Re-Pointing Brickwork - a Structural Question!

[steveharman]

Hello!

I've started to rake out old lime mortar from our cottage to a depth of around 20mm (mortar width x 2 ?). I'd planned to do all the raking-out, cleaning up etc. on all four walls of the house and then set about putting the lime mortar back in.

My question is....if I take out 20mm of mortar across the entire building will this have any structural effect on the remaining brickwork? i.e; will the house fall down?

Thanks,

Steve

 

[tony1851]

9" thick walls ? No problem.

 

[steveharman]

Many thanks.

It's an old cottage but certainly two courses of brick thick, if that's 9".

Cheers,

Steve