OK, SO I raked all the sand/cement mortar out today and have purchased
some lime mortar. I shall start pointing tomorrow 8-)

Martin

In article , Chris Bacon
writes
Martin Carroll wrote:
I had a good look around on the net and it seemed to me that there are
arguments for and against using lime mortar.

In the end I have gone for a 6-1 mix sand to cement with a plasticiser.
I suspect that this choice is now going to produce a rather long thread

'kinell!! Have you used much of this stuff? Even after a "good look
around on the 'net"???? Rake it out. What is plasticiser, I ask you?
What is it *for*? What are its effects? Why not compromise and use
the ever-popular 1:1:6, which is about 50 times better. That's just
a word to you, I don't think you'll get a jumbo thread, it's all
been done before. Are you raking out the joints with a nice big
angle grinder, too, to the depth of at least 1 1/4"??

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Martin Carroll