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Dear Everyone at Mike Wye's,

Earlier this year we bought some lime mortar from you for our cottage in Cumbria

This is just to say thank you so much for all your patient help and advice over various phone calls. We'd never have done it without the confidence you gave us.

Thought a before and after photo might help other complete amateurs!
Deanne Leehan & Michael Venus, London

Cumbrian cottage renovation

My partner and I went on a lime day training course some time ago, before embarking on restoration of some old farm buildings. It was a real eye opener and we've never looked back. Using lime to repair pointing and to plaster internal walls has virtually eliminated damp inside the buildings. Neighbours in their tarty barn conversions grumble of condensation dripping down internal walls and of rain almost 'peeing' through stonework where cement has been used. Sodden J-cloths adorn window sills and skirting boards. We don't get that.

Your one day course was the start of an adventure - helping us respect the value of traditional buildings and traditional building materials.


Many thanks for the inspiration
Will and Mel Luckhurst

After extensively using lime putty products in the house, [a Grade 11 Listed Building] a damp survey was carried out by a reputable remedial treatments company. A damp meter was applied to the surface of the internal plaster and the chap just could not believe that a traditional solid wall could be so dry without tanking. The use of lime has allowed the walls to breathe and the moisture to evaporate away without resorting to modern materials.
Chris Forrest, Bettisons Estate Agents, Yealmpton, Devon

Training Courses

Can I, on behalf of Claire and myself, thank you and your cheerful team for a really excellent day last Friday. Even having seen the DVD I would not have believed that so much could be covered so successfully in a single day. Please thank all concerned for us. We will recommend it to our friends and use the contact to continue buying materials from you.
Philip Collings, Devon

Just a brief and belated thank you for all the energy and expertise you put into last week's course, which I found entertaining, informative and motivating.
Paul Masters, Brittany

Just wanted to say a big thank you to yourself, Rick & your team for the Lime course last Friday. what a wonderful day. Great humor & very informative, fab lunch and a good night at the Devil's Stone. Just taken delivery of my first lime order, so the work now starts. Thank you all.
Graham Jinks. South Milton ,South Devon

A big thank you to Mike & his team for the course on Friday. It was informative, humorous, interesting & most useful.
Steve Barker, Eire

Dear Mike,
Thank you so much for a fantastic course on Friday. Dad, Ben and myself thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and came home with lots of ideas about how to go about things.
Many thanks
Becks Pearson Lympstone, Devon

Just a quick e-mail to thank you, Rick and your staff for the hospitality at the Lime Course that I attended on Friday. It was very educational, but more importantly entertaining. I go on several courses throughout the year and some can be very stuffy and over complicated with too much technical information, but this was nicely balanced for us in the business and also the homeowners. As someone who recommends the use of Lime mortars etc. on a day to day basis I will now be adding your name to my list of suppliers for lime products etc., which I trust is acceptable to you. Thanks again for an excellent day and the superb lunch, it was well worth waiting for!.
Kind regards
Paul Carter, Premier Heritage, Independent Building Preservation & Damp Surveyor, Sherborne, DORSET

Dear Mike,
I just want to say how excellent I thought the 'Practical Lime Course' was yesterday. I only booked the day before without really having thought through what I was expecting! I just felt it was about time I understood more about this subject, it having been a topic of discussion with friends over the past 7 years.

Many thanks to you and Rick for a very cleverly planned day ensuring maximum understanding and hands on experience in such a short space of time.

Best regards,
Jeremy Drakeford, North Devon

Our Specialist Building Team

I am thrilled with the finished scheme. I am impressed at the quality of the workmanship and the professional manner in which you and your colleagues have undertaken, what has been an awkward and disjointed project.
David Cox, Maintenance Team Leader, Devon Property

Thank you so much for making such a splendid job of the pointing and re-rendering of the Tower House and for finishing within the time frame.
I particularly appreciated the men returning on Saturday morning to clear up. All the people who worked on the Tower were friendly and efficient.
Jill Drury, Devon

Could you please pass on my thanks to Rick and the boys for an excellent job. They not only carried out the work in a very professional manner but were also a pleasure to have around.
We are still intending to come to one of your courses, dates and work commitments permitting. And at some stage we will be in touch when it is time to complete the back elevation of the house.
Once again, many thanks from two very satisfied customers.
Mr. Chapman, Devon

Delighted with the work Mike. You've got a great team, please pass this on to them.
I would be pleased to have our names added on to your list of satisfied customers.
L & R Honeysett, Devon

I was indeed extremely satisfied with the finished workmanship, and was most impressed with the efficient and cheerful way in which Rick and his team carried it out.
Mr. Taylor, Devon

Many thanks for doing such a splendid job on my cottages.
M Collett, Devon

We are very pleased indeed with the work.
N Reid, Devon

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