botched brick repointing?
Hi, looking for a little advice. I have an apartment in a turn-of-the-century (1900) building in the East Village. I’m afraid that I may have made a mistake in having an exposed (interior) brick wall in my apartment repointed. The fellow who did the work used portland cement-based mortar. I’m starting to do some reading…
Hi, looking for a little advice. I have an apartment in a turn-of-the-century (1900) building in the East Village. I’m afraid that I may have made a mistake in having an exposed (interior) brick wall in my apartment repointed. The fellow who did the work used portland cement-based mortar.
I’m starting to do some reading now and am getting the impression that this hard cement is not recommended for older brick. It seems it can damage the brick and that lime-based mortar is preferred.
Am I in trouble here or is this really a different story considering it is an interior wall? What do i do here considering that the work is now done? I’ve gotten a mix of opinions on this. Interested to hear your thoughts…
bw
If you dont see any damage so far live it alone, for the simple reason that to cut it “remove it” it’s provably you do more damage to the brick .Cutting pointing it’s an important part of the process.