pointing on brittle concrete

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Hi Guys,

New to the forum so take it easy on me :confused:

Coming towards end of some major work in the house and was hoping to get some advice on a particular piece of work.

I have stripped away the plaster to expose the orginal brickwork which I play to leave. The house is an Edwardian 1905-1910. Anyhows the concrete between the bricks is extremely brittle due to age I guess. I am planning on re-pointing.

I am concerned the mortar won't take to the brittle concrete? I was wondering any suggestions on how I can handle this. I was considering just applying PVA to get it into a solid state and then apply mortor?

Advice greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Damien.
 
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The stuff between the bricks on a house of that age is much more likely to be sand/lime mortar which is actually very soft. On the outside of the house it might have been pointed with a hard cement mortar but you can get a narrow re-pointing chisel to groove it out if you want to re-point.
 
Hi John,

Thanks for the reply.

I am just a little concerned the mortar will not take to the brittle concrete (or whatever it is)..?

I guess it must do.
 
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