Repointing my entire gable end wall as existing mortar seems to be knackered in most places. Not the most interesting task but getting into a flow tackling a couple of meters at a time when I get time.
Grinding out to 20mm with a thick diamond mortar rake disc and attached to a Henry hoover for extraction. Then grinding out the bits the disc missed using a mortar rake bit on the grinder.
Using my not-very-good DIY scaffold tower I bought a few years ago, ratchet strapped to the house wall resulting in it being rock solid.
Probably covered about a quarter of the total area so far, and filled about 5 Henry bags. Virtually no dust on cars/windows etc tho.
Material cost pretty low, used 3 bags of building sand and some of a bag of cement so far. On my first raking disc still, altho it’ll only be good for a bit more as it’s getting smaller. Plus the Henry bags.
You get the gist from the pics, might post another one later but it’ll be just as boring as these!
Grinding out to 20mm with a thick diamond mortar rake disc and attached to a Henry hoover for extraction. Then grinding out the bits the disc missed using a mortar rake bit on the grinder.
Using my not-very-good DIY scaffold tower I bought a few years ago, ratchet strapped to the house wall resulting in it being rock solid.
Probably covered about a quarter of the total area so far, and filled about 5 Henry bags. Virtually no dust on cars/windows etc tho.
Material cost pretty low, used 3 bags of building sand and some of a bag of cement so far. On my first raking disc still, altho it’ll only be good for a bit more as it’s getting smaller. Plus the Henry bags.
You get the gist from the pics, might post another one later but it’ll be just as boring as these!
