Comments on: Mortar in Wall

By: fred

fred — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:17:41 +0000

Great pics. Your tuckpointing job doesn’t look bad at all, especially for someone who doesn’t do it for a living.

I esp. like the contrast with the red/grey colors.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:31:15 +0000

This is a good thing to know. I will have to tuck (no pun intended) this info away for future use! Great post!

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:55:58 +0000

@Amalie: You’re welcome. Good luck with your tuckpointing project. I’m looking forward to reading about your results.

@Derek: Good point about the brushing. I forgot that step but remember reading about it. I’m sure that would clean things up nicely.

By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:18:01 +0000

I’ve seen bricklayers brush the mortar after it’s almost set. I think this cleans it up a little. Thanks for the lime mortar recipe, I have some brick on my chimney that needs tuckpointing

By: Amalie

Amalie — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:22:41 +0000

Thanks for this post– we’re about to make a first attempt at tuckpointing our porch columns, so the more info I can arm myself with, the better!