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repointing brickwork
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wondering if anyone could give me a little guidance here. i live in a semi-detached house that need some repointing doing to the brickwork. i'm thinking of having the whole lot done including the chimney. it's standard red brick, nothing fancy but i was wondering if anybody could give me a general idea about how much it's going to cost me. thanks for any help |
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wrote in message ... hi, wondering if anyone could give me a little guidance here. i live in a semi-detached house that need some repointing doing to the brickwork. i'm thinking of having the whole lot done including the chimney. it's standard red brick, nothing fancy but i was wondering if anybody could give me a general idea about how much it's going to cost me. thanks for any help Suggest you contact Gun Point http://www.gunpoint-south.co.uk/default.htm You may find a branch more local to you. I used them several times for brickwork repairs and repointing after subsidence damage and was always pleased with the result. Can't remember square metre rate, sorry, but remember thinking the cost was a lot lower than I had expected. Peter |
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Peter Taylor wrote
Suggest you contact Gun Point http://www.gunpoint-south.co.uk/default.htm Maybe a better link is http://www.gunpointlimited.co.uk/conta1.htm |
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wondering if anyone could give me a little guidance here. i live in a
semi-detached house that need some repointing doing to the brickwork. Whoever you use, first check to see that you don't have lime mortar. If modern cementious mortar is used to repoint a lime mortar house, you could cause serious damage and some of the brain dead spods that get contracted to do the work wouldn't have a clue. Christian. |
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"Christian McArdle" wrote in message . net...
wondering if anyone could give me a little guidance here. i live in a semi-detached house that need some repointing doing to the brickwork. Whoever you use, first check to see that you don't have lime mortar. If modern cementious mortar is used to repoint a lime mortar house, you could cause serious damage and some of the brain dead spods that get contracted to do the work wouldn't have a clue. I'm probably going to need some repointing done soon. I'm assuming that my house (1900's terraced) will have been built using lime mortar, right? Assuming so, what are my chances of finding a brickie who will use it these days? Won't they all just want to use cement-based stuff instead? David |
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Lobster wrote:
"Christian McArdle" wrote in message . net... wondering if anyone could give me a little guidance here. i live in a semi-detached house that need some repointing doing to the brickwork. Whoever you use, first check to see that you don't have lime mortar. If modern cementious mortar is used to repoint a lime mortar house, you could cause serious damage and some of the brain dead spods that get contracted to do the work wouldn't have a clue. I'm probably going to need some repointing done soon. I'm assuming that my house (1900's terraced) will have been built using lime mortar, right? Assuming so, what are my chances of finding a brickie who will use it these days? Won't they all just want to use cement-based stuff instead? Nah. Its very fashionable. juts bang in hydrated line instead of portland and slap it in. David |
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The Natural Philosopher wrote in message ... Nah. Its very fashionable. juts bang in hydrated line instead of portland and slap it in. And hope it doesn't rain for a couple of months. Hydraulic lime might be a better bet |
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The Natural Philosopher wrote in message ...
Lobster wrote: "Christian McArdle" wrote in message . net... wondering if anyone could give me a little guidance here. i live in a semi-detached house that need some repointing doing to the brickwork. Whoever you use, first check to see that you don't have lime mortar. If modern cementious mortar is used to repoint a lime mortar house, you could cause serious damage and some of the brain dead spods that get contracted to do the work wouldn't have a clue. I'm probably going to need some repointing done soon. I'm assuming that my house (1900's terraced) will have been built using lime mortar, right? Assuming so, what are my chances of finding a brickie who will use it these days? Won't they all just want to use cement-based stuff instead? Hi. One point not mentioned yet is that sound mortar should never be stripped out of old houses built with soft bricks. One should only replace mortar that is loose and can be removed by hand. So you never do a complete repoint, but always patch, and be prepared to patch again several years later. The reason is that most of these houses have been repointed already with cement, which is much stronger than the bricks, and if you remove the cement it breaks part of the brick away with it. You can do a lot of damage this way. Regards, NT |
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stuart noble wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote... Nah. Its very fashionable. juts bang in hydrated line instead of portland and slap it in. And hope it doesn't rain for a couple of months. Hydraulic lime might be a better bet Just use 1:1:6, or even approach 1:2:9. J.B. |
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