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Repointing of brickwork

  • 04-11-2010 10:19am
    #1
    ceekay74
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    Hi. Looking for information on the re-pointing of bricks on the front of a house. Any suggestion, info, and/or good tradesmen to get a price from.


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  • #2
    oleary.k1
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    ceekay74 wrote: »
    Hi. Looking for information on the re-pointing of bricks on the front of a house. Any suggestion, info, and/or good tradesmen to get a price from.

    Is the mortar on your brick work a lime mortar or cement mortar? Lime mortar is more expensive and was used on buildings which were constructed up to the early 1900s. It can cost anything from 50 to 75 euros per m2. Cement based mortar is much cheaper.


  • #3
    ceekay74
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    oleary.k1 wrote: »
    Is the mortar on your brick work a lime mortar or cement mortar? Lime mortar is more expensive and was used on buildings which were constructed up to the early 1900s. It can cost anything from 50 to 75 euros per m2. Cement based mortar is much cheaper.

    I'm pretty sure it's cement. House was built in the early 70's.


  • #4
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,902 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Early 70s would be cement based mortar alright


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