Dicko&Vacant

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Our garden wall needs repointing pretty desperately, some bits of the wall have about an inch of mortar missing in quite large sections, and i wanna get the repointing done before it gets really cold and wet tbh....

any hints and tips greatly appreciated, weve got a trowel and bought bags of cement from b&q that you just add the water to. Gonna mix a small amount first to see how i get on doing it and then crack on doing the rest if i manage ok.

I cant see it being that hard really?

Sarah

danneth

you grinding the existing out first?

Dicko&Vacant

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am i? you tell me! the bits that need repointing really dont have hardly anything in them to grind out Im gonna take some pics as its literally a good inch into the depth of the brick thats got no cement actually in

Sarah

lead_foot

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Get some one else to do it

Seademon

It'd be best to chase out all of the existing pointing, buy a chasing out chisel it'll be easier than using a bolster, no point in pointing in bits here and there really.

Using a small trowel I normally just fill it in, everyone has their own way of doing it & its quite hard to explain but I dont put too much on the trowel otherwise it just drops all over the place. You'll want a nice smallish trowel and board - dont put too much on the board or your wrist will soon ache ha ha

No doubt theres some vids on youtube!

danneth

haha don't ask me im only a sparky, but ive seen me dad do it a few times on houses and chimneys etc, and im sure he uses a grinder first?

* sits back and waits for the builders *

Seademon

Grinders the quick way of using a chisel but makes loads of dust, noise and might f*ck your bricks up if your not careful :0)

paul16v

Sarah Wennys brother in law is good with stuff like this and cheap, i need a bit doin on the front of my house where that smackhead tried to steal the lead off my bay window the other night

bad boy rs

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Get some one that knows what they are doing to point it

if you havnt done it before i gaurentee it will look awfull

remember your the one thats gotta look at it

booner999

go to bradfords, get a pointing in tool, ask someone and they will get you one, then a small trowel, and a soft brush.

The whole point of this objective is not to get it all over the face of the brick, it will look totally shit if you do.

Take out any cement that is going to show when you point, you want to make it look like you have pointed in the whole lot, not just bits, it will look crap.

The rest is technieque (spelling) just dont go wacking loads on as 90 % will end up down the brick face. Use small amounts, I would go for a thing long bit on the edge of the trowel, make sure its small enough to go in the joint, make sure you fill the joint right up, push it in other wise it will just crack and look pants.

Once done, use the soft brush to brush away any excess and to smooth any joints that look a bit pants


Also, when pointing, its easyer to do the vertical joints, then do the straight joints after, then brush

Get some pics up of what it looks like when you are done, also, you dont really need to pay a builder to do it, its dead simple, just need to take your time

cozzy jeff

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im a bricky the way we do it is use a 4inch grinder with a diamond blade,grind out at least 20mm of old/damaged compo,wet the wall before you start theres less chance of the compo falling out when you push it into the joint,as above start with the perp joint then the bed joint,use a 3/1 mix for a stronger job,good luck,if you get stuck we charge 13quid a square m2 lol!

rscombi.

if you havnt done it before ill be surprised if it looks good when your done mate. crack on tho if ur up 4 it its a shit job tho!

righthooker

should have asked me ,all you have to do is pick up the phone,i have all the gear and can even give you a lad to do it at cost lol..

how many m2 in the wall??

or if you are too tight you can borrow my grinder and pionting disc to get the depth right ,seen so many people make there walls look worse with a bad job,pointing is an art lol

righthooker

your cheap lol ,i could get you in and still make Ł5.50

Dicko&Vacant

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its about 8ft high and maybe about 15ft long where it needs pointing, most of it is on the outside where it needs doing, the inside isnt too bad, so regardless of how shit it looks we wont have to actually look at it, as long as its pointed and not looking ready to fall down is the main priority.

Im gonna give it a go tomorrow ill take some pics before and after

Bullett

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im not a brickey but.extend your arm,extend your index finger only and hold in that position for a few moments.

thats pointing!





sorry cant help myself at times

Gary F

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PMSL

TIFF

Dicko&Vacant

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thanks for that Tiff

Well it doesnt look a total mess so im quite happy with myself, its very time consuming though! Got 1 full wall done this morning and got the largest bit to do next, think ill leave that til tomorrow though

Sarah

booner999

pics

Dicko&Vacant

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aint taken any yet ill do some tomorrow so you can all take the piss

booner999

im sure it looks lovely