Super informative - thank you for taking the time to explain it in so much detail. I need to have my house re-pointed but the prices I'm being quoted are crazy high - this video gives me the encouragement to do it myself, even if it is just the raking out to save a bit of money. Keep it up!
Some people won't like to follow on as they like to rake out 7/12mm that's fine and all but I believe if your doing a job it wants to be the best it can be why not rake out at 35mm+ 😏 just that builders etc don't like filling so much back in 😬 I wish you luck and only advise I could say is don't rake out too much (area wise stay to small areas) and chip away at it so it's not so much of a big project and wait for spring make life easier for yourself its not a nice job to start with no point Freezeing at the same time 😂👍
Lovely brickwork! I had relatives that did this kind of work so I got to see it up close and understand just how physically tough it is. You do amazing work, Mick! Thanks for sharing with us!
Thanks mate yeah it's definitely a younger man's work haha I really need to get the outside water tite this yeah I'm fed up of putting pans and buckets dotted round the house hahaha
Well done. I bought myself one of these mortar rakes and comes with shroud which are available from Sunrise. So instead of using a disc you're using a milling bit. It basically turns your angle grinder into a something like a milling machine. I found this tool was really good for doing the perps.
Mate, if your neighbours complain about you making any dust with how you are doing that they should come and see how a gang are doing it over the road from me !!!! You are doing a proper job 👍🏻 Super considerate 👍🏻
Thank you, I try my best with my neighbours but the amount of work I've done on the house they now report me for every project :( The house is pre 1920s its going to need work..
I know this is about a year old video, but man what a task to take on by yourself! The repointing looked awesome to me, you are doing great work! Your blasting videos are also great and very satisfying to watch. I help my son build his race cars and do a bit of media blasting of parts, in a cabinet, and its my favorite thing to do! Can’t imagine doing it on your level though! A dirty but satisfying job I would think!
Great job and effort. That's a good looking house. When you were pointing and said that the mortar was going in too deep, i thought that was the idea, to give it more strength!
Thank you 😊 my house I wanted to go as deep as possible but for realistic expectations from a company to come and a job like this they stick to 8 to 12mm deep unfortunately it's just what happens
I too think the original is lime mortar as someone has commented below, the house being built about 120 years ago, so about 1900, give or take twenty years. I suspect the removal of the render has taken the surface off the bricks, hence the ‘wire cut’ brick appearance rather than smooth. Time will tell if that’s a problem. Ivy is horrible stuff to remove from a wall and it gets into a brick often a little bit. Your lead-work looks fine to me. Sometimes when people use a grinder to cut out old mortar they cut into the brick leaving a wider mortar joint than the original, but the cutting disks are available in differing thickness. The new mortar does want to be in all the way. The jointer pushes it in besides giving a finished look, also it compresses the joint, squeezing the sand grains together where the water was. Mortar, unlike gypsum plaster, does not expand on setting, it shrinks slightly.
I always thort lime was a light colour and somewhat flexible in the areas that oxygen cannot cure. The motor looked like something they pulled out of the ground (with it been a coal village) and it been dark gray and small lumps of black stuff that resembles coal I persumed it was some sort of coal and ash mix with something else I could be wrong though
Just have to learn pal when funds are short and the jobs are big 😂 only way I could afford a house this size was to take on a massive project that needed alot of work. Got to admit I've enjoyed the challenge and learning new skills 👌
Nice work. I watched from beginning to end. I have brick paths that need repointing and learnt a lot from your video. Thanks for taking the time to make it. Cheers.
Hi, sterling job. I've been pointing for more years than I care to remember. I now use King Fisher pointing mixed with their pointing solution. And a pointing gun. It's super easy to use and comes in different colours. I mix dark grey and light grey to get somewhere inbetween.
