Practical Lime Plaster Workshop with Eden Hot Lime Mortar

Join the team from Eden Hot Lime Mortar for a full day workshop exploring the practicalities of lime plaster.

Please bring your own packed lunch, pen and paper, eye-protection, workclothes - lime is dirty! Tea, coffee and gloves will be provided - there are also work tools available. Bring warm clothes, there is a space heater but it is an open barn. 

This course will cover:

Theory

• Types of lime
• Aggregates
• Why lime works
• When lime won't work
• Cement
• Protection
• Problems to look for in houses
• Breatheable floor systems
• French drains
• Insulation
• Gable ends
• Chimneys pointing
• Rendering paints limewash

Practical

• Pointing
• Plastering
• Parging 
• Lath work
• Insulation
• Skim work
• Making hot mixed mortars
• Making hot limewashes

With support from Fellfoot Forward Communities and funded by the Energy Redress Scheme.

How to book: 

There is a cost of £120 + VAT for this workshop - but for eligible builders in Cumbria the course fee and a bursary to cover costs are available - please enquire!  Other dates are available. 

To book your place on this workshop please email [email protected]

Another date is available: 24 March