Hi,
I have a house built in 1989 in a sandstone with a cavity. The two gable ends are rendered over block brick. The front and back walls are strap pointed. Much of the pointing is fine however one end tends to get a lot of the weather and some of the strap pointing is either falling off or can be pulled off by hand.
i'm trying to decide if it needs repairing.
I've had a google around to see what the advice is and can't find much, mainly it is things saying strap pointing is bad, e.g. here:
http://www.heritage-house.org/pages/what-is-pointing-and-what-does-it-do.html
Has anyone got any experience or advice on how to repair / if to repair it?
A couple of pics I had to hand area attached one of the exposed chimney and one of a sound part where there are no issues.
Thanks,
Dan
I have a house built in 1989 in a sandstone with a cavity. The two gable ends are rendered over block brick. The front and back walls are strap pointed. Much of the pointing is fine however one end tends to get a lot of the weather and some of the strap pointing is either falling off or can be pulled off by hand.
i'm trying to decide if it needs repairing.
I've had a google around to see what the advice is and can't find much, mainly it is things saying strap pointing is bad, e.g. here:
http://www.heritage-house.org/pages/what-is-pointing-and-what-does-it-do.html
Has anyone got any experience or advice on how to repair / if to repair it?
A couple of pics I had to hand area attached one of the exposed chimney and one of a sound part where there are no issues.
Thanks,
Dan