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Steve Firth wrote:
But that sort of finish doesn't look good on many older houses. Raised
does.

Presuming that you mean "strap" pointing (a) it looks like **** and (b)
it's out of place on older houses.

Think it's called 'tuck' pointing round here. And was standard practice
from new in Victorian times, but only to the front of the house.

There's also (c) it damages the
brickwork.

Mine seems to have survived rather well in over 100 years. Seen plenty of
newer houses with spalling bricks. But a different type of brick, usually.

On much older houses the concave pointing would be wrong too - as it sort
of depends on having perfectly uniform bricks and bricklaying.

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