Working with Lime Course

Learn how to repair the stonework in your older home using traditional lime-based skills.

Cowal-based Eland Stuart dyking and masonry will provide you with the practical skills and knowledge you need to get started in this two-day hands-on workshop. 

Using a lime mortar, Eland will guide you through the process of repointing a whinstone wall. You will also learn how to apply a protective limewash to a brick wall.

• When Friday 25 and Saturday 26 April

• Where POP shop, 28 Hillfoot Street, Dunoon

• Price £260 per person 

Full payment is required on booking to secure your spot.

Why lime?

Lime is breathable and allows moisture in the building to escape, which is important in older buildings like many of the traditional homes and business buildings here in Cowal. Using lime is also a low-carbon and low-impact approach to building repair. 

Typical work that Eland undertakes is the removal of 20th-century sand and cement repairs from a 19th-century house. He replaces that with a lime mortar to improve the building’s performance in managing moisture.

What to expect

• Learn how to prepare and use lime mortar and lime wash on a wall repair.

• Learn about the environmental and conservation benefits of using lime mortar and a lime wash.

• Gain hands-on practical experience.

• Lunch made by the fabulous Coorie Cooks (vegan and veggie).

The fee is to be paid in full to secure your place.

This course is delivered in partnership with Eland Stuart and POP shop enterprises CIC. The POP shop is dedicated to community-inspired solutions to climate change that build health and wealth in our community.

About Eland Stuart

With a background in archaeology and a passion for traditional construction materials and skills, Eland Stuart runs a dyking and masonry business based in Cowal. 

He works mainly for private clients on older houses but has also worked on World Heritage Site conservation projects for the National Trust for Scotland and a grade-A listed bridge.