Sellick Construction
Traditional building contractors in Dorset
New Build and Restoration
Groundworks - Drains and Landscaping
Masonry - Brickwork, Stone,Flint,Chalk & Cob
Lime Pointing, Plastering, Rendering and Repairs
Limecrete floors and flagstones
Limewash and Pargetting
Masonry. Lime. Dorset
Dorset has many different building materials making up the special character of the county.
Stone and flint, chalk and cob as well as brick and oak are all common and historically only lime mortars ever were in contact with them.
We endeavour to use lime mortar for all conservation work such as lime rendering and lime plastering and lime pointing as well as for new build heritage masonry.
Cement can cause damp and damage soft masonry and lime and earth mortars by trapping moisture within the walls not allowing evaporation.
For this reason we don’t use plastic or cement tanking and where possible only use lime mortars and renders
lime
Lime comes from Old English lim (sticky substance, birdlime, mortar, cement) and is related to Latin limus ('slime, mud, mire'), and linere ('to smear').
