The OldBuilders Company 

Building Contractors
Restoration & Conservation Specialists
With Special Skills In Lime Mortar Plastering, Rubble Stone Walls, Sash Windows, Doors, Carpentry, Slate Roofing, Lead Work, Cast Iron Guttering & other Conservation Skills
Natural Hemp-Lime Building
with Timber Frame
Eco Friendly Hemp Applications, New Build Timber Frame With Hemp & Lime Construction or Clay Block for  Insulation & energy savings
tír gan dúchas, tír gan anam!!
Tús maith leath na hoibre - Glao ar na SeanLeaids
a good start is half the work - call the old lads

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Henry O'D Thompson is a committee member of the Building Limes Forum Ireland and is on the traditional skills register of The Irish Georgian Society. The Heritage Council featured project.

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Experience

Click here  PERIOD or HISTORIC building renovation/restoration

 

Click here  NEW and CUSTOM BUILT Timber frame housing

 

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Do you excel in your trade and want interesting, challenging and varied work on some of our fine traditional buildings, why not email us and tell us about yourself.


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Restoration Projects

 

Natural Hemp-Lime Building

 

CURRENT PROJECTS:

Carrowcrory Cottage, a total restoration works
Toormor Cottage, Co. Clare, some restoration works

Thurles Court House, Thurles, Co Tipperary, Lime plastering

BlankProject, restoration works

RECENT PROJECTS:

St. Johns Church, Longford, Lime plaster
Annaragh Road, Co Armagh, New build, lime plastering
Drumkeeran Church, Co Leitrim, stone works, Lime pointing
Kiltibrid
Church, Co Leitrim, lime plastering repairs
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t. Andrews Church, Dunmor East, Co Waterford, Stone works, Lime pointing

School Masters House, Inis Mor, Co Galway, French Drain

Claremont Villa, Dunlaoghaire, Co. Dublin, Bay Windows, Lead Works

Tramore Meeting House, Tramore, Co Waterford, Lime Plastering

PREVIOUS PROJECTS:

Christchurch Cathedral, Waterford, restoration works, Lime plastering
Howth Head, Martello Tower, Lime Plastering
Glenaphuca Cottage, complete restoration works
Glenaphuca Farm, restoration works
Ardglasson Village, roof restoration works
Tullamore Court House
,Lime plastering
Gortnakelly Castle
, restoration works
Ballynonty, restoration works
Deerfield Park
,  exploratory works
Emo Court, Lime plaster works
Eyrecourt Wall,  Stone works
Portlaw Dispensary
,windows, doors
Rockfield Hous
e, restoration of barns
Crobally Cottage
, complete restoration
Rush Hill House,
restoration
St. Colman's Church,
restoration
Skerrys Cottage, restoration works
Court House, Dunlavin
, restoration
Coolross House
,
restoration
St. Carthage's Church,
restoration
Treanngarriv Cottage, restoration
Cailin Cottage, before & after photos
Bracken Cottage,
complete restoration
Townsfield Cottage, complete restoration
Cloghan Castle Tower, roof works

BlankProject, restoration works

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEMP-LIME BUILDING
WITH TIMBER FRAME

The Ultimate in Sustainable building
use hemp and Lime
. Natural & Eco friendly at its best

Carrowcrory Cottage, hemp extension

Tulla Hemp, Octagonal Hemp House
see the Tulla house on RTE's "
Nationwide"

Crobally Cottage, Hemp extension
Hemp Building, Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow, photos
Hemp House,Clones, Monaghan
. First Hemp house in Ireland

Eco Shop, Glen of the downs, Hemp wall

Eco building is not just about YOU saving a few bob in oil bills, its NOT about  encasing your house and family in noxious chemical based insulations, resins and materials.  It IS about using natural sustainable materials to build your house, for a warm comfortable and healthy building.  Indoor pollution is the next asbestos/radon type issue, fumes from unhealthy unnatural chemicals that make up a normal modern building..................

