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What are NORI'S please

what would you repoint with John

Also would you use a lime mortar or would you use a mastic to repoint with the joint being thin

Huncoat Accrington and withnell Plastio once i have cleaned them would you use linseed oil

Hi Guys got a band of 2meters of engineering bricks at the base of the house and I want to clean them up and make them look great and red again. 1 Should i use brick cleaning acid first with a stiff brush or wire brush 2 should I use boiled linseed oil to then rub into the bricks and...

1.5-2 m band around the base of a detached house

http://www.everbuild.co.uk/103-trowel-mastic is the type of product that you describing or this http://www.travisperkins.co.uk/p/vallance-trowel-mastic-10kg-red/865016/3893588

where do you get this mastic from and how does it work please

John Would you then use boiled linseed oil over the top of all the brickwork to bring it up at the end of the process and can you get coloured lime mortar or can you add a dye to it thanks Phil

thank John You were right just updated the post to 1905

here are a couple of photos of the bricks and joints And what mortar or mastic is best Thanks

Hi Guys and girls I am wanting to get some tips for re-pointing my engineering bricks. The house was built in 1905 and is in need of some tlc. Some of the joints are very narrow so a wizzer is out of the question and also I dont want to damage the nice bricks, also the bricks need...