Art of Lime Mortar Pointing, traditional bricklaying methods

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In episode 6 we use traditional bricklaying methods & Hydraulic lime mortar to re point this old brickwork, we were able to achieve an amazing finish restoring the pointing on this old house.
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@dannyboy9817 11 месяцев назад

Cracking job done with care and attention to detail. Your customer must be over the moon. House looks like it should again.

@CraigToddBrickwork 11 месяцев назад

Cheers danny 🤝😁 They loved it mate, they asked me to do the back yard wall too. It does look much better like 😍

@SheenaRea 10 месяцев назад

I'm getting ready to repoint parts of my house which is 75 years old. The mortar is a lime blend, and I sure wish my dad were here to tell me the exact mix he used when building it. Thanks so much for this very good video! 🧱👍

@CraigToddBrickwork 10 месяцев назад

You are very welcome Sheena 🙂 I hope you get on well with the pointing, give me a shout on Insta if you need a chat about it 👍🙂

@SteveJones-gz4vd 8 месяцев назад

I get my lime motar pre mixed, just needs knocking up from Ty Mawr lime in bBreacon

@CraigToddBrickwork 8 месяцев назад

Cheers mate I’l check that out 🙂

@JoshuaSHogg 11 месяцев назад

Cigarettes and cigars are standard for this type of work. The neighbors love the grinder dust. I always let homeowners know its good plant food and excellent base coat for a car detail. Props to you for managing the site because normal people don’t know hard it’s to keep a site like that from being a muddy mess.

@CraigToddBrickwork 11 месяцев назад

Keeping the site clean is super important, on any job in fact, not just this one. Yeah, letting the neighbours know prior is always a must so they know what to expect when work starts 👌 keep it clean for your customer and the neighbours

@Benzknees 2 месяца назад

Doesn't water p*** in to the interior when using a jet washer on raked out mortar to a solid wall?

@CraigToddBrickwork 2 месяца назад

Its not on there for long enough mate 🙂

@julianantony4435 13 дней назад

The paint remover you couldnt remember is Peelaway from Barrettine

@CraigToddBrickwork 12 дней назад

Thats the stuff 🙂

@TheNorthernmunky 11 месяцев назад

Awesome work Craig, great video

@CraigToddBrickwork 11 месяцев назад

Cheers mate i appreciate it man 🤝✊🙂 glad you enjoyed it ✊

@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 11 месяцев назад

You can get a housing for the mortar rakes, gives you a bit more control and the option for dust extraction.

@CraigToddBrickwork 11 месяцев назад

Cheers Andy, appreciate you dropping by mate 🙂 yeah, we had got one for this job. We had the wrong bits for our grinder though and didn’t work. The company quickly send another one out to us though and we used it on the customers back wall 🙂 I really rate them like. Do you use them Andy?

@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 11 месяцев назад

@@CraigToddBrickwork Yes mate, been using them for years on softer stuff, the only fault i find with them is the rakes are to long for me and rake out a bit deep. Ime using one today will be in my next vid 👍

@CraigToddBrickwork 10 месяцев назад

sorry for a massive delayed reply andy. I've just found the filter on here that shows comments on comments. I've just ben replying to the notifications and wondering why i dont get a reply back haha. I know now any way. I'l have to take a look at your vid mate, love your content andy, i just dont have two bloody minutes to do anything at the minute. what do you mean the rakes are to long? as in the devil tooth rake or the disk?

@pnowikow 11 месяцев назад

Looks great I had no idea the amount of work there was involved

@CraigToddBrickwork 11 месяцев назад

Thank you mate, really appreciate that 🤝🙂 Yeah it’s slow and time consuming work for sure. Take the time, get it right and leave the property better than it was when you arrived 🙂

@anthonymclean9743 11 месяцев назад

Looks fantastic that mate , a proper job well done meaning that brickwork will look great for another 100 years 👌

@CraigToddBrickwork 11 месяцев назад

Appreciate that mate thank you 🙂🤝 thats it man, leaving a mark on a building for another 100yrs and restoring another brickys work after all them years to what it was. It’s a good feeling 🙂

@rogerknowles4217 2 месяца назад

Thank you for sharing your valuable knowledge! Job looks amazing!