Thanks 😊 I ust to rake out for a job before doing blasting but I could never make enough money putting it back in 😂 we got £3 a meter to rake out and £4 a meter to fill in this is going back some years the boss was charging the council £35 a meter all them years ago he provided scaffolding and tools contract etc so not too bad I suppose 😆
Ah 👍 I wasn't sure what it was. Its lasted over 100 years as I was told this house is pre 1920s with it not having cavitys so dating back to this time or before
Fair fucking play mate! Just had the front of a house glass blasted, finished raking out and jet washing today. Been a good bit of graft already! Them sand / glass blasters are a game changer! Top work bud
@diy-fi6jq I forgot to say I had some 18" damp left over that's why I thort of that 😬 eav trays arnt expensive it's the hassle of finding and fetching them lol
I think you could easlily have be a utuber far better than charlie diy and recieve a great income u just neeed a few tweeks Great vidoe please concentrate on this ....
Dark mortar is always more intense. Sometimes needed. I actually like using it. I have a Weatherstruck video on my Chanel using the same time as you are here
Not in this village mate watch the video I explain that the original goulash ish sweepings up it was black and soft in this area is built up on Cole dust 😬
I posted this video because it kinda gose hand in hand with many jobs I've done on building sites I blast the building and the next process is usually repoint then windows gutters so I wanted to show its easier than some folk make out and fairly DIY friendly with the right gear 👍 if you look on my play list I have the bathroom makeover video back to brick refit I don't fink I've posted the last video yet I will edit the video 1 day and put the finished product up 👍
Was good to watch - the mixes recommended, are all over the place ! I reckon I'll go 3-1, as got a Norfolk red brick, end terrace to do, in Gt.Yarmouth. Some of the bricks are rotten. Only thing that concerned me with your video, is the area that you racked out !? I was under the impression that you still have to work diamond shapes, especially at 30mm depth. Am I wrong in thinking that ?
Too strong of a mix anything stronger than 4:1 could be too strong for the brick and course the brick to rot rather than the cement not sure how this works but its definitely a thing. 30mm deep isn't a problem to a 102mm brick 👍 just don't leave it raked out but for a few months will be fine. (Look into chariot pointing that's 10/15mm deep and left like that)
Soft to medium is the sweet spot ive found but timing is the key when striking off taking the shine off the joints isn't a problem when it drys fully this won't be seen but the snotters left over are harder to remove as long as the face of the brick is flat (no chucks of cement) its really easy to remove staining with a week acid and a light jetwash if cement chucks are left on from brushing off with a soft brush the clean up then needs a stronger acid and harder hitting wash this may lead to damage of the joints that's why I prefer to use a slightly harder brush not really worried about the look of the joint so long as it's not pulling it out brush marks will dry and not be very noticeable 👍
@@Mobileblaster I couple it with the M class dewalt dust extractor 240v Only difference between your grinder and mine is yours has what looks like a sankyo shroud where we mine has a dewalt steel shroud. Might be one in one of my videos.
@@Southpoint2019 yeah the dewalt stuff to do it on a daily basis but for a DIYer a 25£ amozon special will do me just fine 😁 I priced the dewalt up and soon realised I would be happy with the amozon haha Yeah I use industrial vacs for my work thats possibly the only bit that's not DIY but a Henry will do the job👍
I just had a quote from a so called “repointing specialist” and it states on the quote that existing mortar will be ground out to a depth of 5mm 🤣🤣🤣 i’m not a newbie to building
When I was working for the council they said a minimum of 7mm at its highest point so basically saying they could check any job any place and if it wasn't a minimum of 7mm they would knock the job we set the depth to 12mm if we dug in anymore we wouldn't make any money filling back in. It only really needs 10mm but it's better if it's deeper
Think I might have had the whole house rendered and then painted white.Looks like bond was 5 stretchers to one Flemish header.I did a church which had the manse like that the office draughtsmen called it Morrises madness.Split the money and was glad to walk away. Next week a guy came on site,asked to see the guy in charge- -walked up and stabbed him in the back four times.Seems he couldn’t keep away from the wives of others. Knew his dad,walked our dogs a lot together.The son was ok but was a different guy- -
It's not very nice stuff to mess with and it's hard to get hold of good fitting waterproof gloves to keep his hands away from the cement plus he lost interest on the filling in stage 😄
