Recently we have been working at this period home in the Roundhay area of Leeds. The elevations had been repointed with a hard cement mortar, that was not allowing the stone to breathe and was therefore detrimental to the stonework. We carefully ran a thin blade...
We recently completed these works at The Metropole Hotel, in Leeds city centre. The hotel was designed by Leeds based architects Harry Sutton Chorley and J.W. Connon. The hotel first opened its doors in 1899. It is renowned for it’s Victorian terracotta facade....
Towards the end of last year, we were in Kippax to carry out cleaning and restoration works to the War Memorial. The memorial remembers those who gave their lives in the Great Wars (1914-1918 and 1939-1945) We used the DOFF steam cleaning system to clean the...
Recently we came across this very striking example of erosion, where the stonework had been completely worn away. As you can see in the photograph above, the hard cement pointing has remained, whilst the stonework has worn away. This erosion has been accelerated by...
We recently completed these masonry works in York, where we were carrying out stone replacement at The Queen’s Hotel. Masonry had become eroded/ damaged over time and was in need of replacement. Our skilled mason’s carefully cut out the defective stone...
Here’s a recent project carried out in the Headingley area of Leeds. This semi detatched property was chemically cleaned and neatly repointed with a lime mortar mix, really enhancing its facade. As you can see the chemical clean has really lifted the...
