Repointing is the process of renewing the pointing, which is the external part of mortar joints, in masonry construction. Over time, weathering and decay cause voids in the joints between masonry units, usually in bricks, allowing the undesirable entrance of water. Water entering through these voids can cause significant damage through frost weathering and from salt dissolution and deposition. Repointing is also called pointing,[1] or pointing up, although these terms more properly refer to the finishing step in new construction.
addressed. If there is a larger issue, repointing may cause further damage. If a historic structure needs repointing, building owners usually hire an architectural...
(London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1875) in 2 vols. McConnell, J. D. R., Eton Repointed: The New Structures of an Ancient Foundation (London: Faber & Faber, 1970)...
additional form of protective coating. Parging is a low-cost alternative to repointing, providing structural cohesiveness to masonry walls whose mortar has begun...
pointing (to correct defects or finish off joints in newly laid masonry) and repointing (to place wet mortar into cut or raked joints to repair weathered joints...
removing the old mortar and applying new mortar, a process known as "repointing". Mortar joints in brickwork take up a considerable large amount of a...
Times. Corrado's Indigo Prize winning paper "Improving GDP: Demolishing, Repointing or Extending?*" considers the GDP measure and its validity as a measurement...
provides guidance for proper masonry repointing through Preservation Brief 2. In general, Brief 2 suggests that repointing should be done with a similar or...
repointing several times a century. It has been common since the widespread availability of Portland cement to see London stock brickwork repointed using...
to its foundations in 1979, during which time the brickwork was also repointed. The skeuophylakion was again restored in 2014 by the Vakıflar. A fire...
for the interior changes). The project included cleaning, repairing and repointing the monument's exterior and interior stonework. The stone in publicly...
structure; extensive preservation needs; and a main organ in disrepair. Repointing the building was estimated to cost at least $5 million, while organ repair...
cemetery began a multi-million-dollar project to clean the exterior and repoint any damaged or missing mortar. It is the first time in the memorial's history...
of Environment spent £20,000 on the tower in 1992, repairing windows, repointing the masonry, adding lightning protection and fitting in a wooden floor...
pointer: used for neatly packing mortar between bricks and blocks when repointing and repairing crumbling mortar in masonry walls. Reader's Digest Book...
inspected for water leakages. The most likely needs are mortar restoration (repointing), applying consolidants to the old stone, or replacing pieces of stone...
engineer Henry Norris of Messrs. Walker & Burges, including complete repointing, replacement water tanks and filling of a large cavity in the rock close...
Clive try to curry favour with the locals. 23 April 2018 12 Billy needs to repoint the chimney, however, the task is a lot more difficult than it sounds due...
Providence stabilized the building with temporary replacement windows, repointing, stone patching with Jahn Mortar and a new roof. In 2003, Castle Williams...
Dickinson knew it. The restoration also removed aging storm windows, repointed areas of failing masonry, and restored nearly 100 shutters and other architectural...
820 windows were replaced, a new lead roof installed, and its stonework repointed. Around €47m was spent on restoring the property. In its time the castle...
cleaning of all the elements, the waxing of the bronze figures and the repointing of the granite base and surround." The popularity of the Archibald Fountain...
bursting open as he ferried masonry to build it. It was repaired in 1705 and repointed in 1829 using Roman-style cement. The eastern arch was repaired in about...
station's hydraulic systems. The brickwork was repaired, cleaned and repointed, and the weather vanes gilded to complement the dome of nearby St Paul's...
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