Bryants House, Stockport

The client carried out a condition survey of the facades and parapet walls of the Grade II Listed building. It was found the ornate brickwork to the parapets was extremely friable in many areas causing a Health and Safety concern. The problem had accelerated due to unsuitable, cementitious mortar being used for a previous repair. To restore the facades Gard Contracts carefully dismantled the parapets and rebuilt back to original profiles, using a sympathetic natural hydraulic lime based mortar.

Scope of Works

• Erect load bearing scaffold to North, East and West elevations.
• Prior to carefully dismantling the brickwork, the 700kg coping stones had to be removed via a combination of crane and hand operated block and tackle
• Carefully dismantle the ornate parapets, retaining suitable bricks for re-use
• Rebuild parapets incorporating stainless steel reinforcement using the retained and new matching bricks
• Repoint the North and East elevations
• In situ repairs to stone window cills
• Helical bar installation to repair cracks in brickwork.