Repointing Bridgwater

Repointing Bridgwater Somerset (TA5): No matter how old your home or business premises in Bridgwater is, there will come a time when a bit of maintenance is necessary. If the brickwork on your Bridgwater home looks a bit shabby with missing or crumbling mortar, you will want to act quickly to prevent the condition from deteriorating. A reliable brick repointing contractor in Bridgwater will offer a cost effective solution to repair your brickwork and ensure that it stays watertight.

It's the mortar and bricks that make a house sturdy and secure against the elements. To keep a property dry and warm the mortar has to be in good enough condition to stop any dampness or draughts from forcing their way in through gaps or holes. But how can you be sure precisely when you need to repoint your home in Bridgwater?

Basically, you need to have a good look at the mortar and bricks of your outside walls. If you are able to see an issue then you've got an issue. It may be necessary to consult a specialist to inspect remote and hard to reach sections like chimney stacks or under eaves, however in many houses you ought to be able to see any indications of deterioration fairly easily.

It isn't only aesthetics which are in jeopardy if your home in Bridgwater needs to be repointed, there are safety issues to consider as well. The structural integrity of any Bridgwater house is only as good as its bricks and mortar. Any weaknesses in the construction can render a building unstable with major implications and maybe even a risk to the life of inhabitants.

It could possibly be that crumbling or missing mortar has been caused by damaged brickwork. A dependable brick repointing specialist in Bridgwater will be able to identify any areas that require possible replacement and provide a service to refurbish the brickwork while doing the repointing.

It might be the case that in the past your Bridgwater home's external brick walls have been painted or plastered over. If you start to see flaking, cracks or bubbling of the plaster or paint it could all point to more severe damage under the surface coating. To stop the damage spreading and leading to more severe problems in the future, it is advisable to seek the assistance of a repointing and brickwork specialist who can ascertain the cause of the issue. A competent repointing specialist in Bridgwater will easily achieve this and help to keep your home in the best condition.

WHAT ARE THE STEPS FOR REPOINTING BRICKWORK IN BRIDGWATER?

Repointing can be a time consuming process and may involve working at height, subject to your property type. To enable a repointing company to accurately evaluate the repair work that is needed on your house they will first have to undertake a visual inspection. A survey is the best way by which a repointing company can give you an itemised quote for the amount of work that's required on your unsound brickwork. It is invariably safer to get 2 or 3 price quotes from different repointing contractors in Bridgwater and study the standard of service offered between them.

It might be that during the first site survey there were some sections of your property that were inaccessible or out-of-reach and in such cases a further, more in depth survey may be necessary. This second, more stringent survey might uncover additional trouble spots that could impact on the original quote. If you've got an older house in Bridgwater that's over sixty years old, it is much more likely to require restorative work on repointing than a more contemporary building.

A reliable repointing contractor or company in Bridgwater will discuss any problems found with your home and agree the best methods of restorative action before beginning any actual work. Even bungalows and single storey buildings might need some sort of scaffolding to provide a secure platform for your repointing team to work from. When this has been erected then a method of protective shielding will be fixed in position. This protective sheeting should prevent any debris or mortar dust from damaging your home, or neighbours properties, and also offers a layer of safety to help prevent injuries to anybody that's passing by.

All external wires, such as satellite or TV cables, will be unfastened from the walls and pipework may be removed or adjusted to enable access to the brickwork behind. This is of course only a temporary measure and they will be replaced back in their original position once all repointing work has been completed.

If your property has been pebble-dashed, rendered or painted, these coatings will now have to be removed to allow the repointing team to begin the renovation project. When this has been removed the bricks can be meticulously cleaned and sanded to establish an even surface for work to begin.

To help you decide on the kind of repointing finish to your walls, a decent Bridgwater repointing company will be happy to demonstrate the various pointing designs (Weather Struck, Flush, Tuck or Recessed), by creating a test panel on your brickwork. This should help you to get a good idea of the finished result and make certain you're satisfied with the finished product with regard to colour and style.

Now the dusty work will begin as the old, damaged mortar is taken out by raking and scraping out the joints. This painstaking process can be quite time consuming as the joints need to have all the debris, old mortar and dust removed in order to finish up with a good bonding area for the new mortar to be stick to. Particular care is made around doors and windows since any movement in the brickwork can lead to problems with their closing and opening.

So that the new mortar doesn't dry out too rapidly, the brickwork will be damped down before the new pointing commences. This makes sure that the mortar stays flexible and allows it to dry at a slower pace to prevent cracking, which can lead to a weak joint. When it has dried sufficiently it's time to clean up any smears and excess mortar from the adjoining brickwork. The walls will be divided into areas, and each one in turn will be pointed, left to dry, and then cleaned before the repointers move on to the next section.

It's possible that as the repointing team are doing their work they might find crumbling bricks that need replacing, or maybe issues with lead flashing or a chimney stack, and a professional company will be ideally placed to carry out such repairs as they go along.

