ty-mawr lime
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Established in 1995, by husband and wife, Nigel and Joyce Gervis, Ty-Mawr Lime
Ltd has made an enormous contribution to resurrecting the use of traditional
building materials in Wales. Ty-Mawr Lime Ltd has gone on to become a market
leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of environmentally-friendly
building materials and systems, providing a 'one-stop' shop to clients
throughout the UK. To see our range of suppliers please click here Products now
include: Quicklime (for slaking to make your own lime products and hot mixes)
Ready slaked lime putty ready to use ‘non-hydraulic’ lime (putty) mortars and
plasters limewash hydraulic limes – Singleton Birch (Secil) and St Astier
Agricultural Use Airtightness Products aggregates – suitable for use with lime
putty and hydraulic limes for plastering, pointing, building etc natural and
breathable paints for walls and woodwork natural insulation materials including
wool, hemp, woodfibre, cork and wood wool recycled foamed glass gravel tools
Systems using the above materials and registered with Local Authority Building
Control include: External Wall Insulation Internal Wall Insulation Sublime
Insulated Limecrete Floor Sylfaen Insulated Foundation System Warm Roof New
Build Timber Frame Part of their success is a founding principle to work closely
in partnership with a small handful of like-minded suppliers with shared
passions and ethics including: Singleton Birch Secil St Astier Schneider Celenit
Eden Renewables Natural Building Technologies Glapor Beecks and Aglaia
Graphenstone Earthborn Other applications include Civil Engineering Acoustic
Management Landscaping Ty-Mawr is renowned for the quality of the products and
services which include Presales telephone support, how-to videos, application
guides, data sheets to accompany all products Courses – at our training centre
or on your site Site visits and recommendation report Technical calculations –
u-value, condensation risk analysis etc to support your project Mortar and paint
analysis and matching In that time, they have received numerous awards and
accolades for their work in this sector. Ethical Company Award - Tŷ-Mawr is
delighted to announce its successful accreditation for 2020 by The Ethical
Company Organisation; We are really pleased to be listed in the top Ethical
Ranking Companies of 2016 in the world; Sustain Wales Awards - In 2016, we were
delighted to be shortlisted in the Sustainable Venue Category of the Sustain
Wales Award and pleased to be announced as runner up (winner was Principality
Stadium). The Leading Wales Awards 2016: In June 2016 our MD, Joyce, was
announced as the 'Leadership for the Future' Winner at the 2016 Leading Wales
Awards. Ashden Award finalist: In March 2016 we heard that we'd been shortlisted
with 9 other UK companies for a prestigious Ashden Award; Responsible Business
Champion 2015 - We were extremely pleased to have been presented with the
All-Party Parliamentary Award for "The Responsible Business Champion 2015" by
Roger Williams CBE MP; Powys Business Awards - Tŷ-Mawr was delighted to be
presented with the Overall Winner for Development of New Markets at the 2014
Powys Business Awards; LABC Excellence Awards - Tŷ-Mawr Lime's sublime® floor
system - a breathable slab-less insulated lime screed flooring system - was
awarded the Overall Winner (Best Technical Innovation) in the Powys Building
Control 2013 Excellence Awards, as well as the LABC South Wales Awards; World
Architecture Awards - We were thrilled to hear that our glaster® was short
listed for the World Architecture News (WAN) awards and was Highly Commended in
the “Product of the Year 2012” category; Marsh Award for Traditional Building
Skills - On the 14th March 2012, we were delighted to be invited to attend an
award ceremony at Kenwood House, London where Nigel Gervis, founder and
technical director of Tŷ-Mawr Lime Ltd, was presented with the prestigious Marsh
Award for Traditional Building Skills by Mr Brian Marsh OBE; Online Retail
Awards - ORA Prix 'd'Or - Tŷ-Mawr Lime Ltd was a winner at the 2011 Online
Retail Awards (ORA e-commerce category); Wales Green List - In 2009 Nigel and
Joyce Gervis were extremely proud to have been named as one of the 52
sustainable development champions in Wales’ first annual Green List; A Champion
of Champions Award - Tŷ-Mawr were announced as winners of a “Champion of
Champions” 2009 Agri-environment Award at Royal Welsh Show. Go Green Awards -
The best in Welsh business and entrepreneurship were honoured at the Chambers of
Commerce Business Awards 2009 in Cardiff. National Energy Efficiency & Healthy
Homes Awards - Tŷ-Mawr were delighted to hear that their Sublime Insulated
Limecrete Floor was named as runner up in the 'Product of the Year' category at
the prestigious 2017 National Energy Efficiency and Healthy Home Awards. Sustain
Wales Awards - Ty-Mawr were delighted to receive two awards at The Sustain Wales
Awards, the first was as a runner up in the 'Sustainable Business' category.
They were particularly pleased to receive the 'Special Recognition Award'
awarded by Cynnal Cymru in recognition of the outstanding contribution made by
individuals to sustainability in Wales - awarded to Nigel and Joyce for
"sustained effort to a make a cleaner, greener, safer, healthier and more
equitable world today and for future generations!" South Wales Chamber of
Commerce Awards - Excellence in Environmental Management - Ty - Mawr is
delighted to announce they were named as the winner of the Excellence in
Environmental Management category at an event held in Cardiff's City Hall.
