Andy deGruchy has been importing Natural Hydraulic Lime NHL for the past five years to supply his 23-year-old historic masonry restoration business. The intent was only to correctly repair old brick and stone buildings with compatible repair material that contained NO Portland cement. Portland cement was not present in buildings for over 7500 years and now dominates what mortar and concrete is held together with for only the last 100 years. All old castles and ancient structures, which are still standing, did not rely on Portland cement. Consequently a tremendous amount of green house gas is released into the atmosphere due to the energy required to produce Portland cement. Natural Hydraulic Lime can suitably replace modern Portland cement for many building applications with many healthy benefits realized by the building''s inhabitants as well as the entire world due to 80 less C02 emissions in the production of NHL over Ordinary Portland Cement, OPC. So LimeWorks.US was started

Our Ecologic Mortar is Green and has a truly unique and rich exterior finish. Unlike the cold, urban look and feel of cement, our natural hydraulic lime, (NHL), based material is an ancient binder that can produce its old-world finish for new buildings and is appropriate for historic masonry restoration work. Natural Hydraulic Lime is also healthy to live with. No chemical additives whatsoever are found in pure Natural Hydraulic Lime making it the ultimate safe, natural, green building product.

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