Traditional Lime, Brick & Stone Repair | Short Course

Without a doubt our most popular homeowner’s workshop ever! – This workshop covers all aspects of Traditional Lime, Brick & Stone Restoration and Repair.

This workshop is completely hands-on and will allow you to remove failing mortar, mix appropriate mortars and place/finish lime mortar like a pro!

Choosing A Traditional Floor

There are many reasons for replacement of a wooden floor in a traditional home. Small repairs to existing floors may be required due to damage from a leak around a hot water radiator, vents that are no longer in use, or a wall that has been moved.

Painting A Raised Panel Door

Recently we restored an early six-panel wooden door. When it came to painting it, we found the task not as easy as one may think. If you paint across the grain, the finished product looks terrible.

Painted Brick? What to do?

Many times I come across houses that have been painted and many of our subscribers ask what to do with the painted bricks and in some case, how you can remove the paint from the brick?

New Life for an Abandoned House

On this episode of the Chris Cooper show I will introduce the second of our project houses. A long forgotten farmhouse built in 1837 located in Bright, just 5 minutes west of Cambridge, Ontario.