Do you actually have tuck pointing?
You need a tuck pointer to push the mortar in and you need something flat to hold the mortar that you can lean against the bricks level to the bottom of the joint then push in the mortar….you can buy a special pointing hawk, but for small jobs I use a cheap plasterers trowel upside downI have several bricks to chop out and replace so was thinking of buying a tuck pointer.
What size? 6mm or 8mm perhaps? I was thinking it should be slightly narrower than the joint so 8mm best but then Screwfix sell 6mm and 12mm.
Is stainless worth the extra?
Any other suggestions?
Thanks
I use a filling knife to butter the bricks and slide them in, but using a hawk and tuck pointer seems to be a common way to fill the joints?
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All the brickies i know use finger/tuck trowels to fill bed joints, it's insisted on where i work, we have had problems with some bricklayers in the past with mortar being washed out on final brick cleaning.I've never used a tuck iron to fill joints, and disagree that it's commonly used for this.
Pointing trowel, flatten the mortar to joint thickness on a brick trowel or hawk, cut it to suitable sections, slide it in. Rinse and repeat.
Then is it a lack of skill thing with today's bricklayers?All the brickies i know use finger/tuck trowels to fill bed joints, it's insisted on where i work, we have had problems with some bricklayers in the past with mortar being washed out on final brick cleaning.
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