A Stoneline Heritage case study
Restoring a Victorian house façade in Balmain
Stoneline Heritage cleaned and tuckpointed the red brick front of a Victorian house in Balmain and rebuilt the sills under the front windows. The sill moulding was copied from a similar house to continue the Victorian character of the street.
Explore the project
- Location
- Balmain, Sydney
- Specialism
- Façade restoration
- Our role
- Brick cleaning, tuckpointing and façade moulding.
01 / The project story
Understanding the condition
The brick sills under the front windows were worn and had been painted. The brickwork across the front needed cleaning and repointing.
02 / The project story
A considered approach
The sill moulding was based on a similar house, so the new sills would continue the Victorian character of the street. The profile was sketched by hand from that house. A template was then cut from galvanised steel to the same profile and mounted on plywood, so the profile could be reproduced on site.
03 / The project story
The work carried out
The brick sills under the front windows were rebuilt. Timber guide battens were fixed along each sill, and the template was run along them to form the profile in place. The brickwork was then cleaned, repointed in matching red and finished with white tuckpointing.
Chosen for the building
Materials & methods.
- Galvanised steel template
- cut to the sill profile and mounted on plywood.
- Timber guide battens
- fixed along each sill to guide the template.
- Red face brick
- the existing front, cleaned and repointed.
- White pointing
- used to tuckpoint the brickwork.
The change, in detail
Before & after.
Before, the front windows had worn, painted brick sills. After, they have the new sill formed to the copied profile.
From the project
A closer look.
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Restoring a Victorian house façade in Balmain: photographs in order, from the start of the job to the finish
04 / The outcome
Care that carries forward.
The new sills are pale against the cleaned red brick, and the white joints define the brickwork. The porch, with its arched brick recess and Victorian tessellated tiles, sits within a front that now matches the character of the street.
05 / The Gallery
Every photograph from the job.
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