The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Mon Feb 01, 2010 8:17 pm**

I suspect it was quite a lot of salt - enough to clear the snow away.
I have told the clients that there isn't anything I can do to touch it up as a layer of mortar a few mm thick will be purely cosmetic and won't last for long. Apart from completly chiseling out the old pointing does anyone have an alternative to repair the pointing?

Richey

Posted: **Mon Feb 01, 2010 8:48 pm**

i reckon you answered your own question there, id chisel the blown stuff out an re-point, cant think of another way round it tbh.

Like you say a few mm wont last 5 minutes!

Posted: **Mon Feb 01, 2010 8:57 pm**

personally I would grind it rather than use a hammer and chisel so you don't chip the edge of the flags

The Brew Cabin

Crumbling pointing