Flint and brick lime repointing Winchester
Most of my work is lime brick repointing so mixing it up with some flint is always a nice change. This beautiful wall in my hometown of Winchester had soil banked against it for many years. Once the soil was removed it needed to be repointed to protect it. Also, the coping bricks needed deep repointing due to heavy water penetration over time. It does have cement repointing on the areas that were exposed before the soil removal and this was left. This was a big enough job without poking the bear...
I actually like where the old meets new, the change of materials that have been used over time. When working on this I thought of all those who had previously added their stamp and wondered what they were thinking and how life was for them.
It was a real pleasure to work on this for many reasons. I met some amazing people, could park my van, and gave something back to the history of my town. The materials were carefully selected from the Winchester Lime Centre.