Category Archives: Hydraulic Limes

Imported french hydraulic limes used for interior and exterior plaster and stucco applications

Limestone Plaster Arch

limestonearchway 150x150 Limestone Plaster ArchWe can create the durability and look  of cut limestone with substantial weight and cost savings. Utilizing  a proprietary decorative crushed limestone plaster. The limestone coating can be placed on vertical or horizontal surfaces in-situ, and  finished to your

Pozzolanic Hydraulic Lime

light fixture 150x150 Pozzolanic Hydraulic LimeA type of lime that has been used in construction since ancient Roman times is now covered by an ASTM International standard. ASTM International Committee C07 on Lime has approved ASTM C1707, Specification for Pozzolanic Hydraulic Lime for Structural Purposes. The new standard is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee C07.02 on Specifications and Guidelines.

North American Interior Designer Discovers Tadelakt Lime

kit g logo 150x150 North American Interior Designer Discovers Tadelakt LimeUp beat Vancouver  interior designers are always looking for cool plaster wall  finishes, Looks like San Francisco Bay area designer Kit Golson is very upbeat,checkout the use of  Tadelakt lime on her design blog Chic Provence .

More  pictures Kit ! the red and gold back splash is a stunning example of  Tadelakt Lime Plaster.

“I had never seen anything like it before, and rarely have since

Tadelakt ….the “Red City”

LunchRiadMaalemMajid 150x150 Tadelakt ....the Red City A fellow Tadelakt lover recently wrote to me with some of her experiences during a visit to Marrakesh,where she participated in real world application of true Moroccan Tadelakt….here is an excerpt from that email.

“What I really loved about Marrakech is that Tadelakt is everywhere in the red city, indeed I would say it is the red city because of the Tadelakt and all the beautiful pigment you can mix into it. In some of the very old palaces (Bahia and others) you can still see Tadelakt on the walkways and in the pools hundreds of years after, so it clearly withstood the test of time. Maalem Majid said

Exterior Tadelakt

A sneak peak of an exterior Tadelakt plaster finish, before we are fully complete, had to leave the project for awhile due to the weather…close to finished here are  a few of photo’s….tough tough job …not for the faint of heart