When using cement mortar on a waterproof brick cladding, the main types of pointing used are…
Concave (also known as ‘bucket handle’
V-shaped – a more sophisticated method which is not commonly used due to a higher degree of difficultly and increased time needed.
Neat Struck Weathered joint – used to prevent water penetration as water gets to [...]
Brick walls, bonded together using mortar, come in a wide range of different styles and formats.
An all stretcher wall is very common and is made up of entirely stretcher face bricks facing outwards. Occasionally headers may be seen where adjoining walls enter at right angles and the headers bond the walls together.
Usually stretcher walls are [...]
A number of features can be noticed by simly looking at chimney pots.
The addition of an extra pot on top of an existing one may show a change of fuel in the fire below. If a fire was formerly timber but it now a more modern fuel it will generate more heat and chemicals that, [...]
