Return-Path: Received: from MAPS.CS.CMU.EDU by K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa03542; 30 Jun 94 0:23:28 EDT Date: Thursday, 30 June 1994 00:22:40 EDT From: Dave.McKeown@MAPS.CS.CMU.EDU To: bovik@MAPS.CS.CMU.EDU Subject: house (brick) pointer Message-ID: <1994.6.30.4.21.59.Dave.McKeown@MAPS.CS.CMU.EDU> Sorry for the delay. I don't think I ever sent this. -dmm - - - - Begin forwarded message - - - - Return-Path: Date: Friday, 17 September 1993 09:16:10 EDT From: Dave.McKeown@maps.cs.cmu.edu To: heckbert@cs.cmu.edu cc: dmm@maps.cs.cmu.edu Subject: pointing Message-ID: <1993.9.17.13.6.29.Dave.McKeown@MAPS.CS.CMU.EDU> Paul, I had O'Leary clean and point my house a year ago. If the mortor is uniformly out to a depth greater than 1/2 inch, and its soft and sandy, then it probably makes sense to have the whole house pointed. For one thing if you do spot pointing there is almost no way to match the mortar color and if it is in a visible place on the house, well you get the picture. However if it is localized, perhaps due to water run off and/or settling, then its best to fix the problem first and then do some local repointing. We had to have a bricklayer take down a rebuild the brick facade below a bay window that had begun to settle away from our house. Previous owners had simply repointed the gaps, and that is a big mistake in the long term. O'Leary is pricey, but his crew does an excellent job. Don't expect to see Bernie on a scaffold, but he does check in on his work. Depending on your situation you may need to have the brick in front of your window sills taken out, reseated so that they drain to the front (at least nominally horizontal). If they lean back into the house, as several of mine did they can't simply be pointed in place. He got someone special to do that since his pointers aren't bricklayers. If you have any other questions just give me a call. If you talk with Bernie, please say hi for me. -Dave - - - - End forwarded message - - - -