{"id":14011,"date":"2024-12-29T11:47:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T11:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=14011"},"modified":"2024-12-29T11:47:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T11:47:50","slug":"slct-lime-pointing-10","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/?tribe_events=slct-lime-pointing-10","title":{"rendered":"SLCT &#8211; Lime Pointing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Learn the skills to help you carry out your own mortar pointing repairs.<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to undertake repointing works as part of a renovation project or simply as general maintenance to traditional masonry structures?<\/p>\n<p>This practical &#8216;hands on&#8217; training day will give participants the skill to undertake repointing works with confidence.<\/p>\n<p>This course will provide a sound understanding of traditional building technology, repair techniques and the materials to use when carrying out repointing.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees are encouraged to bring along images of their projects to discuss with the SLCT tutor on the day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotlime.org\/documents\/51\/Lime_Pointing.pdf\">Click here to download PDF copy of the course description\u00a0(40.5 KB)<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Course Suitability<\/h3>\n<p>This course is aimed at those who own or are responsible for a traditional building.<\/p>\n<p>Also suitable for those responsible for maintenance works to traditional buildings or a renovation and conservation project.<\/p>\n<p>This course would also be of interest to homeowners looking to gain new skills.<\/p>\n<p>We are always happy to help learners choose the right course. Please contact us if you would like to discuss which course is suitable for you.<\/p>\n<h3>Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ability to recognise original lime mortars and later inappropriate cement mortars<\/li>\n<li>Ability to proportion out accurately sand and lime binders<\/li>\n<li>Understand how joints and beds should be prepared to receive new lime pointing<\/li>\n<li>Ability to apply lime mortars with pinning stones into prepared joints and beds<\/li>\n<li>Understand the curing conditions required for lime mortars to harden<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Course Programme<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Health and Safety issues<\/li>\n<li>Introduction to traditional buildings<\/li>\n<li>Historic use of lime mortars<\/li>\n<li>Understanding the range of binders, sands and aggregates for traditional mortars<\/li>\n<li>Mortar Mixing<\/li>\n<li>Preparing masonry joints<\/li>\n<li>Techniques of working<\/li>\n<li>Placing of mortar for repointing<\/li>\n<li>Joint finishing<\/li>\n<li>Curing and protection regimes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Cost\u00a3164.30 + VAT<br \/>\n(\u00a3197.16 incl VAT)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn the skills to help you carry out your own mortar pointing repairs. Would you like to undertake repointing works as part of a renovation project or simply as general &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/?tribe_events=slct-lime-pointing-10\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SLCT &#8211; Lime Pointing<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[21],"class_list":["post-14011","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-compintervent","cat_compintervent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/14011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/14011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14016,"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/14011\/revisions\/14016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14011"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftribe_events_cat&post=14011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}