St Astier Blog

Part of the works at Winston Bridge required specialist machinery to access the lower level areas.

The statue of Queen Victoria is Grade II listed and located directly in front of South Shields Town Hall. The statue itself is made from bronze and it sits on a Granite Plinth.

St Astier has been awarded the Rosette for Stonehealth Approved Contractors of the DOFF Superheated Water Stone Cleaning Machine

Site offices at this motorway maintenance depot were accessed by a wooden walkway and ramp. The walkway was adjacent to the vehicular entrance and a barn containing road salt which was used by HGVs reversing in.

The scaffolding is finally stripped on the South and East lower battery elevations to reveal the sneck harling finish.

In our third retrospective, we look at one of our most challenging operations: lime plastering the main staircase to the upper battery.

In the second of our retrospectives, a layer of lime harling is applied to all external walls of Lindisfarne Castle.

Several trials were undertaken on the upper battery to determine the desired finish for the sneck harling.

In order to create a hygral barrier, thermalite stone shards are pinned and set in mortar.