Project 18Ormond Updates
Dressing the interiors
18th December
Decoration of the upper floor rooms in 18 Ormond Quay is well advanced, the walls now dressed in authentic Irish wallpapers recreated by leading wallpaper expert and manufacturer, David Skinner. Take a chance to view the completed rooms for yourself...
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Interior works begin
4th April
Works have begun to conserve the interiors including the ground floor shop and upper floor rooms.
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The Big Reveal
7th September
The 18Ormond project underwent a spectacular reveal in summer 2018 with the removal of the scaffolding from the front and side facades that cloaked the building since mid-2017.
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Windows on the Liffey
8th March
Windows, glazing and making the building weathertight have dominated works at 18 Ormond Quay since the start of the year. This has involved the comprehensive refurbishment and reinstatement of fourteen sash windows to their original 1843 design.
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To wig or not to wig...
24th November
Big strides have been made during October/November repointing the yellow brick facades of 18 Ormond Quay using a traditional pointing technique knowing as ‘wigging’. This process takes place after the brick has been cleaned and decayed bricks have been replaced as necessary.
So what is ‘wigging’? >>>
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Brick cleaning and pointing begins
17th October
Cleaning of the brick facades is now underway, revealing the beautiful aesthetic qualities of the plum-hued, yellow brick last seen 100 years ago...
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Goodbye pebbledash
18th September
The mammoth undertaking of removing the 1960s pebbledash has finally got underway in September 2017. Relief all-round - it has revealed a good, hard brick that is capable of repair and repointing.
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The scaffolding rises
25th August
The scaffolding has risen at 18 Ormond Quay, allowing us the first opportunity to inspect the pebbledashed facades at close quarters. The mid 20th-century dashing is concealing structural defects at parapet level and on the side elevation. This has necessitated its removal and a thorough assessment of the underlying 1840s brickwork, which was originally designed to be exposed.
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The layers are peeled back
24th July
Work has continued apace during July with the digging out of the basement floor to gain additional headroom. The majority of the existing floor level in the basement was made of non-original layers that had been added since the building was largely rebuilt in 1843. Remarkably, trill puits revealed that the masonry walls extended at least one metre below the 20th-century concrete screed, likely extending back to the first building on the site in the 1680s.
To the upper floors,
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Works begin at 18 Ormond Quay
2nd June
Opening-up works have begun at 18 Ormond Quay in advance of major structural works starting in June.
This allows for the structural condition of elements such as floor joists, plaster ceilings and the roof structure to be assessed and to help inform the wider structural design strategy for the building ...