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Stoneware Studios manufacture, supply and promote an extensive range of quality materials and services for the repair of Historic Buildings.

Insulating Plaster

Otterbein Calcea Insulating Plaster supplied by Stoneware Studios being applied by the men of Kenneth Sisk Plastering in Cork City. Easy to apply, no biodegradation, NHL with perlite (natural forming volcanic glass used for a long time for drainage and aeration) and with v good thermal performance we like this product.  Thermal conductivity 0.083 W/(m-k)

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Mould, rot and trapped dampness

So this is what happens when foil-backed PIR insulated plaster board is attached to solid stone walls in Ireland; mould, rot and trapped dampness. Unfortunately it’s all too common. Check out the alternatives at one of our Insulating Old Buildings workshops this summer.

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Riven Laths

Marie & Ronan in East Cork doing a fab job on their seaside home. ‘Love these old riven laths; so much cultural history behind the making of these houses in fishing villages around our coast. Good luck with the EcoCork insulating plaster, more pics to follow…

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Cork Board

Most of our Cork board is coated with lime and out of sight, but we just like the look of it without the lime plaster around the yard at Stoneware (and of course it’s Cork so it doesn’t mind our seaside location too much!)

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