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For a week in July 2022, 98 volunteers, specialists and staff gathered to help repair our Old House Project, and neighbouring Boxley Abbey in Kent - one of one of our biggest Working Parties ever! We believe that the best way to learn traditional building skills is through hands-on experience. Our working parties are a fun way to learn from some of the country's leading craftspeople in a relaxe...

What do you do when bricks in a chimney are damaged or eroded? Using our Old House Project as an example, we cover what to look for, replacing an eroded brick, repairing a fractured brick, pointing with lime mortar, after care and why bricks have a frog. Other videos in the series: 1. Introduction: ruclips.net/video/mjmldXlmhAc/видео.html 2. Flaunching and mortar fillets: ruclips.net/video/-E_W...

What do you do when pointing in brickwork is loose or eroded? Using our Old House Project as an example, we cover what to look for, which tools to use, getting the surface ready, pointing with lime mortar and after care. Other videos in the series: 1. Introduction: ruclips.net/video/mjmldXlmhAc/видео.html 2. Flaunching and mortar fillets: ruclips.net/video/-E_Ww9Wnk6s/видео.html 4. Repair and r...

Flaunching is a sloped mortar fillet which helps rainwater to run off and away from the chimney stack, applied to the oversailing course in this case. Using our Old House Project as an example, we cover what to look for, using lime mortar, how to prevent lime mortar staining brickwork and after care. Other videos in the series: 1. Introduction: ruclips.net/video/mjmldXlmhAc/видео.html 3. Repoin...

How do you repair a chimney stack? Using our Old House Project as an example, we cover why chimneys are vulnerable to deterioration and why using a lime mortar is important for repairing old buildings. Other videos in the series: 2. Flaunching and mortar fillets: ruclips.net/video/-E_Ww9Wnk6s/видео.html 3. Repointing: ruclips.net/video/tTxXYw-6vLQ/видео.html 4. Repair and replacement of bricks:...

Regular maintenance is important for buildings of all ages and types. Some deterioration of a building over time is inevitable but regular maintenance helps slow the rate and lessens the need for large-scale, costly work further down the line. Before you get started you’ll need some equipment - binoculars, camera, clipboard and gloves or gauntlets are always very handy. Be very careful working ...

Regular maintenance is important for buildings of all ages and types. Some deterioration of a building over time is inevitable but regular maintenance helps slow the rate and lessens the need for large-scale, costly work further down the line. Before you get started you’ll need some equipment - binoculars, camera, clipboard and gloves or gauntlets are always very handy. Be very careful working ...

Regular maintenance is important for buildings of all ages and types. Some deterioration of a building over time is inevitable but regular maintenance helps slow the rate and lessens the need for large-scale, costly work further down the line. Before you get started you’ll need some equipment - binoculars, camera, clipboard and gloves or gauntlets are always very handy. Be very careful working ...

Regular maintenance is important for buildings of all ages and types. Some deterioration of a building over time is inevitable but regular maintenance helps slow the rate and lessens the need for large-scale, costly work further down the line. Before you get started you’ll need some equipment - binoculars, camera, clipboard and gloves or gauntlets are always very handy. Be very careful working ...

Regular maintenance is important for buildings of all ages and types. Some deterioration of a building over time is inevitable but regular maintenance helps slow the rate and lessens the need for large-scale, costly work further down the line. Before you get started you’ll need some equipment - binoculars, camera, clipboard and gloves or gauntlets are always very handy. Be very careful working ...

In July 2021, the SPAB returned to Boxley Abbey in Kent for a week of hands-on learning, site visits and barbecues! Experts and volunteers worked in the open air on Boxley Abbey's precinct walls, as well as our Old House Project nearby, St Andrews. Come along to our July 2022 working party at Boxley Abbey and St Andrews. Register your interest online now: www.spab.org.uk/learning/working-parties

Although 2021 was a relatively quiet year for the Old House Project, we managed to complete the roof repair work and the complicated new site entrance. Throughout the year we held onsite courses and workshops, and also ran our summer working party. We also carried out a great deal of investigative work into the archaeology of the site. We also continued our exciting research - we used our field...

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Philip Webb Award 2020 | SPAB

Philip Webb Award 2019 | SPAB

John Betjeman Award 2020 | SPAB

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