them mortar guns are only good for patio jointing other wise u get half the muck on the wall. use hand board/hawk (where ever ur from) and a pointing bar/small tool to compress the muck in firmly then finish off with what ever finish u want. only saying as it looks like u had a lot of cleaning up to do but otherwise good job on diy mate :)
Yeah I mentioned that in the video years ago this is how I did it for a living but I've lost my speed/skill and tools 😂 the gun is possibly the most DIY friendly as its real easy to learn and gets the job done. Normally you would only rake out 7/12mm so a hawk and jointer would be way more efficient for that. For me to learn the skills needed for the hawk I reckon the gun was the fastest option I don't intend on doing another project like this well a bit more patching around a door when we remodel the kitchen not enough to put the hours needed to master the hawk for what I do now 👌 but yeah hawk and jointer is definitely the way to go if you plan on doing this work full-time
@locien182 No a new what ya was saying 👍 hawk is the best method but dose take time to master 👍so long as ya get the thick up with brush a very week acid and power washer will soon have it looking like nothing has been done 👌
Thanks mate it's been alot of work and alot of money evey room needed new floors new rewire windows plaster plumbing joinery etc etc basically bought the brick shell and I've had to learn how to fix everything els as I go haha
@@Mobileblaster it’s definitely work it in the long run pal. I started the same, but had no electric or water and had to knock half of down to rebuild!! Took me 8 years to do it!! I swore I’d never to it again but just got planning on another 2, 1 bedders to convert!!
@@yorblastshotblastcleaning1688 😆 ya love it really I've got planning for a 3 bed bungalow in the back yard 😴 footings and drainage is in but I've got way too much to do on the main house before going any further with that also just got planning to build a dubble garage with business use so I will save £600 a month on no unit that will be awesome when it's built just need the 2nd mortgage to come in now 😬 don't look good though because of covid books 😔
What would you advice if removing the render as left chisel marking in the brickwork spoiling the surface of the bricks. Mainly minor but doesn't look great. Is there anything I can do to improve there appearance before reporting, suggestions would be much appreciated
That would be very good of you mate. I will do that as soon as I get the chance. It would be a shame if after removing the cement render and Repointing in a more traditional lime mortar in an attempt to show the Edwardian brickwork on the gable end that I might have to have it re rendered again. I will message you again soon mate. Thanks for your response
Yeah it would do a project this size(full house) no problem as for a daily basis job then a more professional bit of kit would be advised after doing quite abit with it it was showing some were but for the money worth every penny 👍
Yeah. This crack is from my own doing and I know it won't move anywhere now as I had to lift 2x RSJ's and the acro prop was stuck so I had to try and lift the brickwork to free the beam and rsj it's all sorted now sat on pad stones 👌
They dont sell grout bags over there?.. it's very hard to watch someone use that hideous contraption , that just barely works. Get a good grout bag and save yourself hours and it's so much easier. We have always used grout bags and trust me , I've filled in thousands of feet of mortar joints.
If your doing large jobs with a decent crew it's worthwhile getting ready mix dripped off but they only deliver 8 gobo tubs at once = half of a cement trucks worth. Using pre mix works out very expensive it comes in 15kg bags and it was £17 a bag last time I looked could be close to £20 a bag now when I can buy 1 cement 25kgs £4 and 4x 25kgs sand for £7.40 I end up with alot more (125kgs) at a lot less for the privilege of using a mixer 👌👍
I've moved 2 rsjs and rectified this on the inside who ever put them in before dint use pad stones and over time the load cracked the bricks they was sat on making the wall shift a tad buts that's been done now 👌👍
Super informative - thank you for taking the time to explain it in so much detail. I need to have my house re-pointed but the prices I'm being quoted are crazy high - this video gives me the encouragement to do it myself, even if it is just the raking out to save a bit of money. Keep it up!
Some people won't like to follow on as they like to rake out 7/12mm that's fine and all but I believe if your doing a job it wants to be the best it can be why not rake out at 35mm+ 😏 just that builders etc don't like filling so much back in 😬 I wish you luck and only advise I could say is don't rake out too much (area wise stay to small areas) and chip away at it so it's not so much of a big project and wait for spring make life easier for yourself its not a nice job to start with no point Freezeing at the same time 😂👍
Lovely brickwork! I had relatives that did this kind of work so I got to see it up close and understand just how physically tough it is. You do amazing work, Mick! Thanks for sharing with us!