Why Build with Hemp

Hemp projects overseas and by others
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Come see us at these shows, ask to make sure we will be attending this year:

SelfBuild Extend & Renovate Shows
For tickets to next show, Contact OldBuilders or book ticket by clicking here

shows in:
Galway, 24,25 May 2008
Waterford, 28,29 June 2008
Dublin, Punchestown, 5,6,7 Sept 2008

Cork,
MillStreet,
31st Oct to Nov 2,  2008
Belfast, 20,21,22nd February 2009

Builders show
Sustainable Building
show, RDS 18-20 Sept 2008

Other shows we are at

Green Energy Fair, Gowran Park, Gowran, Co. Kilkenny, usualy in October 2007

Sonairte, The Ecology Centre, energy day, Usualy in  Oct 2008

Irish Georgian Society, Skills Week
Venue to be decided,  Usual in Sept 2008

Shows and events see photos at recent shows

 

We Start on these projects soon

 
Cullinswood House,   Ranalagh, Dublin,  Lime plastering
St. Johns Church, Ballinalee, Co. Longford, Lime plastering

 

More works this year again at:

 

Drumkeeran Church,  Additional works Phase II, Lime pointing
St. Johns Church, Longford, Phase II, Internal Lime plaster

 

BlankProject, restoration works

                                                         

USES OF LIME:

The Need for Lime

Hemp and Lime in old stone buildings

Lime mortar rendering in restoration and conservation

                         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural Eco friendly Hemp-Lime insulation with New Timber Frame building
 

We operate largely in the midlands, but work anywhere in Ireland

Construction Services
We can provide special skills in lime mortar plastering and other conservation work in one or more areas of your project, or we can handle the c
onstruction management of the complete restoration project.  We're experienced in identifying the hidden features and fabric of your building for restoration. Special co-ordination with your architect or advice on historically authentic or complementary design and planning.

For the residential owner, a special skill in blending your modern comforts while highlighting the historical features of your home. Most builders turn old houses into new houses, we have the expertise and 30 years experience to keep your charming old house looking like a renovated old house not a new one.  Don't turn your unique building into a bungalow, we understand old buildings.

Traditional Skills

Lime Mortars, lime plaster renderings, conservation and reproduction of doors and windows, window mouldings, slate roofing, lead work, cast iron gutters and other period features. Experienced in the use of Hemp as an insulation and construction material to maintain the breathability of your old stone walls, which counteracts damp and condensation. Why use Lime ? Link1 Link2 - Lime mortar supplies Link

Green and environmentally friendly construction techniques and recycling methods can be applied at clients request. With some experience in ecological technology we were the builders the first Hemp House in Ireland and continue to be the lead in hemp building.

Don't Dry Line, Hemp Lime, for a healthier house, dry lining merely hides your problems, in 5 years you get to smell them. Surveys show dry lined buildings over 10 yeas old in 35% of cases have toxic moulds growing.  These moulds have shown to have severe effects on our health.  Facing compensation actions over toxic mould.

Consultation services

Doing the job yourself ?? why not ask the experts !.  We will visit your site in person and give you the benefit of our 30 years in the conservation business. During the visit we go over your building and talk about its construction history, review problems such as damp penetration and structural issues. Discuss what should and should not be done from a conservation point of view; explain typical techniques and procedures that would be appropriate, we can also talk about basic design and layout that would be compatable with the building to bring it up to your proposed standards and needs. We would encourage you to take extensive notes, record the session. We prefer not to, but can provide written reports at an additional charge, fees depending on requirements.

Occasionally those on a tight budget are reluctant to pay consultation fees, but I would suggest you consider that you are benefiting from our 30 years experience in the business for what amounts to a few days of a labourers wages, that's it, surely it will be easily enough for that to be well saved by not making classic mistakes in your conservation works which will amount to tens of thousands.

CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW 2004, OldBuilders participates

Contact Information

Telephone
086 823 6451 - 05791 21133 - (always use the mobile to contact us)
Fax (mobile fax)
0865 8236451 (must press send on your fax machine, needs tone signal) Email preferred
Address
Parke Cottage, The Mall, Eyrecourt, Co. Galway (NOTE: this is a change of address from our Birr Co Offaly address)
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