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    Crumbly mortar on chimney brest

    I'm really sorry to be so impatient but a was hoping to get to this this evening or tommorrow if anyone could clear it up for me. Thanks, and sorry again.
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    Crumbly mortar on chimney brest

    hey sorry to ressurect this but i am getting round to doing it today and tommorrow. What size areas could i do at once? i dont want it to fall down. Is about 1.5m wide by 2.4 tall. Could i rake out and do half today and half tommorrow? By half i was meaning looking at the face of it and...
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    Crumbly mortar on chimney brest

    no the flue is no longer in use and we were advised that we would need it lined if we wanted to use it again. so really it's just to stabilize the chimney brest and seeing as it doesn't matter if i make a mess of it i might do it myself. would a 4:1 mix be ok for re-pointing it and how deep...
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    Crumbly mortar on chimney brest

    The chimney in my loft needs some attention as the mortar is little more than sand in most parts with numerous bricks needing replaced as they are also pretty soft and some have large chunks cracked off. This has happened i assume because of long term water damage caused by bad pointing on...
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