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This comprehensive course is designed to equip you with the essential knowledge and guidance provided in the Carmarthenshire Shop Front Design Guide.

Join us for this FREE event.  It is for everyone with an interest in sustainable and traditional building. 

There will be experts on hand with a great range of knowledge about traditional building repair and maintenance, energy efficiency, ecological building materials, training and education and listed buildings.

This 1-day course is aimed at people who have experience of working in the construction industry and already understand traditional construction.

Outcomes:

• Appreciate the variety of different traditional lime plasters and mortars
• Understand the range of binders, sands, and aggregates for traditional mortars.
• Justify their use and application methods.
• Appreciate the decision-making process involved in specifying the appropriate materials. 
• Understand the setting characteristics of lime mortars.

The course is aimed at delivering, an understanding and recognition of traditional techniques that will enable a candidate to produce and repair a wide range of joinery products, through a balanced combination of classroom and workshop teaching. 

This one day workshop aims to provide an introductory guide to the preparation and use of lime mortars.

The course will discuss the use of lime putty bound mortars or ‘cold’ mortars based on natural hydraulic limes (NHLs) and hot mixed mortars.

The course will cover health and safety implications, constituents, preparation of mortars, correct mixing equipment and critically at which point these mortars should be used for particular applications

For an old building to be energy efficient, it needs to be in good repair. The first part of this course will help you to understand how old buildings work and some of the more common repair and maintenance issues to look out for. The second part equips you with insights into cost-effective measures designed to lower energy bills and minimize environmental impact, all while preserving the historical charm of your property

Whilst big jobs often require a heritage plastering professional, patch repairs are often easily undertaken by the owner of a building. In this largely practical 1-day course you will learn the essentials of testing your existing mortars; selecting appropriate aggregates and lime; mixing and plastering and pointing application.

This 1-day course is aimed at people who have experience of working in the construction industry and already understand traditional construction.

Outcomes:

• Appreciate the variety of different traditional lime plasters and mortars
• Understand the range of binders, sands, and aggregates for traditional mortars.
• Justify their use and application methods.
• Appreciate the decision-making process involved in specifying the appropriate materials. 
• Understand the setting characteristics of lime mortars.

This 1-day course will support building professionals to undertake condition surveys on historic windows and determine the extent of repair that they require. It will include essential information for applications for Listed Building Consent covering: the significance of historic windows; the components; identifying decay and its causes; drawing profiles; recognising the extent of repair required; specifying materials and finishes; and writing condition surveys.

For an old building to be energy efficient, it needs to be in good repair. The first part of this course will help you to understand how old buildings work and some of the more common repair and maintenance issues to look out for. The second part equips you with insights into cost-effective measures designed to lower energy bills and minimize environmental impact, all while preserving the historical charm of your property

This comprehensive course is designed to equip you with the essential knowledge and guidance provided in the Carmarthenshire Shop Front Design Guide.

For an old building to be energy efficient, it needs to be in good repair. The first part of this course will help you to understand how old buildings work and some of the more common repair and maintenance issues to look out for. The second part equips you with insights into cost-effective measures designed to lower energy bills and minimize environmental impact, all while preserving the historical charm of your property