Thanks mate yeah it's definitely a younger man's work haha I really need to get the outside water tite this yeah I'm fed up of putting pans and buckets dotted round the house hahaha
Well done. I bought myself one of these mortar rakes and comes with shroud which are available from Sunrise. So instead of using a disc you're using a milling bit. It basically turns your angle grinder into a something like a milling machine. I found this tool was really good for doing the perps.
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You were excellent at both explaining & showing how to do this. You have a talented cameraman as well. Thank you for making this video.
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Mate your awesome. If you haven't finished the house I'll show you what I've learned over fifty years
I'm about done on the outside well I've a set of patio doors and a bit of patching up to do round a window but it's all weather tite now 😊
Mate, if your neighbours complain about you making any dust with how you are doing that they should come and see how a gang are doing it over the road from me !!!! You are doing a proper job 👍🏻 Super considerate 👍🏻
Thank you, I try my best with my neighbours but the amount of work I've done on the house they now report me for every project :( The house is pre 1920s its going to need work..
I know this is about a year old video, but man what a task to take on by yourself! The repointing looked awesome to me, you are doing great work! Your blasting videos are also great and very satisfying to watch. I help my son build his race cars and do a bit of media blasting of parts, in a cabinet, and its my favorite thing to do! Can’t imagine doing it on your level though! A dirty but satisfying job I would think!
😊thankyou yeah its a dirty job we're the is muck the generally a honest guy trying to put bread on the table for his family 👌👍
Great job and effort. That's a good looking house. When you were pointing and said that the mortar was going in too deep, i thought that was the idea, to give it more strength!
Thank you 😊 my house I wanted to go as deep as possible but for realistic expectations from a company to come and a job like this they stick to 8 to 12mm deep unfortunately it's just what happens
I too think the original is lime mortar as someone has commented below, the house being built about 120 years ago, so about 1900, give or take twenty years. I suspect the removal of the render has taken the surface off the bricks, hence the ‘wire cut’ brick appearance rather than smooth. Time will tell if that’s a problem. Ivy is horrible stuff to remove from a wall and it gets into a brick often a little bit. Your lead-work looks fine to me. Sometimes when people use a grinder to cut out old mortar they cut into the brick leaving a wider mortar joint than the original, but the cutting disks are available in differing thickness. The new mortar does want to be in all the way. The jointer pushes it in besides giving a finished look, also it compresses the joint, squeezing the sand grains together where the water was. Mortar, unlike gypsum plaster, does not expand on setting, it shrinks slightly.
I always thort lime was a light colour and somewhat flexible in the areas that oxygen cannot cure. The motor looked like something they pulled out of the ground (with it been a coal village) and it been dark gray and small lumps of black stuff that resembles coal I persumed it was some sort of coal and ash mix with something else I could be wrong though
@@Mobileblaster Colour depends on the sand used. Gritty sand can be dark, see 'river sand' or 'sharp sand' at a modern builders merchant.
Your a man of many skills Mick, nice job done, the house looks awesome!
Just have to learn pal when funds are short and the jobs are big 😂 only way I could afford a house this size was to take on a massive project that needed alot of work. Got to admit I've enjoyed the challenge and learning new skills 👌
Nice work. I watched from beginning to end. I have brick paths that need repointing and learnt a lot from your video. Thanks for taking the time to make it. Cheers.
Glad it helped out 👌👍
Hi, sterling job. I've been pointing for more years than I care to remember. I now use King Fisher pointing mixed with their pointing solution. And a pointing gun. It's super easy to use and comes in different colours. I mix dark grey and light grey to get somewhere inbetween.
Thanks 😊 I ust to rake out for a job before doing blasting but I could never make enough money putting it back in 😂 we got £3 a meter to rake out and £4 a meter to fill in this is going back some years the boss was charging the council £35 a meter all them years ago he provided scaffolding and tools contract etc so not too bad I suppose 😆
Satisfying to watch. With love from America
Thank you 😊 👌👍
Really good video Thank you !!!!
