Facade restoration in West 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 West London
West London is stucco country: white and cream fronted terraces through Kensington, Notting Hill and Holland Park, with red brick and stone dressings further out towards Chiswick, Ealing and Richmond.
On stucco the usual problems are hollow render, cracked mouldings and cement repairs that have trapped water behind the face. Sections are cut back to sound material, re-rendered, ruled to the original lines and finished in a breathable paint so the wall can dry out rather than blow again.
Behind and beside the stucco there is a great deal of gauged brickwork, stone thresholds and window surrounds that need repair rather than replacement. We work on listed and conservation-area buildings across the areas below, and a handful of photographs is enough to give an honest first view of what a facade needs.
Areas covered
- Kensington
- Notting Hill
- Holland Park
- Bayswater
- Maida Vale
- Chiswick
- Hammersmith
- Shepherd's Bush
- Ealing
- Acton
- Richmond
- Kew
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.