The Historic Facade Restoration Guild

The Historic Facade Restoration Guild The Historical Facade Restoration Guild serves to:

1. To provide a consulting service to all interested parties
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To promote adherence to the government of Canada’s guidelines as adopted by the Guild through education and consultation.
2. To be the source for advice, approved contractors, materials and methods for those restoring historic built heritage facades in Canada.
3. To provide project management for historic restorations
5. To provide education and training in historic restoration methods

6. To be in association and provide recognition with and of approved contractors, architects and governmental agencies in the field.
7. To provide accreditation and recognition of projects that meet Guild standards.
8. To archive all historical restorations meeting Guild Guidelines in Canada.
9. To publish newsletters as to Guild activities and historical restoration works.

A Wet Vapour Blasting System pot in use. Using water and media it can be tweaked to an amazingly soft delicate cleaning ...
02/08/2025

A Wet Vapour Blasting System pot in use. Using water and media it can be tweaked to an amazingly soft delicate cleaning standard so necessary for historic restoration projects. This is one of four owned and used by Absolute Blast Corporation Mobile Sandblasting shown here with one of their crews.......two brothers sporting great mustaches !

The delicate art of cleaning soft old brick. Not only does the equipment need to be the best but the experience of the o...
10/28/2024

The delicate art of cleaning soft old brick. Not only does the equipment need to be the best but the experience of the operator is paramount.
Here the crew from Absolute Blast Corporation Mobile Sandblasting use the Wet Vapour Blasting unit with the finest grade of crushed glass mixed with water plus just the right of pressure. Then it's the skills of handling the whole apparatus that really matters.

WW1 German Howitzer restoration for the City of Brantford. All blasted clean for the welding and fabrication of the mis...
03/31/2019

WW1 German Howitzer restoration for the City of Brantford. All blasted clean for the welding and fabrication of the missing parts by Absolute Blast Corp.
Beautiful new wooden wheels by Gil Bibby Wooden Boat Restoration.

A beautiful hand carved stone facade circa 1830 in Hamilton is brought back to light by careful cleaning with a Geo-blas...
12/30/2018

A beautiful hand carved stone facade circa 1830 in Hamilton is brought back to light by careful cleaning with a Geo-blasting team. None of the fine detail was lost. A very happy customer.

A revolutionary advance in the cleaning of heritage buildings is the new technology in steam cleaning by Absolute Blast ...
10/03/2018

A revolutionary advance in the cleaning of heritage buildings is the new technology in steam cleaning by Absolute Blast Corporation in Hamilton Ont. No abrasives at all, no high pressure water, no chemicals, it all works on a low pressure stream of very hot steam which pops off the layers of paint leaving the original brick and mortar in it original condition.
A huge change in the restoration of old soft brick and terracotta in particular.

03/03/2016

NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION PARTNERS WITH “AMERICAN PICKERS” MIKE WOLFE TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE: THESE PLACES MATTER Washington DC (February 3, 2016) The National Trust for Historic Preservation, the premiere organization in the United States … Continue reading National Trust For Histor…

02/17/2016

Using Geo Blaster to gently clean up the facade of the Royal Connaught
Care has been the watchword as the stone work is even more fragile than the brick as it is found to be a yellow cast terracotta with a grey slipcoat. It's turning out wonderfully

Absolute Blast Co working to clean the facade of the Royal Connaught with Geo Blaster
02/17/2016

Absolute Blast Co working to clean the facade of the Royal Connaught with Geo Blaster

New jacket patches for 2015 have been awarded to Absolute Blast Co.. Seen here is Ian MacDonald sporting his
01/20/2015

New jacket patches for 2015 have been awarded to Absolute Blast Co.. Seen here is Ian MacDonald sporting his

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P. O. Box 333 Mount Hope
Hamilton, ON

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