are some progressive photos of recent work done at our Crediton project. This involved stripping off all of the existing cement render. Repairs where then done to the wall using cob blocks. After the roof tiles where removed the first haired coat of lime mortar was layed on to 'even out' the wall. Two more haired coats were then layed on, with about a week of drying time between each. Last coat was unhaired to give a smooth finish.

The tiled roof coping is now almost finished and four coats of the lime wash paint will be added over the next couple of weeks. Thankfully we had a cool May and June which has been ideal for 'slow curing' the limework. Also it is essential to keep it all covered with hessian and dampened through the whole process to reduce the risk of cracking.
There is a wealth of information on Mike Wye's site, who supplied the materials. Click on the link - http://www.mikewye.co.uk/
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Mid-Devon Stonework

7/3/2012

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I thought an ongoing blog for our current projects would be a good idea,  so here it is. 

At the moment, we are over halfway through a project in Sandford, Crediton - using some fantastic stone, sawn and dressed by Capton Quarry in Somerset (http://www.captonquarry.co.uk/).   Such beautiful stone is a joy for any stonemason to work with, and the end result looks great.   Here are a few photos - work in progress.
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Sandford Steps
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Capton stone
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Reclaimed Flagstones
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