Durgun 45 pointing gun

[The Medway Handyman]

These seem to be the kiddies for repointing, but I've read good & bad reviews - anyone here used one?

[EricP]

Yes.

Magic for about three to four meters then your hand seizes up from cranking the thing. Great for a small bit of work though, particularly from a van like you do.

I have not seen a battery one or compressed air one specifically for pointing but someone probably makes them.

[Owain]

I think it was the French Manor House on Grand Designs (the nice

4-storey one with the nice people in it, who restored it from 60 years of dereliction, not les gits from Les Gets) who used some form of compressed pointing gun with lime mortar.

Offline so can't check, but possibly a link on the suppliers page of that project on the C4 website

Owain

[mike]

[Andy Burns]

Creause

[Nobby]

downhand position (for patio slab joints). The compo needs to be rather wet to come out of the gun at all and the application needs to be fairly continuous and speedy to avoid the contents solidly packing up in the barrel with the plunger only 1/2 way down, or after discharging even less contents. I used various types of building sand, with and without plasticisers, all with similar results. I didn't try lime mortar which may be different, but in my experience wanting to use lime mixes is a fairly rare event in any case.

If you're using one to try and point brickwork I would think that the wetness and control over the rate of application would be a problem, also the packing, as already mentioned.

I have repointed my house using an angle grinder and the traditional pointing trowel in spite of owning the SF version.

To answer your question; as far as I'm concerned it makes far better doorstop than for any pointing application. Perhaps it is possible to use such items successfully, but if so, the required technique eluded me totally.

If you master it please let us know how.

Regards