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Render On or Render Off? Making the Right Choice for Your Historic Property

Render should shield your home - not suffocate it. Yet for many older buildings, especially those coated in cement-based render, the opposite is happening. Trapped moisture, cracked facades, and invisible decay are just some of the consequences of using the wrong materials on traditional structures. At The…

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November 7, 2022

Cement Mortars / Damp / Lime Motars / Non-porous Materials / Non-porous render

Damp In Traditional Homes And The Reasons You May Have It

Trapped moisture is one of the leading causes of damp in traditional homes this blog helps you recognise the issues and damage it may cause

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August 7, 2022

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Jane Chung

5/13/2025

Very pleased with the work done by The Yorkshire Lime Company. Dealing with them was very easy from initial contact to job completion. The team that did the work were hardworking, communicated well and tidied the work area up at the end of each day. Gage Carney, the lead craftsman knew his stuff, and he and his team went over and above to ensure everything was done satisfactorily and well. A special thank you to Gage, Harry and Keon who worked an especially long day at the end of the job to ensure everything was completed and that all the rubble accumulated over the five weeks of work was dumped into a skip. Also a special mention to Shannon who dealt with the administrative aspects of the job efficiently and well.

Lucy Campbell

3/02/2026

Excellent customer service from start to finish. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Lee & team at The Yorkshire Lime Company. All communication and advice provided was clear and extremely helpful. Friendly & professional service. Thank you Lee and Shannon.

Kate Dodd

7/01/2025

The work is first class and they are so reliable. They really care about the property and leave it lovely and tidy when they finish. Highly recommended.

Mark Whitton

9/04/2022

We have had our 1930s house repointed in lime mortar by the Yorkshire Lime Company using Yorkshire Lime. After weeks of work it looks spectacular. The finish is superb due to the workmanship and materials involved. Recommended.

Just Transition Wakefield

5/21/2026

Lee and Scott did a great job - the bay window stitching was completed efficiently, although we had to wait for the helical bar to arrive. Stonework is secure.
The front wall looks great too.
Would I use Yorkshire Lime again? - absolutely.
One star off for mix up over start dates, not for any work issues.

Louise Wakefield

10/21/2025

Thank you to Lee & his crew from the Yorkshire Lime company for transforming our 200 year old cottage. It had previously been pointed in cement & all the bricks were spalling. They used a Doff machine to remove some of the terrible plastic sandtex paint & repointed the walls in hot lime mortar which they slaked on site, a true skill & historic trade to preserve our old solid wall buildings. They also replaced an old wooden lintel that was rotten with a new lintel & bricked up above it & also replaced other bricks that were too damaged. We had cheaper quotes from some companies who claimed they were pointing in lime but when you unpicked the quotes they were using NHL from builders merchants which is not proper lime & is still too hard, like cement & so would still cause damage to the bricks, don’t waste your money on these companies, got to the experts, I.e. The Yorkshire Lime company.. Lee also showed us how to make our own limewash which is cheaper than buying it. I I can highly recommend this company if your want to preserve the fabric of your old solid wall building for years to come, lime mortar allows the bricks to breathe & prevents damp internally. A fantastic job, thanks again 😊

Faye Barclay

6/01/2023

Lee was incredibly helpful with offering advice on how to help prevent damp in a very old house. He was very informative, knowledgeable and responded to emails very quickly. Thank you once again for your help.

Nyangoma Brenda

8/18/2026

I’m Brenda from Uganda. I had a great experience with the summer school training by the Yorkshire Lime Company. My trainer was enthusiastic about like and its processes and made sure I was engaged fully and understood it beyond the theory.

J Parry

12/05/2022

Thank you so much for the absolutely brilliant job patch pointing our brickwork with hot lime mortar pointing on our house in York. We were so impressed with the excellent care and attention to detail and really pleased with the result. Many thanks!

Charlotte Quinn

5/03/2023

We employed Yorkshire Lime Company to repoint our late 1800s brick-built property. We knew we wanted this doing in lime, and Lee came out and fully explained reasoning for using hot lime versus other methods. He is extremely knowledgeable and the lads who came out to complete the works did an excellent job of both the pointing and some brick replacements which were necessary. The work is very neat, the team polite/friendly and they did a good job of clearing up and cleaning down at the end.

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Faye Barclay

6/01/2023

Lee was incredibly helpful with offering advice on how to help prevent damp in a very old house. He was very informative, knowledgeable and responded to emails very quickly. Thank you once again for your help.

Rachel Murphy

8/18/2026

I had the pleasure of learning from Lee as part of the Commonwealth Heritage Conservation Programme at Wentworth Woodhouse, and he was a fantastic tutor.