@CraigToddBrickwork 2 месяца назад

Your very welcome Roger and thank you I really appreciate the compliment 🤝🙂

@JimBob-vg2og День назад

What’s that electric tool you are using to remove the old muck called? - new to this, cheers

@AliceLouiseDevelopments 6 месяцев назад

Looks great! Top job working with NHL 5 too! That’s the stuff I’d go for right by the sea 👍

@CraigToddBrickwork 6 месяцев назад

Thank you 😃 I’m glad you agree too 🤙

@VIRENDRASHARMA0 11 месяцев назад

Wow😘

@CraigToddBrickwork 11 месяцев назад

Thank you mate 😁

@MarkKidsley1989 18 дней назад

wow, wish you were closer to nottingham, id employ you

@CraigToddBrickwork 17 дней назад

Cheers for that mate 🤝🙂

@jonmcgill533 11 месяцев назад

Hey Craig, Interesting and informative/instructional video, So I'm gonna go with a BIG WOW mate.👏👏 Yer shoulda gone for yer cold dip while you were there.👍❤

@CraigToddBrickwork 11 месяцев назад

Cheers man jon 🙂 always appreciate your kind comments mate 🤝 Ohhh aye, the north sea is brutally cold 😍

@jonmcgill533 11 месяцев назад

@@CraigToddBrickwork Went to Filey a few yrs ago did same and it was Feb upto me chest what a fookin shock to the system 🤣❤

@jonmcgill533 11 месяцев назад

Had to do a long bear crawl down the beach to warm after lol, got loadsa weird looks.🤣😍

@CraigToddBrickwork 11 месяцев назад

@@jonmcgill533 haha yeah man, its that initial shock man isn’t it. The key is to do some breathing before hand and once your in there concentrate on your breathing. Once your breath is controlled it becomes easier to stand the cold. The shock is the panic your brain is saying this is not right, get out. Once you breath and relax you brain stops freaking out 🤣 Easy wrote on paper though 😆

@CraigToddBrickwork 11 месяцев назад

@@jonmcgill533 lmao, i had the same when I went in the sea up here mate 🤣

@user-nr9fe1jz8d 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for that; inspiring! I bought an angle grinder and ripped out all of the old pointing, including portland cement crap put in later, enjoying it but and will repair the garden wall. I have a bigger retaining wall around the house. Are you interested in a job in Darlington?

@CraigToddBrickwork 9 месяцев назад

It’s a tedious mate but I do agree it can be enjoyable ☺️ we mix our projects up so we have variety and dont end up getting board 🤣 that said we’ve been pointing non stop for the past 5-6 weeks haha. Yeah mate, just drop me a message or call me about the wall. We are up in Newcastle but do travel 🙂

@jazzyjeff1516 8 месяцев назад

If a house is cavity wall, would you recommend using sand and cement mix when repointing?

@CraigToddBrickwork 8 месяцев назад

Its down to what the house has been built with mate, if its lime use lime and cement on cement 🙂

@TheLordoftheNorth 7 месяцев назад

Do you have a link to where you bought that hawk?

@CraigToddBrickwork 7 месяцев назад

Yeah mate, its in my linktree link on the channel home page 🙂 its on the amazon link & it’l be under pointing tools 👍

@mattyhayes7204 3 месяца назад

Can you use 3/1 sand and lim without the sharp? Or did you just add sharp for the aesthetic purpose of showing stone in the joints ?

@CraigToddBrickwork 3 месяца назад

you can matty, you don't need the sharp in the mix. If the original has sharp in, it's best to put it in your mix though :)

@Pavlo_S.V. 9 месяцев назад

Hello Great work and nicely done Wanted to ask, in your opinion is possible to use cement (for better setting) with hydrated lime and sand (0,5:1:5 ratio) for rendering a brick wall layed with lime mortar, as it is quite difficult to find hydraulic lime in our region? Or even small amounts of cement will trap moisture, make wall unbreathable and ruin the bricks? Thank you

@CraigToddBrickwork 9 месяцев назад

Anything like this mate I’d normally ask a good mate of ours for advice, check out Tominay Stone on Insta, he will have some great advice for you mate. We have used hydrated lime in the past and yes you are right with the sand. No hydraulic lime. When we use hydrated the do a 6:1:1 mix or 5:1:1:1 👍 We dont have any local suppliers to us either for our lime. We order ours online from a company called Conserv - www.Lime-mortars.co.uk They deliver in a few days too mate & its good stuff 🙂 Hope that helps mate.

@user-lt1fx3gd2p 2 месяца назад

Got a 1895 buikding, look like sharp in the back, can you just use 3 sharp and 1 lime. Im using 3.5nhl

@CraigToddBrickwork 2 месяца назад

Its not something I’ve done to be honest mate, we always have soft sand in the mix, 3 soft,1 sharp & 1nhl

@user-lt1fx3gd2p 2 месяца назад

Hi Craig, how do you get bit of lime stains off the brickwork? I've seen you washing down with a sponge do you use anything else on it? Thanks

@CraigToddBrickwork 2 месяца назад

Yeah the sponge does the job mate, the next day or two a wet sponge works well too 🙂

@scandiifps5230 8 месяцев назад

Trying to get my own repointing business up and running I’ve got heritage in it and love watching these videos but I will ask how come you’ve used 5 nhl the hydrocity goes off way to quick in my opinion. Do you just use it because you’ll normally have more dongers on the job trying to point it in faster ? Or is just easier for you to brush off quicker whilst working on it?

