Look at the video link at the bottom RH side.

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/default.stm#

Kevin

Kev wrote:
Look at the video link at the bottom RH side.

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/default.stm#

Kevin

Seems reasonable to me - the building is listed and the council have
decided on the best course of action to keep it in character. Just
because it sounds a bit silly dousn't detract from the fact that it
seems likely to work.

It's what you get when you buy a listed property. Chances are she will
win the case as she has at least one witness to say that she complied
with the order.

On 5 Dec 2005 06:44:23 -0800, "Kev" wrote:

| Look at the video link at the bottom RH side.
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| http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/default.stm#

Yogurt is quite a standard treatment for ageing walls, it provides
food for algae get established on a wall. Old walls in the West
Riding are a greeny black whereas new York stone is quite yellow

Now 50 years ago the recipe to do the same thing was cow clap, water,
and soot to match the existing soot blackened walls. I can point
you to a chimney which was treated with soot, only a few years ago.
Can't swear to the cow clap though.
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On Mon, 5 Dec 2005 14:44:23 UTC, "Kev" wrote:

Look at the video link at the bottom RH side.

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/default.stm#

Having heard about this case....the householder was told to apply
yoghourt after other treatments failed to get the mortar to the right
colour; she was advised to by the council. That's fine; it's a
recognised treatment.

The treatment failed and now the council want to penalise her for not
doing it. It took her three days, and there were many local witnesses.
The problem is she has to stump up for legal costs.

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On 5 Dec 2005 06:44:23 -0800, "Kev" wrote:

Look at the video link at the bottom RH side.
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/default.stm#

So what's wrong with that? The court case is excessive and does
nothing except fatten lawyers, but a coat of yoghurt is a fairly
standard technique. IMHE, an infusion of sheep **** is even better.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Bob Eager"
saying something like:

On Mon, 5 Dec 2005 14:44:23 UTC, "Kev" wrote:

Look at the video link at the bottom RH side.

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/default.stm#

Having heard about this case....the householder was told to apply
yoghourt after other treatments failed to get the mortar to the right
colour; she was advised to by the council. That's fine; it's a
recognised treatment.

The treatment failed and now the council want to penalise her for not
doing it. It took her three days, and there were many local witnesses.
The problem is she has to stump up for legal costs.

They really are a bunch of prats. Instead of dragging her to court, they
should come up with another method or, as one bloke said, simply wait -
it'll weather eventually.
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On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 21:27:00 +0000, Andy Dingley
wrote:

On 5 Dec 2005 06:44:23 -0800, "Kev" wrote:

Look at the video link at the bottom RH side.
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/default.stm#

So what's wrong with that? The court case is excessive and does
nothing except fatten lawyers, but a coat of yoghurt is a fairly
standard technique. IMHE, an infusion of sheep **** is even better.

I think the sheep-**** should be applied to the council...

John