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Heritage Masonry @limemortarscot

Skilled craftsmen trained to carry out traditional repairs to the historic build environment. Works on #stone, #limerenders, harls, #plasters and lime paints

Joined January 2017
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Another one of the team hard at work πŸ’ͺ 🀘 #heritagemasonry #stonemasonedinburgh #edinburghchimneys
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Some more work from #CaltonHill project #limemortarrestoration #Edinburghheritage #edinburghconservation
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Check the team in action! #doffstonecleaning #jostorccleaning #edinburghworldheritage
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Enjoying this basement restoration at one of #WorldHertiageArea in Albany street, Edinburgh Stage 1. Doff stone clean to remove modern paints & vegetation... #doff #restoration #heritagestonemasonry
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🎢There's not building high enough 🎡 As an alternative to erecting expensive and time-consuming scaffold and where normal ladders are unsuitable or fall foul of health and safety laws, cherry pickers could be your solution. We can offer #removingvegetation #limemortarworks #st
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The fact of being exact and accurate AKA #heritagesotnemasonryedinburgh πŸ€“ Heritage Stonemason Scot provides services throughout Edinburgh, Fife, Perth and the Lothians & Scottish Borders πŸ“²0131 440 4645 Need some help or advice?? #heritagemasonry #stonemasonedinburgh #edinburg
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See the difference after we removed vegetation & carbon build up and repointed open mortar joints with lime mortar townhouse in #Edinburgh Need some advice? Get in touch 0131 440 4645, heritagemasonry.scot@aol.co.uk #heritagemasonry #stonemasonedinburgh #heritage
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Here we are at East Claremont in #Edinburgh, removing vegetation from failed joints #mortar at high level #townhouse. We'd also cleaned and #repointed with #limemortar helped by motorised #boom πŸ’ͺ Need some help or advice?? πŸ“²0131 440 4645 #heritagemasonry #stonemasonedinburgh
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Lime mortar roughcasting front & rear elevations πŸ’ͺπŸ‘Œ Former tenement, restored for the #CockburnConservationTrust by Robert Hurd and Partners, 1981. It is important as one of the few remaining examples of early tenement design outside the Old and New towns. It stands on land
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Its just the right time to get your garden ready?? 🏑 πŸ“²0131 440 4645 Need some help or advice?? #heritagemasonry #stonemasonedinburgh #edinburghheritage
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πŸ›‘πŸ›‘πŸ›‘πŸ›‘πŸ›‘πŸ›‘ It’s the time of the year for the Winter Working Program to get starting again heritagestonemasonedinburgh.… #calltoday #limemortar #HeritageMasonryScot
Rescuing a cast iron balconyrail in the heart of the city by @heritagemasonryscotland πŸ“²0131 440 4645 Need some help or advice?? #heritagemasonry #stonemasonedinburgh #edinburghheritage
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Another day in the office!!πŸ˜€πŸ‘€ #amazingplacetoworkon #heritagemasonry #stonemasonedinburgh
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Bringing history to life => edinburghnews.scotsman.com/h… #barntonquarry #heritagescotland #edinburghheritage

Planning permission sought to turn Cold War bunker into visitor attraction centre

The owners of Edinburgh’s famous Cold War nuclear bunker want to turn it into a visitor attraction and conference facility.

edinburghnews.scotsman.com
Chimney's strip & rebuild @ Inverleith, Edinburgh with #compassroofingltd #restorationproject #heritagemasonry #masonry
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Up and close with history => dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-n… #virtualtour #edinburghcastle #historicenvironment

Incredible Edinburgh Castle 3-D model lets you get up close like never before

You can enjoy an in-depth virtual tour from anywhere in the world.

dailyrecord.co.uk
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Edinburgh council is set to discuss whether or not certain streets should have their cobbles ripped up this week =>edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edi… #heritagelost #edinburgh #history

Historic cobbles on Edinburgh roads could be ripped up after resident petition

Residents in and around Inverleith had submitted proposals to flatten out a selection of streets in the area to reduce traffic noise.

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Setting up next contract with main contractor @compass-roofing πŸ‘‹ πŸ’ͺ #collaboration #heritageproject #edinburghproject
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Small chimney completed βœ”οΈ by #stonemasonryedinburgh & #Leadwork to finish by @compass-roofing #collaboration #heritageproject #edinburghproject
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Edinburgh New town basement #stone staircase step tread πŸ’― replacement indented with new stone, #blacksmith removed. Refurbished and #refitting of railings banister @forthfabrication
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