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Man that's allot of work ...highly motivated and no give up in you. Nice job that's a massive task to take on.
If you think the out side was a big project I've had to learn a hole load of skills for the inside 😬
Excellent job. I am so impressed with your dedication and hard work. Thank you so much for sharing this video. You are an amazing guy. God bless you
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They used crushed cinders sand and lime Micky years ago done proper and last for a long time mate.
Ah 👍 I wasn't sure what it was. Its lasted over 100 years as I was told this house is pre 1920s with it not having cavitys so dating back to this time or before
Great Job what a transformation I thought it was fairly new brickwork at the start 👍
Thankyou 👌
Fair fucking play mate! Just had the front of a house glass blasted, finished raking out and jet washing today. Been a good bit of graft already! Them sand / glass blasters are a game changer! Top work bud
😊 very messy line of work but the results speak for themselves 👌👍
12.21 "Shouldve uses exterior silicone but only had bathroom silicone" love it !
also damp proof membrane instead ov eaves tray good idea on that one...
😬😊 year on and it's still fine 🙂
@diy-fi6jq I forgot to say I had some 18" damp left over that's why I thort of that 😬 eav trays arnt expensive it's the hassle of finding and fetching them lol
I think you could easlily have be a utuber far better than charlie diy and recieve a great income u just neeed a few tweeks Great vidoe please concentrate on this ....
Awesome video thanks Mick thanks for your time and consideration top job 😎🇬🇧😷
Your welcome mate have you managed to kick the covid to the curb?
@@Mobileblaster yes mate 😊👍 thanks for asking 😊😊🍺🍺
@@philglover2973 oh good stuff 👌
Dark mortar is always more intense.
Sometimes needed.
I actually like using it.
I have a Weatherstruck video on my Chanel using the same time as you are here
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Hi mate , was reading your comments and noticed it was built 1883, not being one, but should of repointed in lime 👍
Not in this village mate watch the video I explain that the original goulash ish sweepings up it was black and soft in this area is built up on Cole dust 😬
Thank you this video explains everything and all the stuff i need thank you again nice video and work .
Your welcome I appreciate your comment 😊
shout out to your lad again for getting stuck in
He's like my shadow I just hope he stays my sidekick and enjoys taking over the business when it's his turn 👌👍
Before grinding out and Repointing that is. Thanks
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Really enjoyed that watch mate...great job...looks fab....im guessing to grind out and repoint a house that side would take 1 person 2 to 3 weeks?
Thank you grinding is the fast part you can cover quite a large area faster than you think it's the filling in that would be better with 2 people 😊👌👍
Clean job looks great
Thank you 😊
Your a man of many talents Mick. That was interesting. Great job mate.👍
I posted this video because it kinda gose hand in hand with many jobs I've done on building sites I blast the building and the next process is usually repoint then windows gutters so I wanted to show its easier than some folk make out and fairly DIY friendly with the right gear 👍 if you look on my play list I have the bathroom makeover video back to brick refit I don't fink I've posted the last video yet I will edit the video 1 day and put the finished product up 👍
@@Mobileblaster look forward to that mate. Always good to get great ideas ✌️👍
@@Mobileblaster just watched this video again Mick and I noticed that Jack was wearing the same Nike (thongs) slippers, shoes I wear. 😆
@@scottkenzig5144 haha do ya konw what thongs are in England? haha
@@Mobileblaster haha 😂. Yeah g strings. Haha 😂.
Was good to watch - the mixes recommended, are all over the place ! I reckon I'll go 3-1, as got a Norfolk red brick, end terrace to do, in Gt.Yarmouth. Some of the bricks are rotten.
Only thing that concerned me with your video, is the area that you racked out !?
I was under the impression that you still have to work diamond shapes, especially at 30mm depth.
Am I wrong in thinking that ?