@CraigToddBrickwork 8 месяцев назад

Great question mate, we used 5.0 because the property is right on the sea front. Just smaller batch’s of compo, its only me pointing so just plodding along 🙂 All the best with your business mate always happy to help if I can 👍

@teocastelvecchi 6 месяцев назад

What type of lime do you use/ great video, but every turtorial i see seems to miss lots of key information.

@CraigToddBrickwork 5 месяцев назад

Nhl 5.0 was used in this video, the property is right by the north sea 👍

@jimbow2310 11 месяцев назад

Nice video whats the hawk called?

@CraigToddBrickwork 11 месяцев назад

Cheers Jim 🤝 Kubala i think mate, it’s just a cheepy from amazon. 30 quid for the hawk and 3 steamers 6,8 & 10mm

@ggss1176 11 месяцев назад

Excellent video mate. What is rough estimate for that job? Thanks

@CraigToddBrickwork 11 месяцев назад

Thanks mate 🙂 I really cant remember now mate it was a few months back this one. We would be at between £100 - £150 pm2 plus scaffolding, go £125 @ around around 16m2 £2,400 all in. It’s much more than sand and cement pointing because the process is much longer mate. I should have probably spoken about it in the video tbh, but for an example, keeping the new compo damp is important so it doesn’t crack, spongeing the joints down to bring out the sharp sand. I do that on the same day it goes in before I leave for the day and the next day before starting I get a wet sponge on it too 🙂 a couple examples mate 🤝 hope it helps

@ggss1176 11 месяцев назад

@@CraigToddBrickwork Thanks for the extra information that's very helpful. I see from your work that you really go above and beyond to do a proper & thorough job👍👍👍

@CraigToddBrickwork 11 месяцев назад

@@ggss1176 your welcome mate, I believe in always doing more than you’ve been asked, obviously not hundreds of brick or something like that but you get what I am saying. Leave a job better than it was when you arrived 🙂

@mattbarber1987 3 месяца назад

Everything I've seen online seems to indicate you've got to keep hessian over the fresh lime mortar for a period of time. Different lengths of time depending on the weather. Is there a reason you've not used hessian to protect it / retain moisture etc?

@CraigToddBrickwork 3 месяца назад

your right matt, you should cover your lime with hessian to prevent the weather getting to it. We just didn't video this part

@Liam-h3v 17 дней назад

Hello mate, thanks for the video. Im trying to expand into lime pointing myself but was wondering how i go about pricing up? How much do you guys charge for lime pointing per metre? Any advice would be appreciated, thanks. Liam

@CraigToddBrickwork 17 дней назад

Your welcome mate 🙂 drop me a IG message, always happy to help 🤝

@Chriscarper 2 месяца назад

Lovely job, how long do you leave it before sponging please? I take it that's the finishing touch, thanks

@CraigToddBrickwork 2 месяца назад

Yeah mate the sponge is the finishing touch 👌 you can go back to it the next day and it’l be good to sponge 🙂

@Chriscarper 2 месяца назад

@@CraigToddBrickwork thanks mate

@CraigToddBrickwork 2 месяца назад

Your welcome, anytime 🙂

@lloydbowen557 2 месяца назад

Hi Craig if you want a flush finish, would you use a scrap bit of timber to rub across the joints?

@CraigToddBrickwork 2 месяца назад

Yes mate, that finish looks lovely 🤩

@Stuartgerwyn 6 месяцев назад

My understanding is that using lime instead of cement & sand allows the wall to 'breathe.' But what about the old sand & cement mortar that's still in there. Doesn't that prevent the wall from breathing anyway? Genuine query as I'm thinking about using lime to point the house.

@CraigToddBrickwork 6 месяцев назад

Great question, if a lime built house is pointed with sand and cement you just rake that out. It’l be raked out back to the original lime mortar so your new lime pointing will be going on top of lime 🙂 if your raking out a sand and cement built house you just repoint with sand and cement 👌 Hope that helps 🙂

@matthewingham7806 3 месяца назад

@CraigToddBrickwork hi mate what mix did you use And how long do you leave it before you finish it

@CraigToddBrickwork 3 месяца назад

it was a 3 building sand 1 sharp sand & 1 lime mix & we left it until the end of the day to finish it on this one :)

@TheSoSoLondoN 8 месяцев назад

We bought lime but it is very white. Yours is yellow ish how come? Thank you

@CraigToddBrickwork 8 месяцев назад

Our soft sand is yellow. Also there is a wide choice in limes. We use Sencil lime for this job 🙂

