On Friday, we were providing training to Canal and River Trust Volunteers
On Friday, we were providing training to Canal and River Trust Volunteers, who with our support began to chisel out old cement mortar to expose the original lime mortar between the brickwork of a former stable block and bothy, previously used to shelter canal barge pulling cobs. The brick building sits at the top of the Hurleston flight of locks on the Llangollen Canal, just before its junction with the Shropshire Union. The team of enthusiastic volunteers repointed, what is quite an exposed location, with a moderately hydraulic lime mix, to prevent further damage to the brickwork which was occurring because of excessive wetness, being held in the bricks by cement mortar and acrylic based masonry paints.
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