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• Posted in thread: Repointing basement on 09-28-2012 at 09:07 PM
  Anyone have any advice on my issue? Is there a limit to when I can repoint within my basement?
  Or is it something I can do year round? I live in the Midwest by the way :)

• Posted in thread: Repointing basement on 09-25-2012 at 10:26 AM
  Why do you think the wall needs tuckpointing?DickThe house is 112 years of age and the current
  mortar is crumbling :) I would like the building to last at least until I am done living there
  (if I am v...

• Posted in thread: Repointing basement on 09-25-2012 at 08:35 AM
  I was just wondering if this is a project I can do in the winter, since it is inside my home
  and temperature should stay well above freezing :)Thanks in advance!Repointing novice

• Posted in thread: Repointing my basement on 05-25-2012 at 09:15 PM
  The amount of wall you can rake out at a time depends on the stability of the wall and how deep
  the mortar needs to be raked out. On some walls the whole wall can be raked out first.Thanks
  again :)

• Posted in thread: Repointing my basement on 05-25-2012 at 05:12 AM
  If the bricks are the old soft type built in lime mortar, then it's best to repoint them with
  lime mortar.Cement mortars can damage the brickwork in time.I had read that online as well, but
  had discou...

• Posted in thread: Repointing my basement on 05-24-2012 at 11:37 AM
  Hello all!I purchased a brick home 2 years ago in the historic district of the city. The house
  was built in 1900, and the joints don't appear to have had much work on them since then :) My
  wife and I ...