Little Pipers, North London
'Little Pipers' was a private commission to carry out sympathetic repairs to an ornamental garden water feature. The main areas of damage were caused by frost and freeze/thaw action over the past 50 years. Our remit was to re-waterproof the lower pool and carry out repairs to the broken, friable and missing edges to the features tiered pools.
1: Cleaning
The water feature was carefully jet-washed to remove all green algae and moss prior to commencing repairs
2: Damaged Stone Edge
This photo shows how brittle the scalloped edges of the three-tiered pools had become. We were able to fix these broken pieces back. Other areas where the broken pieces were missing had to be re-modelled
3: Weather Protection
Temporary shelter erected to protect our new render work repairs. Note, gas bottle which was connected to a space heater to dry out the feature, prior to carrying out repairs
4: Damaged Stone Edge
This photo shows an area of broken edge which has been cleaned back to facilitate a well bonded repair
5: Specialist Products
We use a range of specialist concrete repair products to ensure that all new work bonds well to the existing structure, whilst being aware of the heritage issues involved in making such repairs.
6: Re-modelling Missing Edge Detail
Using a sand-cement render mix which was compatible with that of the existing water feature, we carefully re-modelled the missing areas to the edges of the three tiers. The scallop shape was carved back into shape whilst the render was "green"
