Restoration

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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Remedial work to Ballinagrave House, Kilshanny

The following phase of work involved removing all the sand and cement mortar off the walls inside the house and insulating the attic and ceilings with sheeps wool and wood fibre boards. The upstairs walls were given a three coats of hemp lime plaster. There were extensive masonry repairs to the walls and around fireplace …

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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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Refurbishment And Alterations Of A Protected Structure At Kilkee, Co Clare.

This project consisted of alterations and refurbishment of an existing protected two storey dwelling house to provide for a loose subdivision into two sections of an existing dwelling house. The alterations consisted of primarily of the removal of the existing roof, construction of a new chimney, the refurbishment/ replacement of up and down sash windows, …

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Donerail Court: Repairs To Decorative Ceilings, Cornice And External Render

Mid west Lime worked as specialist sub-contractors for Eamon Costello (Kerry) Ltd for the upgrading of facilities at Donerail Court which had been closed to the public for 25 years. Our scope of work in this project included repairing and replicating cornice and ceiling roses, carrying out strengthening works to the historic ceilings and retendering …

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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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O Briens Tower, Cliffs of Moher

O Brien’s Tower is situated at the top of one of Irelands busiest tourist locations. It suffered from years of water ingress and the structure was beginning to deteriorate. At the beginning of 2019 Mid West Lime were contracted to carry our renovation and upgrade works to the structure. The scope of works included the …

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Refurbishment and Structural Repairs To Cratleokeel Castle

REFURBISHMENT AND STRUCTURAL REPAIRS TO CRATLOEKEEL CASTLE Mid West Lime Ltd was the preferred contractor to carry out structural repairs, new crenelations, new roof, reinstatement of the front door surround, fabricate and install new spiral stair sections to Cratloekeel Castle. The castle was in a reasonable state of repair. The tower had been slighted during …

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Refurbishment and Extension To Ballyhogan House, Ballycommon, Nenagh

The scope of this project included a new low energy extension onto a protected structure. All materials for this project were selected based on their ecological and sustainable credentials. Much of the existing structure was in a poor state of repair. The existing floors were strengthened and much of the existing plaster was saved. The …

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