I assume that the original poster has pointed his brickwork in the 9 years since asking the question.
It appears yet again the users of the home crap hub cannot read dates not quote from the original post.
It's in their charter. "Thou shalt not quote nor create a new thread. The only true way is to respond to ancient messages. Never ever acknowledge responses. Anything else is heresy."
Tim
Your post actually made it back to their site:
Given their users are so clueless (can't read dates) I don't think any of them should be attempting anything beyond breathing.
I had initially thought this was spam from the homeowners webshite like a number of recent posts.
However I'm sure that any self respecting website owner operator wouldn't reply to 9 year old posts.
Where do you get the idea that they might be self respecting? You're right though that they let their users do the spamming for them unintentionally.
NT
A couple of regulars here think even that is too much. FWIW I think that would be a tad OTT for the sin of being web-clueless.
NT
I wonder if it's possible to re-enter all posts received here from HOH back into HOH automatically? That might mess up their threads and deter their users.
I'm sure their users would be none the wiser.
NT
replying to alan_m, Mastercraftsman wrote: I'm sure there will be people looking for up to date new products
replying to Poster, fcbolton wrote: going back many years...... mastic could be bought in bags as dry sand together with a powdered red dye. for red accringtons rake out the joints as depth of about6mm (the original mortar is likely to be "clog iron mortar".which is based on ground ashes .buildings built late 19th century before cement was widely available. mix the mastic powder with BOILED linseed oil (some say double boiled linseed oil) paint the raked out joint with a primer of boiled linseed oil. point the joint with the mixed mortar. the mix should be fairly stiff but well mixed . do the vertical sections first try and do about 1m sq at a time.. the boiled oil acts as a drying agent and will take days to set (compare with cement mortar which sets within 3hours.. when the who wall is complete paint the whole wall surface brick face and new joints with one coat boiled linseed oil. allow to set(set not dry). i have made small samples of boiled oil based mortars and they set to a vey hard mass. only do this type of pointing to accrington hor semi engineering brick. the normal modern brick requires a weak cement lime sand mortar water mixed this allows any dampness to evaporate through the joints NOT through though the face of the brick normal recc is 1 1 6 cement lime sand mix. many 19th cent buildings may not have been built with a cavity thus rain kept out with the boiled linseed.
pThe oil gives it a lovely shine and helps with weathering
You need to use sand and cement; you can put a wee bit of red cement dye in it to blend in with the brick too
Not sure how useful that is, *12 years* after the original question.
:-)
If it wasn't done properly the first time, it might be due a repoint now ;)
It's good that stuff comes in from "homeowners hub". At least it's DIY related.
Yes I guess it looks like that stupid home owners club database is as busted as usual, and I have to point out that since the original question does not arrive with the answer after all that time, we are often no wiser what the poster is on about. Why don't the Admins of Usenet threaten to cut them off from the backbone unless they fix their dodgy software? Brian
Brian Gaff (Sofa) brought next idea :
+1It might be better to have them cut off at the source, though.
Repointing in mastic was one way but now outdated an is far oil sealant was more to help keep the mastic supple. There are plenty shine non , biodregrable and eco friendly . Done right the pointing would easily see out the time. To many are scared to approach the 2/3mm beds an perps. Mostly these have to opened up to get a good grip of the ash and like ther were built in plus dyes are extremely common were you can choose depth of colour.
And now in English? Not that it matters 14 years after the question was asked.
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