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I need to remove a faulty gas oven and intend to replace it with an electric one so the gas fitting will not be used. Eventually will have the pipe removed properly when I redo the kitchen but for now can I either leave the bayonet fitting just unconnected to anything or shall I fit one of...

Perhaps the original post from 2011 should have been answered at the time? It got no replies.

Thanks that looks the same shape as mine.

What size half round tool are you using to iron, would you mind showing a picture of the profile of the tool please?

Yeah that wasn't done by me, it was done before I bought the house either by the previous owner or before that maybe. The survey didn't mention it and I didn't pick it up on the viewing. When I did my sections I raked out at least an inch and cleaned up all the edges. Some parts I had to go a...

Sharp sand is just sharp sand what you pick up from the builders merchants. They don't sell different varieties I don't have access to exotic types of sand as far as I know. Was a special type of sand used in the 30s when they built this house? It was probably just any old sand they got locally...

Ok cool I'm going to start work again within the next couple weeks so I'll do a test patch and post the picture here for feedback. Can I ask why? The original pointing, presumably with lime, it's clear to see that there is a more coarse aggregate used. If you look at this picture you can...

Thanks, the joint isn't ironed in this case is it? I just pack the mortar in with my tool and then scrape it off and brush it? I have an outhouse to do as well so what I think I'll do is try flush pointing on a section of that and then post photo back here to see if it's good enough to...

Also I know it's still wet here but it's still very grey looking. How can I improve the colour if I can't use dyes? I only have the sand available what is stocked at the local merchants or diy sheds. All building sand looks the same to me. Or do I use sharp as well which tends to be more yellow?

I already said in my opening post that I wasn't happy with how it's come out and I could redo it. How is it helping me to just say my work looks crap without giving advice on what finish I should go for and what mix etc. I can't afford to pay a few thousand to get someone in to do this job. I...

Replying to both of you. Forgive me but weather struck pointing has quite a distinctive angle to it where the top of the joint is recessed into the brick and the bottom of the joint protrudes from the surface of the brick leaving a distinctive raised line. This looks nothing like that. This is...

Here is a photo of the neighbour the other side. Again it's more buff coloured and just looks an overall integrated look with the brick which I like. Again I don't think it's bucket handle finish.

And here is a photo of my neighbour's wall for reference. Same type of brick obviously, but alot neater looking and I like the colour match. If I could achieve this look I think that would be nice?

Here's some photos of my other walls that I haven't touched yet. The front of the house is a textured brick, not smooth like the side and back. You can see from one close up that the a thin layer has just been put over the original mortar here. The original mortar is very fragile, can scrape...

I think what it is is that the tool looks like a v shape because it's only the 1/2 size. The bit that's curved, is a quarter circle, but it's sitting within a larger piece of metal which makes it look like a tighter radius. If the joint was narrower, the tool would be sitting on much more of the...

I did leave it some time before tooling it. It wasnt wet at all definitely not sloppy and I didn't get any sticking to the brick etc. My mix wasn't too wet either. It was dry enough that the edges would crumble off. I did tool it hard though, trying to get the compression into the surface so...

Here's a section done not by me but previously. It's more buff coloured and flush with the brick. The issue is that the layer of pointing there is only a couple mm deep as they didn't take out the joint properly to do it. In such a wide joint is this better than trying to make a concave profile?

I just think it looks crap. Like Ivor says it's deep in places and the greyness of it makes it stand out more compared to if it's more sandy coloured or more similar to the brick in colour. So I'm thinking when I do the rest of the house I do it completely flush with the surface of the brick...

Yeah it is very sharp. I got it from wickes. The Marshaltown ones in screwfix don't look a lot different from the picture, but they do do some larger sizes. Do you think I should redo the whole lot? Or I could not do a concave profile at all and do it completely flush?

Is this wall better?