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Brick face failure

By EcoHomeCentre Posted on 2 October 2015 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with brick, lime, mortar, refurbishment, repair, repointing, solid walls

This is quite common to see bricks suffering from old age (and occasionally poor pointing) This is the type of wall that is commonly rendered over (using cement) because the bricks have lost their faces and hence are much more …

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Chimney Problems and Solutions

By EcoHomeCentre Posted on 20 March 2015 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with breathing structure, chimney, chimney pot, damp, repointing

Chimneys are a potential source of water ingress and it is quite common to find damp areas around the chimney breast. So what’s going wrong? Well there are a few key factors to bear in mind. 1. Failed pointing. This …

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Cavities not immune from damp

By EcoHomeCentre Posted on 26 January 2015 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with cavity wall, cement, damp, insulation, maintenance, render, repair, repointing, wall ties

Cavity walls were designed to keep damp out of homes Cavity walls have been the standard way of building for the past century. They are designed to have two walls (bound together by wall ties) with one acting as the …

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Common re-pointing problem

By EcoHomeCentre Posted on 5 March 2014 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with lime, maintenance, repair, repointing, solid walls

I was walking around yesterday waiting for my car to be fixed and being in the ‘trade’ it just struck me how many stone walls in Cardiff have been re-pointed using cement. Almost every house (that wasn’t covered in cement …

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Damp appearing?

By EcoHomeCentre Posted on 28 January 2014 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with cement, damp, guttering, lime, lindab, maintenance, rainwater, render, repointing, silicone

In this sort of weather you might find damp in places that were dry before. Why? Well, when you have driving rain rather than just rain it tends to get into cracks and holes that it might otherwise miss. Key …

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Repointing Lime

By EcoHomeCentre Posted on 31 January 2013 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with lime, maintenance, repointing

Re-pointing irons for lime repointing jobs In the UK we are used now to see repointing being done using a pointing trowel or a brick jointer. However doing a proper job with lime mortar requires a different set of tools.  …

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Repointing solid brick walls

By EcoHomeCentre Posted on 10 June 2011 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with breathing structure, eco home centre, lime, putty, repointing

Choosing the right mortar is vital when repairing old walls. Cement is a real problem as most builders will not understand the need to use the right mortar. Even choosing the right lime mortar can be problematic. Cement mortar is …

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