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Tuck-Pointing a Fireplace Pulling from House
The brick fireplace chimney on my mother's 32 year-old home is in need
of repair badly, and since I parged her foundation last summer, I want to get started on repairing the fireplace. I never did tuck-pointing before, and it seems one of those pain-in-the-butt type time-consuming jobs. If anyone has any tips to make the job easier, I'd appreciate hearing about it here. Also, the chimney lists about an inch away from the rest of the brick fascia (of the house). I obviously can't glue it back. I'd like suggestions on the best "adhesive mortar" to use for this job. |
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Lists-leans an inch? You better get pro estimates and be sure you are
fully covered even liability on her house for you work on this one. Actualy I dought you may want to do it. The mortar may be so bad it is just sand compressing. You need to remove all loose mortar, if it is that deep loose what is going to hold it from going over. Many bad chimneys get removed and rebuilt. Get a few pros out to get up and look before you decide it is a simple job, some books are good to. There is alot to correct chimney repair. It could have a bad liner so it is deteriorated from inside and out, you need mortar mix, not to thin or it will crack, it must be cleaned or mortar wont bond, it can mean acid washing Before new mortar. Chimneys get the most abuse. It could be a nightmare if you just jump into it or repairs fail in a few years done improperly. |
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I've been doing an impromptu study of trolls and troll wannabe's,
and I don't really have a category for this one. Obviously not a troll, because it's so easily recognized for its usenet psychopath qualities. Not a wannabe, since there aren't any troll aspects. If it were a fisher, it would be like one dropping a concrete block down to try to clobber the fish. So does anyone have some other category to put this high Bozo- factor poster into? wrote in message ... On 30 Mar 2005 02:36:58 -0800, " wrote: The brick fireplace chimney on my mother's 32 year-old home is in need of repair badly, and since I parged her foundation last summer, I want to get started on repairing the fireplace. I never did tuck-pointing before, and it seems one of those pain-in-the-butt type time-consuming jobs. If anyone has any tips to make the job easier, I'd appreciate hearing about it here. Also, the chimney lists about an inch away from the rest of the brick fascia (of the house). I obviously can't glue it back. I'd like suggestions on the best "adhesive mortar" to use for this job. The day I got my gun I became a man. Before that I was a defenseless wimp. Then I got my gun. That was the day I became tough, and became a man. I can now kill anyone I want. If anyone ****es me off, I can simply pull my gun and they're gone. A gun is what makes a man, and the bigger the gun, the bigger the man. I love my gun. It made me what I am today. I now have respect and no longer have to put up with jerks who used to pick on me. Now I am tough, I just point my gun at them, and they leave. Well, most leave, one didn't, and I had to shoot him. Pretty soon I will have enough money saved to buy a bigger gun, so I can be even more of a man. I dont know how I got thru life before I had a gun, but I am sure glad I got one now. In fact, I think I will go see if anyone wants to **** with me this weekend. I'd kind of like to shoot someone again, besides the neighbors dogs and cats. Watching a person die is so exciting, especially when I am the one who shot them. It's kind of like being God, because I get to choose who lives and who dies. My gun is the coolest! |
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Mihael B , it is just someone not getting attention at alt hvac hacks
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Michael Baugh wrote: I've been doing an impromptu study of trolls and troll wannabe's, and I don't really have a category for this one. Obviously not a troll, because it's so easily recognized for its usenet psychopath qualities. Not a wannabe, since there aren't any troll aspects. If it were a fisher, it would be like one dropping a concrete block down to try to clobber the fish. So does anyone have some other category to put this high Bozo- factor poster into? wrote in message ... On 30 Mar 2005 02:36:58 -0800, " wrote: The brick fireplace chimney on my mother's 32 year-old home is in need of repair badly, and since I parged her foundation last summer, I want to get started on repairing the fireplace. I never did tuck-pointing before, and it seems one of those pain-in-the-butt type time-consuming jobs. If anyone has any tips to make the job easier, I'd appreciate hearing about it here. Also, the chimney lists about an inch away from the rest of the brick fascia (of the house). I obviously can't glue it back. I'd like suggestions on the best "adhesive mortar" to use for this job. The day I got my gun I became a man. Before that I was a defenseless wimp. Then I got my gun. That was the day I became tough, and became a man. I can now kill anyone I want. If anyone ****es me off, I can simply pull my gun and they're gone. A gun is what makes a man, and the bigger the gun, the bigger the man. I love my gun. It made me what I am today. I now have respect and no longer have to put up with jerks who used to pick on me. Now I am tough, I just point my gun at them, and they leave. Well, most leave, one didn't, and I had to shoot him. Pretty soon I will have enough money saved to buy a bigger gun, so I can be even more of a man. I dont know how I got thru life before I had a gun, but I am sure glad I got one now. In fact, I think I will go see if anyone wants to **** with me this weekend. I'd kind of like to shoot someone again, besides the neighbors dogs and cats. Watching a person die is so exciting, especially when I am the one who shot them. It's kind of like being God, because I get to choose who lives and who dies. My gun is the coolest! Errmm...someone with the mentality of a 6 yoa playing with mommies computer?? Harry K |
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