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Comment on Hard cement pointing can destroy stone buildings within a few decades by Dry Rot

Dry Rot — Sun, 13 May 2012 12:48:44 +0000

Hi David,

Thanks David,

Weren’t we all? Education makes all the difference and to be honest I didn’t really get it until I attended a SPAB lime day a few years back – opened my eyes and I can highly recommend them. Mine was by Mark Womersley from Heckmondwyke – very down to earth and straighforward bloke.

I’ve since sent two of my techncians on lime days and plastic stone repair days too and we’ve done quite a bit of work on this over the past three or four years, so it was also good for business.

Bryan

PS – You should type your web site address in the comment form where it is asked for – good for your search engine optimisation apparently…

Comment on Hard cement pointing can destroy stone buildings within a few decades by Bryan Hindle

Bryan Hindle — Sun, 13 May 2012 12:43:55 +0000

I agree it can be an uphill battle but I keep trying!

Thanks for looking in – keep up the good work and remember “you can’t win ‘em all”

Bryan

Comment on Hard cement pointing can destroy stone buildings within a few decades by Bryan Hindle

Bryan Hindle — Sun, 13 May 2012 12:42:01 +0000

Glad you like it Annabelle and especially if you think it would help Dean and your clients.

I bet Dean would really enjoy a Lime day with SPAB. It is facinating going into how things used to be done – not all old products are inferior (that covers me too)

Bryan

Comment on Hard cement pointing can destroy stone buildings within a few decades by Dave Holdsworth

Dave Holdsworth — Sun, 13 May 2012 11:40:00 +0000

Great read Bryan, I have to admit I was as guilty as anybody in my younger days of re pointing like this, but it was just how we were taught back then and I knew no different. These days we know this is no longer how it should be done, but it still happens all the time. Keep up the blogs always interesting and informative.

Comment on Hard cement pointing can destroy stone buildings within a few decades by Complete Preservation

Complete Preservation — Sun, 13 May 2012 10:50:29 +0000

As always you have hit the nail on the head AGAIN!!! I wish every home owner could read this before they had some pointing done wih sand and cement. I will send you a picture next week of a repointing job we just lost out on, I popped over to put a test sample of the water repellent on and I couldn’t believe my eyes……. Sand and cement cut finish raked out about 8mm. The bloke told me he done a5-1 mix with a splash of waterproofer, I just laughed and walked off. You can’t educate pork lol

Comment on Hard cement pointing can destroy stone buildings within a few decades by Annabelle

Annabelle — Sun, 13 May 2012 07:03:48 +0000

A great Sunday morning read !!
I will get Dean to read this over too – very interesting.
Well done Bryan

Comment on What the hell do these moisture meter readings actually mean? or, Have I got rising damp or not? by Dry Rot

Dry Rot — Sat, 12 May 2012 15:49:26 +0000

Hi Jack,

The numbers are relative only. They can be described as ‘per cent’ when the meter is being used in wood, because most meters are calibrated for average softwood. In masonry the same scale is used but if % is mentioned it is termed % WME – that is wood moisture equivalent. So that we if you see WME you know what the meter was reading – you don’t knoe how much water was there. In damp diagnosis it is often the relative distribution of moisture which tells a surveyor the most, rather than the exact moisture content.

In fact the exact moisture content is rarely important; 3% may be excessive in one type of plaster/brick and be acceptable in others…
Thank you for looking in, I hope the article helped you.

Bryan

Comment on What the hell do these moisture meter readings actually mean? or, Have I got rising damp or not? by jack mcnaney

jack mcnaney — Sat, 12 May 2012 15:00:40 +0000

waht do the numbers in the table represent? they are units of what?

Comment on Green Damp-proofing by Dry Rot

Dry Rot — Wed, 02 May 2012 19:15:24 +0000

Find stuff on this method here

http://www.buildingpreservation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=88:a-review-and-opinion-of-performance-data-relating-to-an-environmentally-controlled-damp-proofing-system&catid=7:dampness&Itemid=84

Comment on Six things you need to do before you choose a damp-proofing specialist. by Jane Rylands

Jane Rylands — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:29:30 +0000

Great article. Its important to find the right person for the job. Damp can cause serious problems in your home and to your health…espeically if you have asthma.