my only advice is make sure they use lime
Yep it’s lime and is doing things properly. Impressed with his quality of work.
Our has just been done too, I've learned a lot about stone and lime pointing, did he cover it with Hessian and then knock it back in the morning whilst green hard? Stops it drying too quick and knocking it back seats it further into the joint and gives a more pleasing texture.
Need a double like button on here.
Bob
Nice and tidy. I like how lime mortar has different shades from the same batch initially depending on the moisture content in the stone.
Apparantly carbonation occurs at a rate of approximately 1mm per months.