| If you have an old crumbling brick or stone wall on | | | | the time hose it down with water and continue the |
| your home it can become a real eye sore and take | | | | project the next day or a few hours later to give |
| away from the value of your home. In this post we | | | | ample drying time. |
| are going to talk about what you can do to tuckpoint | | | | Now you are ready to start tuckpointing your wall. |
| your walls and to fix them up. Tuckpointing brick or | | | | Mix your mortar with appropiate color combination, |
| tuckpointing stone can be more difficult than it looks | | | | mix should be firm and not to loose, if it looks like |
| so if you are unsure you should hire an experiences | | | | water then add some more dry mix to tighten it up, |
| contractor. | | | | sand & mortar. Grab a sccop with your your |
| OK, lets get into the steps nessesary to complete | | | | trowel and smack your trowel down on your mortar |
| your project. The first thing you should do is take a | | | | board so mortar sticks to your trowel. Now use a 3 |
| sample of your existing mortar joints by busting a | | | | 8 tuckpointer to stuff the mortar into the open |
| piece off with a hammer or chisel and then matching | | | | joints, continue this process until you have filled a |
| the color as close as possible down at your local | | | | small area and then follow up by using your striking |
| mason supply store. Then after you have found | | | | tool or rake to finish the joint. Let it dry for a little |
| the proper color, get your colorant, mortar, sand and | | | | bit and then come back and brush the joints to |
| get them on site so you are ready to go. | | | | remove excess debris, if you are are striking the |
| Now that your supplies are in order you need to | | | | joints then go over them one more time to remove |
| start grinding, get a good powerful grinder with a 4 | | | | brush marks out of joints. Repeat this process over |
| inch diamond wheel and grind all the joints as deep as | | | | and over till job is complete |
| you can without damaging surrounding brick, be sure | | | | If you are unsure of how to do the above job hire a |
| to wear a dust mask and safety glasses during this | | | | contractor, you could actually make your walls look |
| process. After you have completed this task clean | | | | worse if you do not do any of the steps properly. |
| the wall really good with your brush, or if you have | | | | Good Luck. |