Limetec Renders & Plasters
Lime-based render and plaster
'Unlike cement, lime based renders and plasters allow for the recycling and reuse of bricks and masonry. It also uses less energy than cement in its production, and it reabsorbs some of the CO2 given off in the firing process as it sets. It also has a lower embodied energy that most cement based products.
Renders
The Limetec range of lime renders not only offer sustainable benefits, breathability and flexibility of lime, they can also reduce site times by a massive 75% when compared to traditional application techniques.
They both contribute to a healthy internal environment and are economic, practical alternatives to renders containing gypsum or patent cements that have little or no vapour permeable qualities. They are designed for spray or hand application as a two coat system. Suitable substrates include brickwork, blockwork or concrete.
Plasters
The Limetec range of lime plasters not only offer sustainable benefits, breathability and flexibility of lime, they can also reduce site times by a massive 75% when compared to traditional application techniques.
They both contribute to a healthy internal environment and are economic, practical alternatives to plasters containing gypsum or patent cements that have little or no vapour permeable qualities. They are designed for spray or hand application as a two coat system. Suitable substrates include brickwork, blockwork or concrete.'
| Material/s: | Hydrated Lime (CL90), Sand, and Natural hydraulic lime (NHL), |
| Environmental statement: | yes |
| BRE Ecopoints: | unrated |
| Green Guide rating: | unrated |
| Environmental certification: | ISO 14001 expected 2008 |
| 3rd party accreditation: | none |
| 3rd party product endorsement: | none |
| Quality certification: | none |
| Reusability / Recyclability: | lime based renders and plasters enabler easier reuse/recycling of mansonry |
| Recycled content to ISO 14021: | n/a |
| Life expectancy | 100 years minimum |
| Substitute for or new materials / method: |
cement-based renders, gypsum-based plasters |
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| Country/s of manufacture: | Agregates sourced locally to each plant, CL90 from UK and NHL from France |
| UK distribution location: | Regional processing plants across the UK |
| Alternative products: | Renders and Plasters |
| Further information: | Lime plaster and render |
| Information last updated: | Thursday 1st, May 2008 |
| Manufacturer's evidence rating:* |  |
| Manufacturer: | Lime Technology |
| Address: | Lime technology, Unit 126, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4SA |
| Telephone: | 0845 603 1143 |
| Fax: | 0845 634 1560 |
| Email: | info@limetechnology.co.uk |
| Website: | www.limetechnology.co.uk |
| Supply chain availability: | Distributors |
| Supplier: | Refer to manufacturer's listings |
| Telephone: | 0845 603 1143 |
| Email: | info@limetechnology.co.uk |
| Website: | http://www.limetechnology.co.uk/pages/links.php |
The product has been selected on the above average performance in the following areas:
| - | Abiotic depletion | - | Acidification |
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Global warming | - | Eutrophication |
| - | Ozone layer deplection | - | Solid Waste |
| - | Human toxicity | - | Radioactivity |
| - | Fresh water aquatic ecotoxicity | - | Minerals extraction |
| - | Terrestial exotoxicity | - | Water extraction |
| - | Photochemical oxidation |
*Note:
Manufacturer's evidence rating
* One star rating: The product has been included based on an assessment of the manufacturer's own product information.
*** Three star rating: The product has been included on the basis of a third party, independent, Life Cycle Analysis (BRE Ecoprofile or similar).
