Victorian Brick Pointing
House Pointing and Repointing Services in the Manchester, Stockport and north-west regions. Brick repair and renovation specialists. Using quality colour co-ordinated pitsands and specific lime types depending on the nature of the masonry, we ensure the same type of mortar the masonry units are bedded on, goes back into the joint. Original weatherstruck trowel finish.
Mechanical Repointing
We can point any type of brick, block or stonework with joint widths upto 20mm+ using the mechanical mortar injection pumps. A beautiful finish with excellent integrity. Bucket-Handle / Modern style finish.
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Red Mastic Pointing
Red Mastic Brick Pointing: Manchester, Stockport and the North West. Employing traditional time tested methods, only the highest quality Red Mastic is used in conjunction with a filtered and double distilled Linseed Oil. The linseed oil is applied generously with a second coat sealing the exterior skin of brickwork from the elements. This is the original period gauged brickwork finish for Accrington type brick and comes recommended for those looking to repoint there 'tight jointed' property.
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Chimney Pointing & Repair
We repair all chimney stacks and Guarantee our work for 10 years. All flashband and led work repaired.
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Strap Pointing
Time served strap pointers in the Manchester area, ensuring your stonework is looking its best and lasting a lifetime. We ensure with any stone pointing, lime is added to the mix at a minimum ratio of 1:1 to the cement. This ensures 3 key aspects for stone jointing compounds; flexibillity, breathabillity and most importantly, reliabillity.
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Flag Pointing
Flag Pointers in the Manchester area. We can rake and repoint all stone and concrete flags, including any repairation works required (replacements, extentions). We can also acid clean and preserve any surface.
Brick Pointing in Manchester & Stockport
Brick Cleaning & Raking
Chesterfield: A late 18th / early 19th century summerhouse. We began by raking the joints in preparation for the replacement mortar. The joint opening-width determined a rake out to 12mm+ deep. We then then cleaned the brick faces with a special acid calibrated for use on soft, clay-fired masonry.
During the preparation phase, we check for any signs of brick slippage or movement in the buildings brickwork skins. The use of wall ties (cavity wall type design) and helical bars are often required in order to ensure lateral strength in the exterior skin and to tie the internal and external maasonry skins together (cavity wall type design) to prevent any movement between the two.
Making a Start on the Pointing
Using color co-ordinated pitsand, carefully chosen lime types and in some cases cement additives to correlate PH to coincide with local Northern fly-ash mortar mixtures, we're able to produce bespoke mortars designed specifically for their given application/environment.
Click here for more info on how different cements and additives can help and sometimes hamper your pointing.
Setting up for the day.
Professional Brick Pointing Services in Manchester
Following raking and acid cleaning, we repointed the full building using an in-house hybrid lime mortar.
Professional Quality - Personal Service
Our Guarantee
All works undertaken by ourselves comes with a suitable gurantee. In the unlikely event of something going wrong, we endevour to put it right immediatly with minimum disruption.
We Guarantee all our works.
Flexible & Punctual
We know how disruptive building work can be. Thats why we aim to be the most flexible yet reliable builders out there. Getting the job done when best suits you and in good time.
Skilled Tradesmen
Time served tradesmen ensuring a top quality finish on your project everytime. Each trade is specific, and so each job undertaken is by a tradesmen who specialises in that area.