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    Cleaning and making good 1905 engineering bricks

    What are NORI'S please
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    Cleaning and making good 1905 engineering bricks

    what would you repoint with John
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    Cleaning and making good 1905 engineering bricks

    Also would you use a lime mortar or would you use a mastic to repoint with the joint being thin
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    Cleaning and making good 1905 engineering bricks

    Huncoat Accrington and withnell Plastio once i have cleaned them would you use linseed oil
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    Cleaning and making good 1905 engineering bricks

    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...
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    pointing old victorian 1905 house engineering bricks

    1.5-2 m band around the base of a detached house
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    pointing old victorian 1905 house engineering bricks

    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
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    pointing old victorian 1905 house engineering bricks

    where do you get this mastic from and how does it work please
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    pointing old victorian 1905 house engineering bricks

    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
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    pointing old victorian 1905 house engineering bricks

    thank John You were right just updated the post to 1905
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    pointing old victorian 1905 house engineering bricks

    here are a couple of photos of the bricks and joints And what mortar or mastic is best Thanks
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    pointing old victorian 1905 house engineering bricks

    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...
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    Tying back a bay that has some lateral movement

    Hi Guys new on the site and looking for some advice. I have a big bay with a large window below and above. The area in the middle of the 2 windows is showing some lateral movement away from the house and I have been told that I need to tie it back to the main house construction. I was...
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    Tying back a bay that has some lateral movement

    Hi Guys new on the site and looking for some advice. I have a big bay with a large window below and above. The area in the middle of the 2 windows is showing some lateral movement away from the house and I have been told that I need to tie it back to the main house construction. I was...
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