9382 Ty mawr News Spring 08
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Ty-Mawr ˆ Caring for buildings…Caring for the environment…Caring for health… Manufacturers & Suppliers of traditional & ecological building materials Manwerthwyr a chyflenwyr deunydd adeiladu traddodiadol ac ecolegol
Products Manufacturers of: • Traditional Fat Lime Mortars and Plasters. • Limewashes and Pigments. • glaster® - eco-plasters and mortars. • Limecrete (concrete alternative) floors. • Ty-Mawr ˆ Thermafleece® Insulation - made with 75% Welsh wool.
Welsh Distributor of: • Singleton Birch Hydraulic Lincolnshire Lime - the ONLY British Hydraulic Lime. • HEMPIRE™ Building Plaster - a British, ready mixed plaster made from the hemp fibres, lime and a pozzolan. • Aglaia Plant-based Paints - including: Natural Emulsions (internal wall paints). Paints, glazes, oils and waxes for wood. Paints for metalwork and radiators. • Beeck’s Pure Mineral Paints. • Building boards/plaster carriers including reed mats, reed boards, wood wool boards and woodfibre boards.
Services • site visits or meetings with one of our Product Specialists team to help advise on appropriate materials and techniques, troubleshooting etc.
The Duchy Chooses Local Products! Nigel and Joyce Gervis, founders and directors of T y-Mawr, ˆ are thrilled to be supplying materials to the Duchy's latest restoration project in Wales just 30 minutes from their base near Brecon. They were then invited to meet His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales on his recent visit to Llwynywermod, near Llandovery, to discuss the products. The Prince was particularly interested in the lime plasters supplied; he fully understands the importance of using a 'traditional' breathable, lime plaster in restoring old buildings, but he was intrigued to know more about the contemporary, environmental 'twist' to some of the products manufactured by Ty-Mawr. ˆ In particular, the glaster® caught the Princes' imagination, he could see the merits in using recycled bottle glass instead of sand to avoid quarrying and marine sand extraction, as well as developing a use for a waste product. Chris Bond, lime plasterer for John Weaver Contractors said that he thoroughly enjoyed using the glaster®. He had used it extensively in other projects, such as Elliott Colliery, and told the Prince that he enjoyed the quality of the finish that the glaster® afforded him. The Prince then asked about the work Ty-Mawr ˆ is doing with Hempire™. This Irish manufactured product, which is new onto the market, is an exclusively British, ready made lime plaster with hemp fibres. Nigel explained that having met with Craig Hamilton Architects to discuss the restoration of Llwynywermod, they decided to use Hempire™ for the internal surfaces of some of the external walls as they were in need of a breathable plaster but one which also offered some insulation. The Duchy is keen on using traditional products that work with the building and they feel strongly about using sustainable products where at all possible. The Prince was delighted that they had been able to source high quality, local products that fulfilled these criteria.
• product support via email (including NBS clauses) or telephone.
limecrete
• established courses.
for St John's Church, Cirencester
• product information days and CPD seminars. • visits to Ty-Mawr ˆ for interested groups (by prior arrangement). • hire of the training centre.
Ty-Mawr ˆ is delighted to be working with Ward and Co on this prestigious project. It has taken ten years to get from the drawing board to commencement on site because of the importance of the church and the technical considerations – this work has been done by a design team led by Antony Feltham-King of Michael Drury Architects working with the specialist team at Ty-Mawr. ˆ John Ward, Ward and Co said “The baton passes now to us to bring the proposals to life. The last time the floor was relaid was by George Gilbert Scott in the nineteenth century – this work is of major importance to the Parish of Cirencester and
the use of a limecrete system is at the heart of the changes now being introduced. When the work is complete parishioners, and visitors to the church, will step onto a 650 sq.m Lincolnshire limestone pavement laid with Lincolnshire lime mortar. For candlelight services in winter, they will benefit from underfloor heating laid in a breathable system of insulation, limecrete and lime screed. Now, all we have to do, is start the process of shifting the hundreds of tonnes of material of this 16 month contract!” This is the biggest floor we have been involved with to date but early floors in Worcester Cathedral and St Teilo's Church have all proved to be hugely successful and the word is spreading fast. Ty-Mawr ˆ has designed 54 floors in the first 5 weeks of this year, and this is our quiet time! For more information see www.limecrete.org.uk
T yˆ -Mawr, Llangasty, Brecon, Powys LD3 7PJ Tel: 01874 658000 Fax: 01874 658502 www.lime.org.uk www.limecrete.org.uk www.glaster.org.uk