Ty-Mawr Lime Ltd was delighted again co-ordinate the ‘Building Skills’ section in the Countryside Care Area of the 2016 Royal Welsh Agricultural Show, following the success of this area at the 2014 & 2015 shows.

The area has become a ‘one stop shop’ for advice on building conservation and for show casing all that is new in sustainable builds. It brings together experts and craftsmen and women from across Wales and beyond, dealing with everything from building design and product specification to installation/implementation.

Visitors were able to see demonstrations of lime plastering, stone carving, timber framing and decorative plaster work.

The area again received widespread support and participation from organisations such as the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, CADW, the Landmark Trust, the National Library of Wales, Welsh Traditional Building Forum, Adfer Ban a Cwm Building Preservation Trust, Jones & Fraser Traditional Builders, Royston Davies Conservation Builder, Gwent Lime Plastering, and Donald Insall Architects. They were all kept busy providing expert advice and information on the conservation and repair of traditional and historic buildings as well as the construction of new-build.

This year, we were especially pleased to welcome representatives from the British lime manufacturer, Singleton Birch, as well as Ty-Mawr's manufacturers of Welsh wool insulation, Eden Renewables. We also welcomed innovators of sustainable building materials from across Europe, including representatives from Glapor, German manufacturers of 100% recycled foamed glass insulation, and Secil, the Portuguese lime and cork producers/suppliers, and Homatherm, German manufacturers of woodfibre insulation boards.

Highlights this year included a packed programme of seminars each day which were very well attended. These included:

The central feature of Ty-Mawr's stand was our Demonstration House which showed a wide range of products ‘in-situ’ including our Welsh Sheep’s wool insulation, woodfibre and cork boards as well as our traditional lime mortars and plaster and the popular, more sustainable alternatives including glaster and lime hemp plasters.

We also launched our Colours of Wales mineral paint range and our new Swedish wood paints range. 

Ty-Mawr is proud to have won several awards this year for our work in this sector and specifically for our natural insulation systems (which are now registered with Local Authority Building Control) for use across the UK was also on show with a focus on energy efficiency in older properties (for insulating walls, floors and roofs – naturally!) as well as wall systems for sustainable new builds.