Sample Completed Conservation Projects

Raking out and re pointing of St Bridgets Church, Templebraden, Pallasgreen, Co Limerick

Mid West Lime were the nominated subcontractors for this project, the raking out and re pointing of St Bridgets Church, Templebraden, Pallasgreen, Co Limerick This project involves the raking out of inappropriate sand and cement pointing that is not original to the structure and re pointing in a mortar that matches the original mortar. There …

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The re pointing and plastering of Ormond Castle, Carrick On Suir, Co Tipperary.

Mid West Lime were the successful tenderer for the pointing and plastering work at Ormond Castle. The original structure on site was built in 1309. Later additions were added with the last addition built in 1560. This project involved re pointing problematic areas of masonry with a lime mortar. There was significant water ingress over …

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Conservation and Stabilisation works to the Town Wall at Rinn Duin, Co Roscommon 2017

This project involved working on the deserted medieval town of Rinne Duin situated on the peninsula of St Johns Point, on the western shore of Lough Rea. This settlement dates to 1227 when the castle was built, and a town established. An 11m section of the town wall was to be conserved adjoining a section …

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Consolidation, Stabilisation and Safety Remedial Works to St Andrew’s Church, Kilconly: Phase 1 & 2

Mid West Lime were the successful tenderer for this project. Galway County Council were the client and their brief was to preserve this structure. The project was split into two phases. Phase 1 was roof repair to the main church and Phase 2 was repairs to the Tower. The main roof was in a very …

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Emergency and Urgent works to Carran Church, Poulacarran, Co Clare

Mid West Lime were the successful tenderer for this project for Clare County Council. The scope of works for this job was first to remove all ivy and other vegetation. Stone was to be reinstated where indicated by drawings. Coping stones were recovered from the base of the ruin where an archaeology survey was carried …

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The Cleaning and Rendering of facades at St Marys Cathedral, Limerick

The facades to be rendered were at a high level and were west facing. There was significant ingress which caused many problems for the occupants. The client and the Project Architect decided to render the problematic facades. The site was an exposed site that bounded a one-way busy city street. A traffic management plan was …

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Emergency works to the Rampart Wall at Irishtown Park, Limerick City.

The wall in this area had been vandalised with sections of masonry being removed. We had to repair the damaged sections of masonry in this contract. The scope of work involved excavating under the supervision of an archaeologist, excavating to the reduced depth, filling and compaction in layers and shuttering and pouring a reinforced concrete …

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Repairs And Remedial Work To Historic Walls At Castletown Conyers Graveyard 2018/2019

Client: Limerick City and County Council PSDP: Malachy Walsh and Partners PSCS: Mid West Lime Ltd

Reroofing, Repointing And New Glazing To Fullers Folly, Newcastlewest, Co Limerick

This project consisted of removal of asbestos slate roof and replace it with a natural slate roof. External works also included removal of vegetation, the raking out of cement pointing, repointing with a lime mortar, recording the top three courses of masonry and rebuilding. The two floors within the building were propped down to ground …

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Waterloo Lodge, Coolbaun, Co Tipperary

Mid West Lime were the specialist subcontractor chosen for the installation of Limecrete subfloors on top of geocell foamglass aggregate and lime screeds on top of underfloor heating pipes. We also installed an average thickness of 50mm of Diasen Thermoactive thermal plaster to the internal face of the walls. Due to restricted thickness available for …

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Conservation Projects