Granite Villa, West End of Aberdeen, Aberdeen | Restoration Case Study

Our role: Contractor
Client: Private homeowner
Engineer: LTM Building Consultancy

This late 19th-century semi-detached granite villa in Aberdeen's West End is built of mass granite bedded in hot lime mortar. We repointed it in lime over two phases for the owner.

Before & after

Drag across the image to compare the building before our work and after completion.

Granite Villa, West End of Aberdeen after restoration by LTM Group

Granite Villa, West End of Aberdeen before restoration

BeforeAfter

The challenge

Cement pointing had been applied over the original lime mortars, and the exposed chimney and skews needed to stay weathertight.

Our solution

We carefully removed the cement from the front elevation and repointed in traditional lime, then lightly cleaned the façade with a weak biocide. The owner then asked us back for a second phase on the gable and chimney, where we used a more robust hydraulic lime on the cope and skew stones and rebedded the chimney cans with new hydraulic lime haunching.

Outcomes

Lime returned

Cement replaced with lime to suit the original construction.

Repeat client

The owner commissioned a second phase after the first.

Exposed details protected

Hydraulic lime used where weather exposure is greatest.

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