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This Old House general contractor Tom Silva replaces crumbling mortar in brick front steps. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for How to Repoint Brick Steps:
- brick mortar
- Muriatic acid (a.k.a. hydrochloric acid), used for cleaning mortar stains from brick surface
Tools for How to Repoint Brick Steps:
- hammer and cold chisel
- skate-wheel joint raker, used to scratch old mortar from joints
- 4-inch angle grinder with diamond-impregnated blade, for grinding out old mortar
- brick-and-mortar saw, used to cut old mortar from brick joints
- mortar tub and hoe
- pointed brick trowel
- tuckpointing trowel
- convex brick jointer
- soft-bristle brush and bucket
- wet/dry vacuum
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@Wadley225 5 лет назад

This guy won the gold medal at the 2014 world brick pointing championships.

@charlescompton4495 9 лет назад

If not too messy, use vinegar and water to clean up. Also, I think there is a wax product you can apply to the surface of the pavers to make the mortar stick in the joints only. May not be available except at a masonry supply.

@KevinColt 7 лет назад

you know its time to stop drinking and go to sleep when you watch this video

@Andre8521 2 месяца назад

Excuse me sir - but you dont know me!!!!!! :-D I loved this show growing up... but once im back on these videos i know im deep down that rabbit hole

@0626jrp 3 года назад

For bigger jobs make the mortar wetter, and use a grout bag. Keeps things clean and wet mortar will bound better to dusty older brick. 🧱🙂

@sovietelectioncollidingtro6231 5 лет назад

I dont even own a house but now I just want to go to some foreign house and _repoint their brick steps_

@j2collinwood 8 лет назад

Definitely would've been a good idea to use a cake bag on that but,,, whatever your used to if u have no time restrictions.

@concretechrissantoro5299 4 года назад

Hey Tom I’m a 4th generation mason my great great great grandfather Nona Michaelcame to America as a true Italian stone mason The two you have with the wheels to handle and a nail setting it called a skate and that’s usually used for after a bricklayer strikes up his brickwork he’ll strike all the joints head joints and bad joints with a flat iron and then skate the green cement out to eighth inch quarter inch half inch depth to make the brick project out

@tonytrotta9322 6 лет назад

Why didn't Tom knock out the loose mortar where the settling was and then pack with new mortar at the 3:00 mark?

@brikkijim 7 лет назад

First the raker is used for jointing purpose with the head of nail down. For precise jointing like this simply tape the sides of joints and use a heavier mortar. A bonding agent should be used to help with adhesion. I never liked using a slicker and prefer a flat jointer which is more rigid. I also turn jointer sideways into joint to make sure it's completely down and not bridging .

@roths7 7 лет назад

what kind of mortar do you use? very newby here

@aaronfagerstrom34 4 года назад

Do not pack that bottom joint with mortar. It will not last. That joint should be caulked with a high quality sealant. Tommy is a great carpenter; in this, he is a carpenter doing masonry work.

@mafirearmsafety 7 лет назад

Should have used steps that actually needed repointing

@petmycat2720 5 лет назад

RIGHT....LMFAO.

@smokey4781 2 года назад

What type of mortar ????

@Lonewolf40188 2 года назад

Ooooh you have a tarp in place must be nice lol

@modeldaughters 8 лет назад

that looked like a Portland+lime mortar to repoint a sand+lime joint. I'm just trying to learn this stuff and this confuses me as restoration vids, some at least, say that kind of mixing is bad because the old mortar is self sacrificing while controlling moisture while the newer mortar forces the brick to take the moisture. what did I miss?

@thepointsman223 7 лет назад

Check our our channel and our pointing hawk. Makes pointing very easy

@johnnyfeathers2567 8 лет назад

Should have used a squeeze bag to put the mortar in then tooled it,that would have been much faster and cleaner.

@geojor 9 лет назад

thank you...

@irareed6608 8 лет назад

This is not the way to do it

@brycebean3534 2 года назад

Whats the mix??

@vistron888 7 лет назад

Love the show and have learned some good stuff but..... Some people here saying the mortar was too dry? It was too wet, that's why there was too much staining of the brick faces. Muratic acid should only be used as a last resort when a lot of staining has occurred by poor application. Not as part of the normal process. It's nasty stuff. I would have wet the joints first, then applied a dryer mix.

@marvinlazo3452 5 лет назад

i have concern on the riser of the first step , looks like way over 8 inches

@PurpleOuchie 7 месяцев назад

Place your brick in water before hand, keeps it from drying out so quickly.

@hhwettemann 6 лет назад

You guys need a mason.

@chrisingram9798 4 года назад

Much easier to just use a caulking gun and reusable tubes.

@joer5627 2 года назад

I know what my text chore will be. Thanks

@danmar007 3 года назад

Can you water down the bricks on a hot sunny day?

@GeezerGramps Год назад

Didn’t know Tommy was a brick mason as well as carpenter.

@wandarichmond3867 2 года назад

What type of mortar mix are you using?? Is it more sand or ?????

@josephcofrancesco4123 2 года назад

That riser is at least 91/2 inches high

@wiechu182 6 лет назад

To clean the bricks it is a simple way to use a wet sponge. Anyway as usuall good job Tommy.

