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cavity wall scraper

Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 2:19 pm
by terry17
does any one know where i can buy a tool that will scrap the sandy mortar that has fallen to the base of a cavity wall and is bridging the damp couse resulting in damp patches on inside wall of cavity

thanks terry

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:58 pm
by LCL
Probably just as easy to remove a few bricks at low level externally and remove it by hand. If its an older property it will probably be a lime based mortar. The mortar that collects around the wall ties is known as mortart snots.

Hope this helps