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Pointing Accrington brickwork.
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Pointing Accrington brickwork.
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:24:22 GMT,
(Anna Kettle) wrote:
On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:27:53 +0100, Poster wrote:
Just make sure you use sand and cement. You may not know about
Accrington Brick ..it has very tight joins
Which I suppose is why mastic was suggested because it will be easier
to get into the crack between the bricks
You should use sand/cement mortar or better still sand/hydraulic lime
mortar which is probably what was used originally. The pointing of a
brick wall is a sacrificial layer and should be weaker than the brick
(sounds easy in this case) and more porous than the brick (which
mastic isnt) to give a route for water to find its way out
Water will find a way out one way or another and it has done it by
blowing the mastic
Anna
Thanks Anna, I will follow your advice.
(Enjoyed your website BTW)
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