How we work on heritage fabric
Heritage remediation requires conservation principles and structural necessity to be reconciled. Cement-rich repairs damage breathable masonry, modern membranes trap moisture in walls designed to dry outward, and an over-scoped restoration can remove the fabric that carries the building’s significance.
Our approach has three parts: analyse before specifying (mortar and render analysis so that repointing and patch repairs match the original in composition and performance rather than in colour alone), intervene minimally (repair in preference to replacement, and reversible systems where conservation policy requires them), and document the works for heritage consultants, permit conditions and future custodians.
Where structural intervention is unavoidable — corroded cramps and lintels, failing balconies, seismic or load upgrades — we detail it with the engineer so that it is as concealed and as removable as the structure allows.
Typical scopes. Repointing and masonry repair, render reinstatement in lime systems, lintel and cramp corrosion treatment, balcony and parapet stabilisation, roof and drainage detail remediation on significant buildings.