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Jul
Having spent a fair amount of time over the last few years staring at a wall with trowel in hand pointing I've built up some opinions on mortar, pointing and stonework and how the three should mesh together (tragic I know!). I'm no fan of overly fussy, decorative pointing and neither is my new favorite source of heritage building information - the Maintenance Matters webite: In contrast, there is little historic precedent for the use of ‘ribbon’ pointing, which is so commonly seen nowadays in cement. In this, the joints stand proud of the wall face to become the dominant…