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- Are you involved in caring for and maintaining a place of worship in Scotland?
- The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has an open consultation (30 March - 24 May 2026) on updating the Control of Lead at Work Regula
- They’re small, furry and firmly part of traditional British fauna. The masonry bee is an opportunist loner with a taste for old walls.
- Limewash is one of our most useful, beautiful and benign decorative finishes. In many ways it is the ideal choice for old buildings.
- French drains are not French, but are definitely drains, and sometimes useful ones at that! This article explains when they might be used to fight damp.
- The type of mortar that someone proposes for repointing joints in the walls of an old building is a good test of whether they should be working on such buildings at all.
- The inappropriate installation of damp-proof courses to combat rising dampness accounts for much unnecessary work on old buildings. True rising damp is rarer than commonly perceived but is regularly misdiagnosed.
- Damp is the most common and damaging cause of deterioration affecting old buildings and rain penetration accounts for much of this.
- Beaten, twisted, cut or cast, ornate designs bear out the skill and artistry of early craftsmen. And surviving examples are under threat.
- Old roofs of clay plain tiles aren’t all the same. Old peg tiles had individuality and details varied locally. With care, their character can be maintained.
- A few simple measures can often successfully restore a delicate moisture balance in old buildings. This article explains how unwelcome wet can be kept at bay.
- A holistic approach to fungal decay – wet and dry rot – minimises damage, expense and the use of chemicals. This article explains how to fight an old adversary.
- The chimneys of old buildings need more frequent maintenance than masonry less exposed to the weather but this is often neglected because of difficult access.