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Train to be a historic buildings specialist brickworker with the AFPA (National Association for Adult Education and Training) You will help restore and preserve our built heritage You will use traditional building techniques working with stone and lime

Half-timbered houses or timber-framed houses have two main parts: a wooden frame and the studwork

Wall renders are used both for their technical properties (sealing) and their aesthetic qualities.

Tadelakt, lime paints, coloured decorative cement, restoration using lime, lime renders, lime frescoes, hemp and lime… a whole range of techniques that all use one of the oldest and most eco-friendly materials around.

When you join an association whose aim is the conservation of our built heritage, you are joining a network where you can get advice, share your enthusiasm and discover new horizons

The purpose of any project relating to a historic building must be clearly determined at the outset, so as to avoid any possible confusion.

Renovating a boutique or shopfront means thinking about architecture and town-planning just as much as when dealing with a house or national heritage monument. On this page you will find some suggestions on how best to prepare for this kind of project.