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corner of building rebuild and repoint, Rugby

On 27th November 2011, in Bricklaying, Building, building repair, capping stones, corner of building repair, Excavation, General Building Repairs, grind out joints, northcote bricks, Odd Jobs, Pointing, rebuild, replace bricks, struck pointing, weatherpointing, by Damon

As you can see from the before photos, the bottom left handside corner of the building was in a terrible state. This was due to a previous neghbour building a shed up against the customers house and due to no adequate drainage from the roof over a period of time the rain washed down the […]

As you can see from the before photos, the bottom left handside corner of the building was in a terrible state.
This was due to a previous neghbour building a shed up against the customers house and due to no adequate drainage from the roof over a period of time the rain washed down the walls and caused a freeze/thaw process onto the bricks.

This then eroded the bricks away until finally the building started to fall away.To remedy this the old bricks had to be carefully removed and the corner rebuilt.

Also when the neighbour had built the shed, he’d knocked out bricks so he couild tie in the floor joists of his shed. These too had to be replaced and made good along with other bricks that had perished over the years.

The joints of the entire wall were then ground out and the wall repointed, coping stones were also replaced and repointed

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Wall and pier rebuild, Harborough Magna

On 2nd October 2011, in brick wall repairs, Bricklaying, Building, building repair, damaged piers, damaged wall repairs, General Building Repairs, insurance brick wall repairs, insurance building repairs, insurance wall repairs, Pointing, rebuild, replace bricks, struck pointing, wall collapse, wall repairs, weatherpointing, by Damon

The wall and pier had been hit by a vehicle causing substantial damage. The damaged wall and pier were taken down and most of the bricks were cleaned off and re-used in the rebuild.

Wall garden repair, Bilton, Rugby

On 10th July 2011, in Bricklaying, Building, building repair, corner of building repair, damp in walls, freeze/thaw, General Building Repairs, Odd Jobs, Pointing, rebuild, replace bricks, wall collapse, wall garden, water penetration, by Damon

As a common feature of wall gardens over a period of the time, the soil soaks up the rainwater which penetrates the brick and a freeze/thaw situation occurs. This systematically blows the face of the brick until eventually the whole brick disintegrates causing the wall to collapse. Early repairs will prevent the latter from happening […]

As a common feature of wall gardens over a period of the time, the soil soaks up the rainwater which penetrates the brick and a freeze/thaw situation occurs.
This systematically blows the face of the brick until eventually the whole brick disintegrates causing the wall to collapse.
Early repairs will prevent the latter from happening and bring the wall back to its former glory

Hence the old bricks were removed and the damamged wall was rebuilt as can be seen in the photos (the new bricks will obviously stand out for some time until they weather and blend in the existing bricks)

Pointing

On 14th May 2010, in Bricklaying, Building, General Building Repairs, grind out joints, northcote bricks, Odd Jobs, Pointing, rebuild, replace bricks, struck pointing, weatherpointing, by Damon

This job required the joints to be fully raked out utilising a diamond tipped mortar raking blade, then repointed using the weather pointing or struck pointing method, leaving a neat finish, as seen. You will also note some of the bricks had to be replaced due to frost damage over the years; the old ones […]

This job required the joints to be fully raked out utilising a diamond tipped mortar raking blade, then repointed using the weather pointing or struck pointing method, leaving a neat finish, as seen.
You will also note some of the bricks had to be replaced due to frost damage over the years; the old ones are removed and replaced with new which dosent affect the structure of the building and giving the building a much nicer look.
A great deal of the older houses would benefit from this due to the fact the mortar between the bricks has been weathering away and dropping out over the years, thus leaving it susceptable to the elements causing possible damp and cold spots in the house.
Once pointed this should remedy these problems.

D L Maintenance: Builders, Rugby, Warwickshire

Quality Work, Reasonable Prices

corner of building rebuild and repoint, Rugby

Wall and pier rebuild, Harborough Magna

Wall garden repair, Bilton, Rugby

Pointing

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