Repointing Brick: The Basic Techniques of Safe Mortar Removal

Repointing masonry is a process that is labor intensive and expensive. It is also something that needs to be done only about once every hundred years on any given building. It is important to repoint a building correctly using safe methods of mortar removal to prepare the wall and using the correct mortar mix to install back into the wall. This video will give you an idea about what mortar removal should look like. If you are looking to higher someone or looking to try and repoint yourself, I encourage you to first read Preservation Brief 2, watch some of these videos and learn the basics so that you do not pay a mason to damage your property and so that you can make the right decisions if you are taking on the job yourself. Good luck.

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Education

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• mortar removal
• repointing
• lime morter
• brick pointing
• preservation works
• lehigh valley
• philadelphia
• contractor

[PreservationWorks]

corozal22, we provide estimates based on a visit to the building in question. If you are interested in retaining our services, please email us at info@preservationworks.us. Thanks.

[bigdicksplace]

Ummm... You guys are going backwards. Lmao!

[corozal22]

how much is charge to do that?



[calcioevita5]

What is the make of this grinder? Thanks, Matt.

[bonanzatime]

@ChrisW12208 So True. Just like guns, in the hands of an idiot or monkey a pressure washer can cause harm to person or property. But in the hands of responsible individual, is a very useful tool. Even the Best tool for the job, until you bring politics and bureaucrats into the equation; then, everything DUMBS down a couple notches .

[ChrisW12208]

@bonanzatime I agree. from a distance it will tend to "blow" everything out. Pressure washer is what you want. I use them all the time also on my expensive vehicles and peoples homes and ... my daughter loves getting sprayed with it in the hot summer. Of course dont get too close because they can pierce flesh. Theres a technique to using them thats all and people cry because they dont know how lol.

[Mostlyfun]

@super66craig I prefer a leaf blower, when I can get away with making large amounts of dust.

when ya can't make the dust the vac is good.

It's good to see that you are using garden hose pressure it's the only way to go.

[super66craig]

A vacuum or garden hose pressure is the rule, no pressure washer!

[bonanzatime]

@preservationworks524

Actually if the 'pressure washer' keeps the nozzle back away from the masonry a foot or two, it will not damage the softest bricks imaginable and it will reach deeper into the pores and and crevices and remove that dust that the garden hose will not; you can also do it quicker so not to saturate the brickwork, that might happen using a garden hose trying to remove caked-up wet dust globules that bunch up because the garden hose is of too low a water pressure.

[preservationworks524]

@bonanzatime Thanks for the comment... However, I believe a pressure washer can damage soft bricks (I have seen it personally). High pressure water can easily remove the fire skin on soft clay bricks and can also inject substantial quantities of water into a wall causing damage to the interior of a building, particularly when the mortar is severely deteriorated. See recommendations of Preservation Brief 1 from the US Park Service