Help With Masonry Results With Pics ?

dennis

This is an original section in good shape.


This is a section that's been pointed.


Before


After, this corner was pulled out and redone.



So what do you think?
Is it good, average, better than average?

stacker

on a scale of 1-10 id give it a 7.and here is why
in the second pic,where you show your tuck pointing,you didnt remove the root of the problem,the ivy.
in the bottom pic,i see at least 5 joints that should have been filled,even tho they werent part of the corner you replaced.
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Tscarborough

What you did is great, but as Stacker says (now that you have practiced), you can clean up the whole thing.

Good work and nice match.

dennis

Hey , thanks for the replys. I appreciate it.

Stacker, I like how you took the pic and circled the joints. What did you use for that?
Those joints you point out are good and solid, maybe 3/8" deep at points, and dirty. Do you think they should be chiseled out and redone?
I'll get that ivy off.

stacker

i saved your pix to my computer then went to paint and edited them.get rid of the ivy.i cringe when i see ivy growing on a brick wall.the ivy will find the smallest opening in a joint and the rest is history.
maybe it is dirt i am seeing but they look like those joints need retucked.

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tribe_fan

I don't mean to hijack this (and I'm not a contractor either). But what method could you use to make the repaired area "match" with with tthe old area (that is still solid). I've read somewhere that you could make a "slurry" mixture - and kind of paint it on.

Is sealing the morter advisable ?

Thanks -

JIM CARROLL

you could also clean old mortar to make it blend better. I have used prosoco heavy duty restoration cleaner on jobs such as this. however i don't do any repointing yet. I mostly concentrate on cleaning, staining and sealing masonry & mortar joints.

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