@Guvnor100 11 месяцев назад

Hello mate, I'm really interested in what you say but can barely hear you speaking. Would be a good idea to get some mics. Subbed

@CraigToddBrickwork 11 месяцев назад

Thanks mate, really I appreciate your sub 🙂 I know man, I had a mic on too 🤦‍♂️ it was broken and we didn’t realise until looking back on the footage. Really gutted about that I am, since got a new set of mics which I think starts after this video 😁 Tried my best to adjust the audio in the edits but it really didn’t want to play 😔

@user-el7el7ib9u 2 месяца назад

Made more dust on that then I do over 20 jobs buy a hover

@CraigToddBrickwork 2 месяца назад

We have one now, we use the mavac dv35 m class. Ideal

@IanIan-cj7dj Месяц назад

How long for 1 man to grind out the joints on a house that size thanks

@CraigToddBrickwork Месяц назад

Probably 2 days max

@IanIan-cj7dj Месяц назад

@@CraigToddBrickwork cheers, and u suppose 2 days for 1 man to point it

@CraigToddBrickwork Месяц назад

Probably 3

@IanIan-cj7dj Месяц назад

@@CraigToddBrickwork i have a front to do and there electricity wires going to the front of the house, how do u handle them,😅😅

@CraigToddBrickwork Месяц назад

I dont 😂 do you mean the ones up at the gutters? If so it’s upto the customer to have them insulated, you know the yellow plastic stuff you see around them. I think its free for the customer too. Not 100% on that though

@jiblet46 11 месяцев назад

Nice job,can’t hear a word yours saying.

@CraigToddBrickwork 11 месяцев назад

Cheers mate and yeah i know man, the mic was knackard. Gutted, everything after this video though we used a new one 😁

@cristoff3 3 месяца назад

mate....cannot hear a word being said. Music too loud and it seems the microphone is no good

@CraigToddBrickwork 3 месяца назад

Sorry mate, the quality is really crap. It wasn’t until i sat down to edit it i realised it was broke 🤦‍♂️

@horserider9578 8 месяцев назад

Why on earth are you using nhl 5 go on to any heritage site and they will tell you thats way to strong its more likely used on sea defences not repointing a house .

@CraigToddBrickwork 8 месяцев назад

this house is 200 metres from the sea front. I often speak with mates who are stone masons, they also advised 5.0

@MrAlexshellard 7 месяцев назад

Hey dude looks cracking! Take a look at this if your using lime "Functional Behaviour of Traditional Lime Mortars", opened my eyes a bit to how it works. Im going to be doing the same just over the river in the spring on both my walls. The stuff in a cans going to cause some issues. Lime uses a liquid phase not vapour to get the water out, needs lime in contact with the air to work. Anything non lime is basically going to undo that lovely repointing and plug it like Portland. Only real way to get more protection and water out is with a lime wash. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uh-Sy_3uIWE.html

@CraigToddBrickwork 7 месяцев назад

Thanks mate i’l check that out 🙂

@macoveim2001 Месяц назад

Stormdry is not breathable !!! My wall is moldy now 2 years after I aplyed it

@CraigToddBrickwork Месяц назад

Was the pointing the correct pointing? May be a factor. As for your issue I’ve never heard of it nit working or creating issues like yours 🙂

@lucaswegrzyn1603 3 месяца назад

Good job, but protect your eyes from it.

@CraigToddBrickwork 3 месяца назад

Cheers mate 🙂 Indeed, its important & often overlooked/ forgotten about

@lucaswegrzyn1603 3 месяца назад

I had multifinish once in my eye, spent 6h at A&E. All ok now. But lime is even more dangerous to our eyes.

@CraigToddBrickwork 3 месяца назад

ouchh mate, sounds nasty that. Your spot on though :)

@jamester1978 5 дней назад

Mumbles

@CraigToddBrickwork 5 дней назад

Cheers

@darrengoodwin9819 5 месяцев назад

Only joking mush. I deleted it.. you do great job..... can I use hydraulic lime on any wall that has damp issues?

@CraigToddBrickwork 5 месяцев назад

Cheers mate. We use lime on lime built walls and cement on newer brickworkn👌

@rymoe6299 11 месяцев назад

Nice jacket and Trainers to work on 😂🫵🏼 Hey how do they get the mortor white in historic buildings

@CraigToddBrickwork 11 месяцев назад

Cheers mate 🙂 Its not something I’ve done to be honest mate, but it’s white cement, lime and white sand I believe. www.lime-mortars.co.uk/lime-mortar/hydraulic/nhl-3.5/white-morn-scarr/25kg that website has a load of different lime mortars too mate 👍