Lee was incredibly knowledgeable and clearly very passionate about lime and traditional building techniques. He was great at explaining everything in a way that was easy to understand, while also giving us plenty of hands-on experience. We learnt about different lime mixes, earth mortars, wet and dry slaking, ash mortar and, of course, the full process of lime pointing.

What really stood out was Lee’s enthusiasm for his craft and his willingness to share his knowledge and experience with us. He made the practical sessions really enjoyable and was always happy to answer questions.

It was a brilliant programme and having the opportunity to learn from someone with Lee’s experience was definitely one of the highlights. I came away with a much better understanding of lime and lots of practical skills that I can take back into my work in conservation in Northern Ireland.

Would highly recommend Lee and The Yorkshire Lime Company to anyone interested in traditional lime work and conservation!

S Errington

5/17/2023

Great experience with Lee this past weekend training me in lime pointing. A really knowledgeable guy who is obviously very passionate about what he does. Many may say they are lime experts but Lee is the real deal. I’d highly recommend him for any training or conservation work you need.

Sarah Cobham

11/12/2022

The Yorkshire Lime Company have been absolutely brilliant as they have just spent 9 weeks working on our Grade II* listed Westgate Unitarian Chapel using hot lime pointing, and lime torching, as well as working with our architects and Historic England who, after inspecting their work said they had never seen such good heritage pointing. I would thoroughly recommend Lee Gillard and his team as absolute experts in their field. The Yorkshire Lime Company went the extra mile to save our chapel wall when we realised the Victorian mortar was destroying the Georgian Bricks!

Dan linney

6/18/2022

Fantastic work. Lee has a really passion for what he does and make's sure the job is done properly. Would highly recommend.

Chris B.

7/22/2024

We highly recommend Lee, Gage and the Yorkshire Lime Team. It all started with small patch job to prevent water ingress above some windows on the upper floors. Lee gave us an initial day rate to do the initial work, with an agreement to go fixed price should we progress further. The day rate is expensive, so we were pleased to set a fixed price after a few days. After getting up close to the Ashlar joints, it was very clear that the cement installed (in the 1950’s) on top of the existing lime mortar was causing entrapment of water and subsequent damage to the stone. So with a fixed price agreed, the whole building was done top to bottom. I was very active cleaning, snagging and even learning how to hot lime point. I now have a true appreciation of how slow and delicate Ashlar Pointing is. Snagging is something Lee and the team are more than happy to do, they really accepted my compulsive OCD. Lee is very knowledgable and has a great right hand man called Gage, both have great experience, an eye for detail and an understanding of Heritage buildings. The whole job took 4 weeks. In addition Lee & Gage did some stone repairs with Lithomix. Hot Lime Not NHL (Natural Hydraulic Lime) : The previous year we had entrusted a previous tradesman to do NHL patch pointing, at the time were not aware of Hot Lime, within 12 months the NHL had failed and fallen out in many places. I did a lot of research into to Lime pointing after the NHL failed and was pleased to find Lee and Yorkshire Lime Company. I have included two infra red internal photos showing how the building was holding water (cold dark blue colours) and is now dryer (warmer orange colours). I took both these photos the day after a day of heavy rain. I would also like to complement Lee on his aftercare too, while I was cleaning the building prior to scaffolding coming down, I spotted two key joints that still had cement pointing in, he came straight out and sorted them out while the scaffolding was coming down, Thank you Lee. We finally have a water tight building that can breathe too.

Gary oakes

3/17/2025

Cannot recommend highly enough, we’ve had them round twice for two substantial projects, and each time we have been and are delighted with the work. The most recent challenge was the repair / partial rebuild and repointing of a large walled garden wall using hot lime mortar. The job was a huge one, tackled in excellent fashion by Lee and his team. I’m sure you can find the before and after photos on their Facebook page, but the difference is huge. From a shabby, dangerous, rickety, plant growth filled wall to something that is rebuilt, secure, safe and very smart indeed. Can only imagine that the final result is what is would have looked like 150 or so years ago when it was built. Will be booking the team in for their next challenge in the summer! And looking forward to having them with us again.

J Parry

12/05/2022

Thank you so much for the absolutely brilliant job patch pointing our brickwork with hot lime mortar pointing on our house in York. We were so impressed with the excellent care and attention to detail and really pleased with the result. Many thanks!

Abbey Jensen

8/18/2026

Couldn't recommend the Yorkshire Lime Company more! I'm from New Zealand and Lee trained me in lime pointing at Wentworth Woodhouse as part of the Commonwealth Heritage Forum Summer School Course where I had the best experience. I have never met anyone so knowledgeable and passionate about conservation masonry, and will continue to follow what amazing things Yorkshire Lime do for heritage! Thanks again Lee!

Viet Bui

6/18/2023

I had some bricks repointed and a large hole filled up. Great job from the team!

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