Any rendering, paint or other wall covering that you need will be re-applied as soon as all of the remedial repointing work has been concluded. The final phase of the project will see all cables, pipes and other fittings fixed back in their original positions, work platforms and scaffolding dismantled and all building waste removed and disposed of.

Repointing your house using a qualified Bridgwater company should mean that you need not deal with your exterior brickwork for 50-60 years. All restoration work should be completed with a guarantee of at least 12 months and have the backing of affiliations from the building and construction industry.

Suitable accreditations may take many forms, however those that are prominent in relation to this type of work are: the NFBC (National Federation of Building Contractors), the FMB (Federation of Master Builders) and the NHBC (National House-Building Council), with qualifications and certifications from industry leaders like the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). The Construction Skills Certification Scheme is now compulsory for anybody working in the construction industry and they must be prepared to produce their CSCS card on request to confirm their competence be working on site.

Tuckpointing Bridgwater

With old and deteriorating brickwork where the mortar joints are crumbling and unstable, tuck pointing (or tuckpointing) is a handy restoration process. It's an approach that's employed to aesthetically improve the appearance of walls to give the impression that they are in good shape.

The process involves removing the old, crumbling mortar and replacing it with a new mortar mixture that is colour-matched to the brick or stone that constitutes the wall. Next off, a narrow, contrasting line of (usually lighter) mortar is applied, to make it look like the joints are neat and tidy, where they previously appreared to be wide and irregular.

The effect of tuck-pointing can be quite impressive, especially when viewed from afar, and can dramatically improve the overall appearance of a wall without the need for major work.

Bridgwater Skip Hire Services

With most garden makeovers or home improvements in Bridgwater, a fair amount of waste will be generated, and therefore you'll need to make provision for this in the planning stage. When it comes to repointing in Bridgwater, it will depend on the extent and specifics of your project. Sometimes there'll be a great deal of waste, other times very little. You may have to make your own arrangements for waste removal, as a lot of tradesmen don't include this in their quote.

One of the easiest and most hassle-free ways to get rid of this waste is to hire a skip. You'll need to choose the correct size skip, since there are various different sizes available. The capacities of the popular skip sizes are skip bags 1-1.5 yd³, mini-skips 2-3 yd³, midi-skips 4-5 yd³, and builders skips 6-8 yd³.

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Searching On the Web For a Repointing Specialist

When looking to search for services in Bridgwater, the vast majority of people nowadays seem to head for the internet. Instant and specific results are the advantage of searching with Bing, Yahoo, Google or Ask, which are available for this precise objective. Anomalies do however crop up with the principal search engines, and you might find that the results you are presented with are not exactly what you had anticipated.

When looking for repointing specialists, most householders in Bridgwater, will type "repointing Bridgwater", "repointing near me", "Bridgwater repointing" or "repointing in Bridgwater" into Google or Bing and wait to see what shows up. If you analyze the 1st page of results, you'll notice that the top and bottom four listings will usually be some form of PPC (Pay Per Click) adverts, while a large percentage of the remainder are often from multi-million pound companies such as Rated People, Checkatrade, TrustaTrader, My Hammer, Local Heroes or Quotatis or directories like Gumtree, Yelp, Hotfrog or Yell.

For any repointing specialists in Bridgwater who've got their own website, it is likely they're hiding on page two or three of the results, and you will have to look beyond the first page alone. It's not every repointing specialist that's actually got a website, so it's still a good idea to make use of a tradesman vetting site like Checkatrade or Rated People to discover who's available in your area.

Ask Family & Friends

Recommendations for repointing specialists can be gathered from a number of places, but if a family member or friend has recently had repointing work done, that's one of the most reliable references you will get. Word of mouth is typically a good indication, and should be considered as a decent starting point when you're hunting for repointing services. You should compile a shortlist of at least three different contractors and get a quotation from each of them.

Bridgwater Repointing Tasks

There are a number of different tasks that can be carried out by your local Bridgwater repointing specialist including the re-pointing of brick joints, stone wall repointing, slab repointing, brick conservation Bridgwater, strap re-pointing, repointing estimates in Bridgwater, pebbledash removal Bridgwater, pointing paving Bridgwater, lime mortar pointing and re-pointing Bridgwater, mortar joint repointing Bridgwater, brickwork joint raking, brickwork pointing and repointing Bridgwater, mortar raking Bridgwater, masonry restoration, damaged brickwork repairs, the lime pointing of brickwork and stonework Bridgwater, brick joint repointing, garden wall repointing Bridgwater, house re-pointing Bridgwater, repointing of chimney stacks Bridgwater, restorations to damaged brickwork Bridgwater, brickwork repointing Bridgwater, re-pointing crazy paving, brickwork and masonry decorating, and repointing scaffolding. These are just an example of the activities that are carried out by local experts in brick repointing. Bridgwater providers will let you know their whole range of services.

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