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Recycle Week – reasons to use lime mortar
The 21st – 27th September 2020 is ‘Recycle Week’ which is a celebration of recycling. This year, the theme thanks the nation for continuing to recycle despite the challenges that COVID-19 has presented, under the banner ‘Together – We Recycle’.
Using lime mortars in new building projects as a replacement for cement mortars could make recycling materials easier because…
- Old lime mortar can be easily crushed and recycled for use as aggregate in new lime mortars.
- Bricks and stone bedded in lime mortar can easily be dismantled and re-cycled for new building projects when the building reaches the end of its life.
- Ridge tiles bedded in lime mortar on roofs can easily be removed without damage during re-roofing, and re-cycled for use on the same roof.
- Old lime mortar can be crushed and re-cycled as a soil conditioner to balance the pH of soils.
2024 Conference and Gathering
The next BLF Conference and Gathering will be held in Brighton, 6-8 September. Booking will open in May, but hold the dates!
Membership of the Building Limes Forum is open to all. No prior knowledge or experience in the use of lime in building is required. The membership form may be downloaded by clicking on the link below.
Become a member
Members of the Building Limes Forum form a community of lime enthusiasts and practitioners, most of whom are producers, suppliers, specifiers or users of lime.
Useful documents
Contact Building Limes Forum
Building Limes Forum
Riddle’s Court
322 Lawnmarket
Edinburgh, EH1 2PG, UK