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Frost on brickwork
My house (mid terrace) is 2 1/2 year old, in the last few weeks I have noticed frost on 2 parts of my brickwork please see photo, the rest of the houses i.e both sides do not have this problem. Any...
 
imtrying to remove smears around the old shutters that someone had painted carel
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Should mortar turn brown in color after adding water?
Yesterday I mixed a bag of Quikrete mortar that had been laying around about five or more years. When mixed it was brown in color, not the usual grey. I used it anyway but I'm wondering if that was a...
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Brick repointing butcher job
I had someone repair missing mortar on my porch and this is what he did. (In case the picture didn't upload, he just splattered mortar all over the wall, getting more on the brick faces than in holes...
 
Brick repointing butcher job
I had someone repair my front brick porch. Is this job SO bad that I should refuse to pay the balance and tell the contractor to sue me if he wants the last $100 of a $450 job? I've never see work...
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pointing accrington brick
Use double boiled linseed oil & ground brick dust.Mine has lasted 50 years!!DO NOT USE AN ANGLE GRINDER to remove the old filling as it will nick the bricks especially on the is also no need to rub...
 
water coming into my basement through outside wall
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how do I raise brick veneer on settling front porch slab
I have a front porch that is on a concrete slab and has settled along with the brick veneer wall of the house. I am almost sure the slab is on fill dirt that was not properly packed. This has casued...
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Has State Farm Insurance Company ever paid a claim on hail damage brick?
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Do I have to remove the paint on my concrete steps before I lay bricks over them?
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can you put brick or brick veneer over stucco?
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how can i evenly cut a piece of brick
looking for a way to have an even corner on a flower bed made of brick
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I have water seeping our of very small holes in the mortar between my bricks. These bricks are 8 feet under my basement floor.
The sump pump has never turned on because it is 8 feet above ground. What is the source of this small drainage? Is it coming from my house (a leaking pipe)? Or is it ground water and should I be...
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