| Acknowledgements | p. vii |
| Dedication | p. viii |
| Foreword | p. ix |
| An approach to using lime | p. 1 |
| Lime: a versatile binder | p. 1 |
| Characteristics of limes | p. 2 |
| Air limes, hydraulic limes, and those in between | p. 4 |
| What limes do in buildings | p. 4 |
| Specifying building limes | p. 6 |
| What lime is and how it is prepared | p. 8 |
| Introduction | p. 8 |
| Preparation | p. 9 |
| Hydraulic limes | p. 12 |
| Pozzolanic additives | p. 14 |
| Magnesian limes | p. 14 |
| Tools and equipment | p. 16 |
| Tools for lime | p. 16 |
| Plant and equipment | p. 17 |
| Setting-out tools | p. 23 |
| Plasterers' tools | p. 28 |
| Masons' tools and additional equipment | p. 42 |
| Limewashes | p. 49 |
| Uses and qualities | p. 49 |
| Preparation of a basic limewash | p. 50 |
| Additives to the basic limewash | p. 53 |
| Applying limewash | p. 56 |
| Performance standards and trial mixes | p. 58 |
| Lime mortars | p. 60 |
| Definition of mortar | p. 60 |
| Performance | p. 60 |
| Basic materials for mortar | p. 63 |
| Additives | p. 65 |
| Mortar preparation | p. 67 |
| Mortar from non-hydraulic (Class A) quicklime | p. 70 |
| Mortar from hydraulic (Class C) quicklime | p. 71 |
| Mix proportions | p. 72 |
| Application of mortar | p. 72 |
| Trial mixes | p. 75 |
| Plain lime plastering for interiors | p. 77 |
| Introduction | p. 77 |
| Tools | p. 77 |
| Backgrounds | p. 77 |
| Materials for lime plastering | p. 83 |
| Plain lime plaster application | p. 88 |
| Texture and finishes | p. 98 |
| Ceilings | p. 99 |
| Gauging with gypsum or plaster of Paris | p. 101 |
| External renders and thrown finishes | p. 103 |
| Introduction | p. 103 |
| Tools | p. 105 |
| Backgrounds | p. 106 |
| Materials | p. 106 |
| External lime render, mixes and applications | p. 110 |
| Thrown finishes | p. 112 |
| Traditional Indian renders | p. 117 |
| Lime gauging, daub and earth finishes | p. 120 |
| Gauging with Portland cement | p. 121 |
| Identification of faults | p. 122 |
| Decorative plasterwork | p. 127 |
| Introduction | p. 127 |
| Run mouldings | p. 127 |
| Cast moulds | p. 134 |
| Pargeting | p. 138 |
| Modelling stucco in situ | p. 140 |
| Depeter | p. 143 |
| Carved and diapered plaster | p. 144 |
| Sgraffito | p. 146 |
| Italian stuccos | p. 148 |
| Stabilization and other mixes incorporating lime | p. 152 |
| Earth stabilization | p. 152 |
| Daub construction | p. 154 |
| Pise de terre or rammed earth | p. 156 |
| Lime-stabilized earth bricks and blocks | p. 157 |
| Lime and cow dung rendering and pargeting | p. 163 |
| Renders and slurries for soil structures | p. 164 |
| Roof finishes | p. 166 |
| Tar and lime coating | p. 167 |
| Calcium silicate bricks and components | p. 168 |
| Substructure: floors, roads and lime concrete | p. 171 |
| Floors and paving | p. 171 |
| Roads | p. 178 |
| Lime concrete | p. 182 |
| Hydraulic mortar and concrete specifications | p. 186 |
| Lime concrete canal lining in India | p. 189 |
| Water mortars for making lime concretes | p. 190 |
| Limestone recognition, testing and standards | p. 193 |
| Field investigation | p. 193 |
| Geological origin of rocks | p. 194 |
| Limestone recognition | p. 195 |
| Field tests for lime | p. 203 |
| Field tests for sand, pozzolans and mortars | p. 216 |
| Field tests for soil stabilization | p. 223 |
| Standard test methods | p. 227 |
| National standards | p. 237 |
| Maintenance guidelines | p. 240 |
| Introduction | p. 240 |
| Structural movement | p. 240 |
| Roof coverings | p. 241 |
| Rainwater goods above ground | p. 241 |
| Drainage below ground | p. 242 |
| Sanitary fittings | p. 242 |
| Maintaining wall finishes | p. 243 |
| Maintaining ceilings and decorative plasterwork | p. 246 |
| Metalwork | p. 249 |
| Floors | p. 249 |
| Roads and paths | p. 250 |
| Vegetation | p. 250 |
| Summary | p. 251 |
| References and bibliography | p. 252 |
| Glossary | p. 259 |
| Appendices | p. 280 |
| Proposed classification of building limes by hydraulicity | p. 280 |
| Pozzolans: natural and artificial | p. 282 |
| Sieve gauge and mesh size conversion table | p. 285 |
| Select list of national standards | p. 286 |
| Minerals associated with common limestone chemicals | p. 290 |
| Chemical analysis of hydraulic limes and natural cements | p. 292 |
| Effects of the addition of pure limes to natural hydraulic limes | p. 293 |
| Suitability of soils for the addition of lime | p. 294 |
| Recommended quantities of gypsum for gauging internal lime plaster | p. 295 |
| Comparative crushing strengths of mortars and associated building materials | p. 296 |
| Properties of bricks and blocks | p. 297 |
| Comparative compressive strengths of traditional British lime mortars with those given in some European standards | p. 299 |
| Conversion tables | p. 300 |
| Index | p. 301 |
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