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Tuck Pointing and Repairing of Loose Bricks
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the mortar between the brickwork (or mortar joints) begins to
crumble and deteriorate, it allows moisture into the walls of
your home. As the mortar continues to deteriorate, the bricks
begin to shift and sometimes fall out.
Brick and masonry is very
often left without maintenance for far to many years. Home and business owners
see the deterioration as it occurs without understanding that maintenance is
essential and if left to deteriorate is very costly once the damage is
excessive.
The pictures below show
where someone had used a sealant or caulking to repair the joints and was very sloppy, I
cleaned out the old caulking and repaired these areas with a mortar that I
tinted to match the existing mortar. |
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| Due to settling this brick worked itself loose
and left a crack in the mortar from the window to the ground, the old brick was
removed and a new brick was put in it's place |
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The mortar is a little messy but the key to a
great looking job is to wash off the excess mortar, some inexperienced tuck
pointers don't do this and the result is, that if allowed to dry, you end
up with a mucked up job and the only way to fix it is to remove and
replace the bricks, good luck finding bricks that match. |
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