Lord Nelson Hotel Cladding Restoration

This grand lady of downtown Halifax has been given new life, thanks to extensive restorations.

Once one of Halifax’s premier downtown hotels, the Lord Nelson had deteriorated significantly in recent years. So when the hotel’s new owners decided to restore the Lord Nelson to it’s past glory, they called in BMR to be the prime consultant on the cladding restoration.

The main problem was a common one in older brick buildings built in Nova Scotia - the original builders in the 1920’s hadn’t considered air and vapour transmission through the exterior wall system in the design. Long winters with their constant freeze/thaw cycles had damaged the brick exterior to critical levels. The brick had cracked and water had infiltrated the building and deteriorated the steel and concrete frame underneath. The lack of insulation had also caused interior pipes to freeze and break - creating further damage to the structure of the building.

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