repointing loft wall
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marcus02
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repointing loft wall

by marcus02 » Fri Dec 23, 2011 4:29 pm

I live in a terraced house. the mortar of the party walls in the loft are crumbling. Should I use cement or lime mortar to repoint. House was built in early 1900s

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Re: repointing loft wall

by welsh brickie » Sat Dec 24, 2011 7:31 am

use a mix of 4 sand 1 lime 1 cement

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Re: repointing loft wall

by marcus02 » Sat Dec 31, 2011 1:38 pm

I was going to use some lafarge pre mixed which is

6 sand 1 lime 1 cement

Would this be okay to use?

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Re: repointing loft wall

by marcus02 » Sat Dec 31, 2011 3:02 pm

Could I use lafarge pre mixed mortar

its 6 sand 1 lime 1 cement?

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Re: repointing loft wall

by welsh brickie » Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:21 am

thats fine

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