Facade restoration in East London
Whole-elevation programmes: cracked masonry stitched, mouldings and cornices reformed, defective render cut back and rebuilt, then finished so the front reads as one building again.
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Stone and brick restoration in East London
East London runs from Georgian terraces in Spitalfields and Wapping through Victorian stock brick in Hackney and Bow to converted warehouses along the river.
Warehouse and wharf brickwork takes a particular kind of punishment: exposed elevations, heavy soiling and decades of patch repairs in the wrong mortar. Cleaning has to be judged carefully, because the soft London stock behind the grime will not survive an aggressive system.
On the Georgian and early Victorian fronts around Spitalfields and Bethnal Green the priority is usually gauged arches, tuck pointing and rubbed brick detail, all of which need to be reformed rather than simply filled. We work on listed and conservation-area buildings throughout the boroughs below, and a few photographs are enough for an honest first view.
Areas covered
- Shoreditch
- Hackney
- Bethnal Green
- Spitalfields
- Bow
- Mile End
- Poplar
- Wapping
- Limehouse
- Stratford
- Walthamstow
- Docklands
What we do here
Repointing
Cement pointing raked out by hand and replaced in a lime mortar matched to the original mix, with the joint profile kept true to the building rather than smeared over.
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Paint, graffiti, carbon and organic growth removed with the gentlest system that works, so the brick face and the mortar are left intact.
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Portland and Bath stone frontages cleaned with low-pressure conservation systems - DOFF and TORC - rather than anything that opens up the surface.
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Worn thresholds, sills, copings and window surrounds repaired in matched mortar or indented with new stone cut to the original profile.
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Hollow and blown sections cut out, re-rendered, ruled to the original lines and painted in a breathable finish.
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Talk to us about your project.
A few photographs of the facade are usually enough for us to understand the scope.