Plastering with NHL – Guide
When plastering with lime and using St. Astier NHL instead of non-hydraulic putty mortars reduces the working time by about 50%. NH...
Shelter Coat/Consolidation – Guide
The purpose of a shelter coat is to provide protection to surfaces that suffer unduly from the effects of erosion from wind, rain an...
NHL Renders – Guide
Defect
Causes
Remedies
Shrinkage
&
Cracking greater
than 3/16"Less than 3/16"
Hairline...
Working with Mix & Go – Guide
Mix & Go is a premixed product designed to provide all the benefits of traditional lime mortars for wider general use in the con...
Making NHL Mortar – Guide
NHL Mortar preparation: can be mixed in normal Mortar mixers.
Put approx two-thirds the amount of water, one third the amount of ...
Cladding – Guide
St. Astier NHL products for use with masonry cladding.
For the purpose of this document Masonry Cladding means thin sections of maso...
Ashlar Joints – Guide
Traditional ashlar jointing and bedding mortars were made with lime and crushed chalk, usually with a small amount of crushed stone ...
NHL Mortars: Consumption Chart – Guide
NHL products are bought by weight but mixed by volume.
Their low density in comparison with other binders means that with the same w...
LOG CHINKING, YE ALDE CALK, MEND THE GAP BETWEEN BRICK/STONE AND FRAMES
If you have a “chink” in the armor of a building it is usually due to different or moving materials coming together and the need for...
Our American Institution
The United States of America and its Heritage
The central theme in the inheritance we receive as citizens of the US is the ideals o...
