Greetings All,
I'm just continuing with some work to reduce water ingress into the old house we bought last year. I've just taken down all the really old, thick & woodworm infested ivy and have uncovered a section of protruding brick work (1/4-1/2 inch) above a window. I did know it was there and mentioned it to my brother-in-law who reckoned I could probably just point it up but I'm not convinced. The house is a 'mish mash' of stone and brick underneath and so we will likely need to lime render it or at least use a lime wash. So in that case maybe pointing it up would be ok as long as there's not a structural issue. I'll probably ask a builder to look at it anyway but just wanted some opinion before. Picture below, many thanks...Chris
I'm just continuing with some work to reduce water ingress into the old house we bought last year. I've just taken down all the really old, thick & woodworm infested ivy and have uncovered a section of protruding brick work (1/4-1/2 inch) above a window. I did know it was there and mentioned it to my brother-in-law who reckoned I could probably just point it up but I'm not convinced. The house is a 'mish mash' of stone and brick underneath and so we will likely need to lime render it or at least use a lime wash. So in that case maybe pointing it up would be ok as long as there's not a structural issue. I'll probably ask a builder to look at it anyway but just wanted some opinion before. Picture below, many thanks...Chris