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ædicule

     [ee—di—kyool]

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ædicule’s services

(Latin. Noun. Of micro architecture. Lit. Little building)

Website designed, built and published by Michael Alexander Brown

STONE REPAIRS

Limestone ‘test panel’

worked stone sampleworked stone sample repairlime-mortar repair to worked stone

NOTES: Piece of worked stone I deliberately damaged so that I could build up sections of lime mortar repair. Notice the stainless steel armatures around which the first coats of mortar are applied.

worked lime stone damagedrepair of worked stonerepairs to stone

NOTES: This is the same piece of stone, but photographed wet.

Due to the difference in porosity between the stone and the repair, the repair is highlighted when the stone is saturated.