Phil Sellick

Heritage masonry and chalk lime mortar. Brick, flint, stone and cob. Lime plaster & rendering. Restoration & Bespoke

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@cFukxijingping @smarterwebuk not true

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Traditional hand laid brick and flint wall we had the pleasure in building #flintwork #brickandflint #traditionalbuilding #dorset #limemortar #gardendesign #flintknapping #dorsetlife #craft #walling #flintwall

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Cottage in Dorset looking a lot more stable now. Still drainage to install at the bottoms of the walls and internal lime plastering to allow it breathe after about 70 years of being tanked at least twice 🥴 #lime #dorset #cob #hotlime

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@SeanSlardner structural eng is assessing - the bottom section is pretty xxxx 😞

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Cement tanking hasn’t done this Dorset cob cottage any favours! Quite a lot of remedial work to come…. #cob #limemortar #Dorset #hotlime #limestone #flint #oldwalls

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@MatthewJDalby @DarrenMcLean_uk that’s newtonite lath made from bitumen - really traps the moisture, and the nails which hold it usually rust completely out. Seen it a fair bit here usually on cob walls where it literally falls off the walls!

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@DavidHenry1968 @MTPlastering Refina are in Poole and offer next day del I think 🤷

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@mattlou69 NHL on this one 👍

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Limestone wall using reclaimed stone we have finished today (good weather still 👍) all with lime mortar. One side of a entranceway, stage 2 yet to come #lime #building #dorset #limestone #walls

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@neilrgolding Thanks Neil, specified with moderately hydraulic lime for this job - pretty exposed location and generally hard limestone so we used Otterbien 3.5 with local gritty sand

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Brick and flint garden wall we had the pleasure of restoring recently #restoration #lime #flint #stonewall #Dorset #traditional

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@MTPlastering thisisradiosam on insta does some nice ones in cob 👍 will give you advice I expect

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@DarrenMcLean_uk Thanks Darren 👍

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Cottage up Coffin Lane hot lime washed today, limewash shows where the wall is still wet - under the windows has not carbonated because the old windows had no cills and water was pouring in. The lime will help to evaporate 👍 #lime #hotlime #traditional #conservation #limerender

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@MTPlastering It would def make sense and a better local job for drivers

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@MTPlastering Be great just not here in mid Dorset as we havnt any trains any more since the 60s

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@MTPlastering They took the lines out near me so no idea 🤷

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@MTPlastering Yup

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@MTPlastering Decided to do it then 👍

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@QuinlanMJ 🙏 @QuinlanMJ much appreciated. Me too, as we got delayed with the windows - just top coat, lime wash and new guttering to go.

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Cottage up Coffin Lane coming on with a second hot mixed lime scratch today #hotlime #limerender #letitbreath