hi dan i thought you used a grate big house file. or would that be a rasp jim At 07:26 PM 5/29/2007, you wrote:
>Getting a house pointed refers to old brick houses such as mine. My house >has rake joints, the mortar is set back about a quarter to half inch back >from the edge of the brick face. This is a nice style but it does allow >water to sit in these joints. As the mortar gets old, and decays, it can >allow water to seep through the joint. When you get your house pointed, >you pay a crew of guys a whole hell of a lot of money to come to your >place, grind out the mortar a half to three quarters of an inch, then pack >new mortar in the joint. > >I will be getting struck joints, which means they will over pack the >joints, then strike off the excess leaving the mortar joint level with the >face of the brick, maybe slightly concave. > >It is a labor intensive job, one that sounds straight forward, but takes a >lot of skill and a lot of work. Not something I was about to try on my >own. > >-- >Blue skies. >Dan Rossi >Carnegie Mellon University. >E-Mail:<mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Tel:(412) 268-9081 > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.4/825 - Release Date: >5/30/2007 3:03 PM To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
