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The
realizations of Bernard, in
Haute Saintonge (south
of France, in
Charente Maritime 17)
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- To overcome a lack of natural cut stones, now difficult to find at reasonable prices, red air bricks of type corner 20x27x50cm are covered with reconstituted limestone on 2 and 3 sides, using a wooden mould similar to that whose plan is available on the site. - The corners stones (quoins) thus obtained are integrated in an interior wall of field stones. - For more realism, some angles are broken. The bricks are filled of mortar, during assembly. - On these two photographs, only the upper stone, on the left, under the wooden lintel, is true, all the others are false. - The joints of the rough-stones and the cast stones are achieved by means of a natural non-hydraulic lime mortar with sand of the local quarries.   Reconstituted corner stones (photos and realization Bernard G.) |
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