The first and second of two videos I have up loaded this week to show the repair, surveying and project managing work I'm doing at the moment etc youtu.be/zpYuJwYQfk8?is=xbFd… youtu.be/BNS3IvrwkFM?is=JSNe…

Hacked off and bagged up almost a hundred bags and counting, single handedly. I knew passing a masters degree wouldn't change me haha.

I've just been told I have passed my masters degree in conservation and adaptation at the University of Lancashire. If you want help with any changes to a listed building. Heritage impact statements, condition/ measured building and recording surveys etc give me call.

What an absolutely amazing week researching historic buildings in Dorset and Somerset for my final MSc dissertation in conservation and adaptation. Love Wessex. #Dorset #WestCountry #WinterborneStrickland #Blandford #historicbuildings #history #almshouse

Had a bit of time off Twitter lately. Working towards my dissertation. Reading loads of books about historic buildings and techniques. Also written 2 assignment about urban regeneration. I have one assignment left. These books have been quite important along the journey.

Start to limewash this hundred and fifteen years old house in Manchester. The pebbles were dashed onto a haired lime mortar that is still in very order, apart from the odd movement crack.

Late entry for #woodenwednesday Castletown nick Isle of Mann

Nice pint of best bitter on the Prince Rupert in Newark.

The best thing that can happen to a band is for them to get banned.

" I think the colours of architecture should be those of natural stones;" and there it is John Ruskin. The Seven Lamps of Architecture. The Lamp of Beauty. Probably the quote that gave us the the artistic look of built heritage we see today. Bare stone in all its crumbliness

You don't see this in Yorkshire. Hanging slate tiles over timber lintels. Ullswater the Travellers rest.

All of the detail to go in and the cut through elevation but the basic measured sketches are done for my surveying, drawing and recording assignment. 6 hours on the drawing board and scale rule. Hopefully it will get easier. 😃👍

Queen post and joiners marks at the white cloth hall in Leeds. Grade 2 star listed.

One coat of lime render. 5 coats of hydrated lime limewash and and limecrete floor. Small cellar room looking nicer than it did before and ready to store non consumables.

This looks exciting. Extra funds are always welcome and obviously vitality needed to support the heritage sector. ahfund.org.uk/news/latest/5-…

My bucket is caked in lime. A limewash bucket I use for roughing work, cellars, brick sheds, out houses etc. I put water in it & left it for a bit while I sprayed my lime render work ready for washing. I was shocked to see upwards wicking damp haha. Also, the cellar I'm doing now

Historic builders really thought out side of the box. That wooden lintel is only holding a small wall up that's only supporting the bottom of the stairs. They knew half a brick would easily be enough to support it.

Imagine house builders of the time largely ignoring building regulations. Plus, we not only see window tax at this time, we also see a brick tax. According to Pamela Cunningham we discover that full lime covers were used to hide the brickwork & therefore, presumably tax payments

This big plant root is causing issues with this listed wall so it's got to come out. Using 4 year old technology and 4 thousand swear words has me to this point. Haha the one next to it was much easier. Levering off very loose stones is a delicate matter