Repairs to a 170 Year Old home
Repairing walls and mortar in a 170 year old home
Stirling Estate
No matter the age of a home, moisture is one of the most common culprits when it comes to damages.
We recently completed some repairs to a beautiful 170 year old home in Stirling Estate that has seen many generations through it's doors and a storm or two in it's time.
Being close to the ocean, this home has received years of heavy weathering to it's sandstone block walls, which had caused damages to a second storey bedroom from moisture seeping through the walls due to not having a cavity like a modern double brick home (for water drainage) and the mortar between the blocks fretting away on the outside
Moisture had also seeped into one of the walls due to it being an adjoining wall with an extension that had a box gutter overflowing between the two and soaking the wall.
As a result of this moisture, the render on the walls had become drummy (when you knock on render and it sounds hollow) behind the wallpaper which had also blistered.
Being close to the ocean, this home has received years of heavy weathering to it's sandstone block walls, which had caused damages to a second storey bedroom from moisture seeping through the walls due to not having a cavity like a modern double brick home (for water drainage) and the mortar between the blocks fretting away on the outside
Moisture had also seeped into one of the walls due to it being an adjoining wall with an extension that had a box gutter overflowing between the two and soaking the wall.
As a result of this moisture, the render on the walls had become drummy (when you knock on render and it sounds hollow) behind the wallpaper which had also blistered.
Being close to the ocean, this home has received years of heavy weathering to it's sandstone block walls, which had caused damages to a second storey bedroom from moisture seeping through the walls due to not having a cavity like a modern double brick home (for water drainage) and the mortar between the blocks fretting away on the outside
Moisture had also seeped into one of the walls due to it being an adjoining wall with an extension that had a box gutter overflowing between the two and soaking the wall.
As a result of this moisture, the render on the walls had become drummy (when you knock on render and it sounds hollow) behind the wallpaper which had also blistered.
To repair the damages, we removed the skirting, window architraves and render up to one metre before re-rendering these areas with a waterproofing additive mixed in to prevent moisture from damaging the wall again and reinstating the skirting & architraves.
We also repaired a flashing to where the the verandah meets the sandstone blocks at the request of our Client as the flashing was leaking during rains.
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