no, not a file or a rasp, but a giant rotor, so you can point you house.
On Wed, 30 May 2007, cheetah wrote: > 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/