Too strong of a mix anything stronger than 4:1 could be too strong for the brick and course the brick to rot rather than the cement not sure how this works but its definitely a thing. 30mm deep isn't a problem to a 102mm brick 👍 just don't leave it raked out but for a few months will be fine. (Look into chariot pointing that's 10/15mm deep and left like that)
Best thing to use is lime for sure but it's harder to work with 👍
Maybe use a softer brush then it won't drag it will just knock excess off face off brick.
Soft to medium is the sweet spot ive found but timing is the key when striking off taking the shine off the joints isn't a problem when it drys fully this won't be seen but the snotters left over are harder to remove as long as the face of the brick is flat (no chucks of cement) its really easy to remove staining with a week acid and a light jetwash if cement chucks are left on from brushing off with a soft brush the clean up then needs a stronger acid and harder hitting wash this may lead to damage of the joints that's why I prefer to use a slightly harder brush not really worried about the look of the joint so long as it's not pulling it out brush marks will dry and not be very noticeable 👍
That is the grinder I use
I got 4 of them to last me years and then I buy the bushes from Amazon
Good buy a little more than most but the power they have definitely worth the investment if the project is a fair size 👌
@@Mobileblaster I couple it with the M class dewalt dust extractor 240v
Only difference between your grinder and mine is yours has what looks like a sankyo shroud where we mine has a dewalt steel shroud.
Might be one in one of my videos.
@@Southpoint2019 yeah the dewalt stuff to do it on a daily basis but for a DIYer a 25£ amozon special will do me just fine 😁 I priced the dewalt up and soon realised I would be happy with the amozon haha
Yeah I use industrial vacs for my work thats possibly the only bit that's not DIY but a Henry will do the job👍
@@Mobileblaster I hear the Henry hoover is actually very good for mortar raking/dust extraction
I just had a quote from a so called “repointing specialist” and it states on the quote that existing mortar will be ground out to a depth of 5mm 🤣🤣🤣 i’m not a newbie to building
When I was working for the council they said a minimum of 7mm at its highest point so basically saying they could check any job any place and if it wasn't a minimum of 7mm they would knock the job we set the depth to 12mm if we dug in anymore we wouldn't make any money filling back in. It only really needs 10mm but it's better if it's deeper
Think I might have had the whole house rendered and then painted white.Looks like bond was 5 stretchers to one Flemish header.I did a church which had the manse like that the office draughtsmen called it Morrises madness.Split the money and was glad to walk away.
Next week a guy came on site,asked to see the guy in charge- -walked up and stabbed him in the back four times.Seems he couldn’t keep away from the wives of others.
Knew his dad,walked our dogs a lot together.The son was ok but was a different guy- -
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Could pay Son 10p to fill up filling gun 😁 Good work much more to do
It's not very nice stuff to mess with and it's hard to get hold of good fitting waterproof gloves to keep his hands away from the cement plus he lost interest on the filling in stage 😄
them mortar guns are only good for patio jointing other wise u get half the muck on the wall. use hand board/hawk (where ever ur from) and a pointing bar/small tool to compress the muck in firmly then finish off with what ever finish u want. only saying as it looks like u had a lot of cleaning up to do but otherwise good job on diy mate :)
Yeah I mentioned that in the video years ago this is how I did it for a living but I've lost my speed/skill and tools 😂 the gun is possibly the most DIY friendly as its real easy to learn and gets the job done. Normally you would only rake out 7/12mm so a hawk and jointer would be way more efficient for that. For me to learn the skills needed for the hawk I reckon the gun was the fastest option I don't intend on doing another project like this well a bit more patching around a door when we remodel the kitchen not enough to put the hours needed to master the hawk for what I do now 👌 but yeah hawk and jointer is definitely the way to go if you plan on doing this work full-time
@@Mobileblaster yeah true. Wasn't complaining or anything you did a good job but the clean up lol that would of drove me mad 🤣
@locien182 No a new what ya was saying 👍 hawk is the best method but dose take time to master 👍so long as ya get the thick up with brush a very week acid and power washer will soon have it looking like nothing has been done 👌
Tidy job there pal
Thanks mate it's been alot of work and alot of money evey room needed new floors new rewire windows plaster plumbing joinery etc etc basically bought the brick shell and I've had to learn how to fix everything els as I go haha
@@Mobileblaster it’s definitely work it in the long run pal. I started the same, but had no electric or water and had to knock half of down to rebuild!! Took me 8 years to do it!!
