TY - BOOK AU - Holmes,Stafford AU - Wingate,Michael TI - Building with lime: a practical introduction SN - 9781853393846 PY - 1997/// CY - London PB - Intermediate Technology KW - Lime KW - Building materials KW - Handbooks, manual, etc N1 - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references (pages [252]-258); An approach to using lime -- Lime: a versatile binder -- Characteristics of limes -- Air limes, hydraulic limes, and those in between -- What limes do in buildings -- Specifying building limes -- What lime is and how it is prepared -- Preparation -- Hydraulic limes -- Pozzolanic additives -- Magnesian limes -- Tools and equipment -- Tools for lime -- Plant and equipment -- Setting-out tools -- Plasterers' tools -- Masons' tools and additional equipment -- Limewashes -- Uses and qualities -- Preparation of a basic limewash -- Additives to the basic limewash -- Applying limewash -- Performance standards and trial mixes -- Lime mortars -- Definition of mortar -- Performance -- Basic materials for mortar -- Additives -- Mortar preparation -- Mortar from non-hydraulic (Class A) quicklime -- Mortar from hydraulic (Class C) quicklime -- Mix proportions -- Application of mortar -- Trial mixes -- Plain lime plastering for interiors -- Materials for lime plastering -- Plain lime plaster application -- Texture and finishes -- Ceilings -- Gauging with gypsum or plaster of Paris -- External renders and thrown finishes -- External lime render, mixes and applications -- Thrown finishes -- Traditional Indian renders -- Lime gauging, daub and earth finishes -- Gauging with Portland cement -- Identification of faults -- Decorative plasterwork -- Run mouldings -- Cast moulds -- Pargeting -- Modelling stucco in situ -- Depeter -- Carved and diapered plaster -- Sgraffito -- Italian stuccos N2 - A general reference to a broad range of uses for lime in construction, and a technical manual for those considering lime as a building material. The authors provide a clear explanation of all the major uses of lime in building, and include a chapter on economic considerations ER -