@michaelpeters513 9 лет назад

That was hard to watch. I can really appreciate what you guys do but when it comes to masonry you guys scare me to death. Even some of the subs you guys work with are just awful.

@thepointsman223 7 лет назад

This Old House! When are you going to do a video using our Pointing Trial ThePointsman? It makes the job so much easier and quicker. Especially for DIYers

@peterfcoyle9127 2 года назад

What is the mortar mix?

@clintonrudd2879 2 месяца назад

Its Quikrete type N mortar mix. Pause the video at 1:34 and compare the bag to Home Depot's site.

@peterfcoyle9127 2 месяца назад

In my opinion, that is too hard.

@azpilotd4351 Год назад

Good lord, what a tedious process that is. I would almost prefer to rip them all out and start over lol.

@delamomarcos 10 лет назад

Why not use a bag, cut the beed with a trowel then joint it? Much faster and cleaner...I think. The method shown looks messier :)

@johnnyfeathers2567 8 лет назад

Exactly I said why not use a bag also much cleaner way.

@delamomarcos 8 лет назад

+johnny feathers I think know why they didn't use a bag. Maybe It takes too much skill for a regular homeowner?

@Hoserthomas 7 лет назад

Marcos Cortez grout bags can be quicker as far as filling the joints but unfortunately you can run into joints not drying fast enough. Also it's important to compress once the bagging mud has set up otherwise the mortar doesn't bond well. You also have to watch for shrink cracks, the wetter the mud the greater the chance of shrink cracks showing up, much like parging

@foremostarifleman4901 8 лет назад

thick peanut butter?... wow.. i really hope you guys go through and read your comments.. they pretty much say it all..

@PaddleDogC5 8 лет назад

no mask while grinding? Ever hear of death by silica? Where to brick come to a right angle the joint is always flush not concave. Generally a mess you made. I would have wet the brick prior to pointing and then let the surface dry a bit so mortar doesn't dry immediately. Ever read a Material Safety Date Sheet?

@Ahmed____ 8 лет назад

Exactly. Doesn't matter whether it is hot or cold, wetting the brick before pointing is an absolute MUST.

@captainh3831 8 лет назад

I'm no mason, but how about simply masking the bricks with some heavy duty tape to keep the mortar off ?

@irvinwittmeier5208 6 лет назад

Captain Hook your a special kind of moron

@andrewtomas6108 6 лет назад

its easy enough with practice and proper technique to make a clean job while repointing; my boss would never allow me to touch the trowel to the brick and push mortar in like this. But injecting the mortar into the joint with a pointing bag can be much easier than working off of the trowel.

@Kaleb0670 6 лет назад

A GROUT BAG IS 1000 TIMES CLEANER AND FASTER..... TIGHTEN UP THEY SELL THEM AT LOWES FOR 7$

@jasonkelley3197 7 лет назад

Is there nothing Tom doesn't know how to do when it comes to building and fixing stuff?

@ShrillNathan07 6 лет назад

Jason Kelley q

@Venom5260 4 года назад

yes,this

@northwinds9155 6 лет назад

U.S. is lucky having those fancy tools making life much easier while others have to improvise and work harder

@timmyrea214 9 лет назад

Actually that mortar was way too wet. The stairs should've been washed first then allowed to surface dry. Then pack the joints with mortar mixed to the consistency of damp beach sand, essentially "dry packing " . Much stronger, much cleaner.

@jimmyclay3540 7 лет назад

no it was actually to dry, it fell off the trowel because it had no moisture. obviously the man doesnt know how to mix.

@quickscopingisgay 6 лет назад

Relax

@mostovaya_ru 5 лет назад

У нас в России это всё отвалится . Вода+мороз . У вас тёплая зима .

@dominicc.3864 7 лет назад

well that was some awkward looking tuckpointing. if these were my guys they would have been fired on site. but for homeowner info I suppose it's fine. but as another commenter pointed out its far better to be clean while pointing than come back with muriatic acid afterward. sometimes it's necessary (new construction bloom, moisture issues, etc.) but it is some nasty stuff.

@thedecibeldude6583 8 лет назад

May-son-air-eee

@lendavidhart9710 3 года назад

May-son-ree

@user-ey5dv6oy1s 8 лет назад

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@joelheaton8738 3 года назад

Masonry!!!

@MultiJazmo 8 лет назад

What a mess

@scotts1158 4 года назад

Yea this is just bad. I love ask this old house but dont do what they did

@speway 3 года назад

Whats wrong with what they did?

@MBTUE 5 лет назад

I hate to say it but I will. That was messy job. Mortar all over the bricks !

@6ecortes 6 лет назад

It's pronounced Mason-ry, not Mason-ary. Come on Tom, get it right for once.

@nonyafkinbznes1420 10 месяцев назад

You have a prablem?

@truegrit7697 8 лет назад

Too much of an up-sell of equipment

@agentjucey 8 лет назад

better than using your thumb and fingers which will crack cause cement is caustic

@petesy03 4 года назад

Cringing watching this, what a mess, the steps didn’t need this level of work, absolutely terrible

@venividivici4253 3 года назад

When a carpenter decided to do masonry work.

@delltek102 7 лет назад

lousy job, not to mention he had not removed major crack between the steps, also why not clean with the sponge rather than moratic acid. bad craftsmanship