On Aug 13, 10:43*am, "Alistair Ross" wrote:
On some of the older lime motared houses they used a fine pointing/grouting
portland type mix to give a fillet finish around windows and doors. When
removed it come off in longish strips and is very hard (cement mix ?) it
seems to be made with very fine sand. House in question built between
1900-1920

Anyone know what the 'mix' is ??

TIA....ttfn......Alistair

It could be anything, an analysis would tell if necessary. But with
old soft bricks you'd do better with a lime based mortar, its now
known cement mortars sometimes cause various problems with these
bricks.
3:1 sand:lime is the usual mix.

NT