Restoration

Bigg Hands has extensive knowledge in the sympathetic restoration of many period properties, including 17th Century Cheshire farms, Georgian Manor houses and Victorian and Edwardian terraces. Bigg Hands has experience working to English Heritage and local council specifications. A respect and knowledge of old buildings makes Bigg Hands an ideal option for your restoration work.

Traditional building materials can and will be used when stipulated for heritage work. For example: when pointing old brickwork, too often hard Portland cement will be wrongly used, accelerating the deterioration of the brickwork and causing damp issues. Breathable lime-mortar should be the material of choice.

Bigg Hands has skills in the following areas:

• Pointing brickwork using lime-mortars
• Lime-plasters
• Decorative plaster-work, coving, ceiling roses, cornices
• Breathable limewashes & silicate paints
• Floor tiling, using traditional quarry tiles including acid cleaning of tiles
• Cobbles & setts
• Pitch pine flooring
• Floor and beam sanding
• Sash window restoration
• Cast iron guttering