I swore I’d never to it again but just got planning on another 2, 1 bedders to convert!!
@@yorblastshotblastcleaning1688 😆 ya love it really I've got planning for a 3 bed bungalow in the back yard 😴 footings and drainage is in but I've got way too much to do on the main house before going any further with that also just got planning to build a dubble garage with business use so I will save £600 a month on no unit that will be awesome when it's built just need the 2nd mortgage to come in now 😬 don't look good though because of covid books 😔
36.15 That would be me all the time.
Haha it was at this moment he knew he fu**ed up 😂
It's coal ashes they used depending on when house was built
We just found the original deeds turns out it was built and 1st sold 1883 😬 I original thort pre 1920s because its before cavity was standard practice
Have you hired your scaffolding or is it something you have bought yourself?
Yeah its mine I have around 2 of these maybe a little more comes in very handy 😊
What would you advice if removing the render as left chisel marking in the brickwork spoiling the surface of the bricks. Mainly minor but doesn't look great. Is there anything I can do to improve there appearance before reporting, suggestions would be much appreciated
If you could upload a short video to CZcams send the link I can advise what I would do 👍
That would be very good of you mate. I will do that as soon as I get the chance. It would be a shame if after removing the cement render and Repointing in a more traditional lime mortar in an attempt to show the Edwardian brickwork on the gable end that I might have to have it re rendered again. I will message you again soon mate. Thanks for your response
looks like new build
I'm more than happy with the outcome ☺️ just very expensive 😵 but I can safely say I couldn't afford a house like this if it didn't need alot of work
Great vid Mick ,looks great 👍🏻 is the dust cover on the grinder any good ? Was going to get one
Yeah it would do a project this size(full house) no problem as for a daily basis job then a more professional bit of kit would be advised after doing quite abit with it it was showing some were but for the money worth every penny 👍
What grinding blades do you recommend Mick ?
@swiggy03 cheapest better off with the 8mm ones I think they are but toolstation sell them 👌
Cheers Mick
👋 Helio , where did you buy your grinder and dust vacuum?
Can you give me the exact names for the grinder with cowl and Dust vacuum?
Thanks man
All in the video mate 👍
Have you heard of crack stitching?
Yeah. This crack is from my own doing and I know it won't move anywhere now as I had to lift 2x RSJ's and the acro prop was stuck so I had to try and lift the brickwork to free the beam and rsj it's all sorted now sat on pad stones 👌
Are you related to “ Deep Digger Dan” ? Serious question lol
Nope 👍
They dont sell grout bags over there?.. it's very hard to watch someone use that hideous contraption , that just barely works. Get a good grout bag and save yourself hours and it's so much easier.
We have always used grout bags and trust me , I've filled in thousands of feet of mortar joints.
If your doing large jobs with a decent crew it's worthwhile getting ready mix dripped off but they only deliver 8 gobo tubs at once = half of a cement trucks worth. Using pre mix works out very expensive it comes in 15kg bags and it was £17 a bag last time I looked could be close to £20 a bag now when I can buy 1 cement 25kgs £4 and 4x 25kgs sand for £7.40 I end up with alot more (125kgs) at a lot less for the privilege of using a mixer 👌👍
Damn Sam, is there anything you can’t do?
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Video longer than it should be. Just title it : Gone with the wind.
Maybe so but I wouldn't earn any add revenue on shorter videos 😂🤣
Who did you get in to sand blast it haha 😂
😏 Best guy for the job 😆
@18:10 - Mick, what's the cracking from, lintel or wall ties?
I've moved 2 rsjs and rectified this on the inside who ever put them in before dint use pad stones and over time the load cracked the bricks they was sat on making the wall shift a tad buts that's been done now 👌👍
That mortar joint was too wet, now you got all those mortar stains on your'e house..
Any dryer and the gun wouldn't pump the mortar. Stains isn't a problem from me. It's my profession to remove such 😎👍