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The Master Stroke DVD Series
MS-Mortars-Trailer

The Master Stroke

Lime Mortars

Making Lime Mortar DVD

The Master Stroke Making Lime Mortars 
The making of mortars is more often than not passed down to the least skilled member of a building squad or team. In reality, the making of mortar properly eliminates a very large proportion of the common defects associated with building work today.

  • Training & Retraining for Skills Today!

  • Checking sands & aggregates

  • Checking silt and clay content

  • Checking void ratios of sands & aggregates

  • Set up a productive mixing area

  • Binder to sand ratios & mixing times

  • Using the correct equipment

  • Mortar batch consistency

 

Approximate running time 55 minutes

If mortars are made correctly then a large number of problems of failed, cracked, crazed or boss render, plaster or pointing work will be eliminated.

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