Croí na Gaillimhe
1 Mill Street, Galway
Dates from the 19th century. Built description.
Owners: Society Of St. Vincent de Paul
Architect: Sean McCallion:
Quantity Surveyors: Partick A Butler & Partners
Main Contractor: The OldBuilders Company : Lime pointing, stoneworks, stone repairs, other works.
Job Description: External conservation work, external walls, removals of cement pointing and poorly applied lime pointing, re-pointing of wall, repairs to stonework. During an otherwise well planned extensive restoration job, the outside stonework had been pointed in lime but done very poorly leaving the building vulnerable to damp penetration. Bad practice included leaving cement in place, shallow pointing, steel troweled finish which limits breathability, fissures and snots allowing in water, cutting stone to create artificial joints, wholesale removal of pinning and galleting stones, weakening the walls and changing the appearance. It should also be mentioned that this rubble stone wall would have been originally plastered in a wetdash finish. Although popular and aesthetically pleasing, pointing is not correct historically, rubble stone walls of the mid 19century and earlier were almost universally plastered.
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