Repointing Market Harborough

Market Harborough Brick Pointing & Repointing Services

Repointing Market Harborough Leicestershire (LE16): All homes in Market Harborough at some point will need a little maintenance. If the brickwork on your Market Harborough house looks a little shabby with mortar missing or crumbling, you'll need to act fast to prevent the situation from getting even worse. If it is essential to renovate or repair your damaged brickwork, a reliable brick repointing specialist in Market Harborough will offer an effective resolution.

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It's the bricks and mortar that make a house strong and secure against the weather. To keep a property warm and dry the mortar must be in good enough condition to prevent any water or draughts from forcing their way in through gaps or holes. How can you tell when your property in Market Harborough needs repointing?

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It's just a matter of visually checking your brickwork. If trouble spots can be quickly recognised by such a casual inspection, then it is likely that you will need some repointing work. You should be able to spot yourself in most instances the external signs of degradation, but in awkward places for example under eaves or on chimneys it could be necessary to use a specialist to check for you.

You also need to think about the safety issues that cracked or eroding mortar could potentially cause. The integrity of any Market Harborough home is only as good as its bricks and mortar. Any weak spots in the structural integrity can render a building unstable with serious consequences and risk to the life of inhabitants.

It may be that missing or crumbling mortar has been caused by damaged brickwork. An experienced brick repointing company in Market Harborough will swiftly identify any sections that need possible replacement and provide a service to refurbish the brickwork at the same time as the repointing.

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If the external brick walls of your Market Harborough property have been painted or rendered in past times you may see patches that are prone to damp or discoloured. Any peeling, discolouration or bubbling of plaster or paint could signify a deterioration of either mortar or bricks beneath the surface. An investigation of this problem, by a repointing specialist is the only way to guarantee the damage does not spread further and cause structural problems in the future. A professional repointing company in Market Harborough can achieve this and help to keep your house in the best possible condition.

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Repointing can be a time consuming process and may entail working at height, depending on your property type. To enable a repointing business to accurately ascertain the repair work that is needed on your house they will first need to undertake a visual survey. This inspection will enable them to provide you with an itemised quote for the work required and the labour costs. Don't assume all repointing specialists in Market Harborough provide the same level of service and the cheapest quotation may not always be the best option.

It may be that during the initial on-site survey there were some sections of your house that were hard to reach or inaccessible and in such cases a second, more comprehensive survey may be required. It may be that this more thorough survey might expose further problems that could cause the initial price quote to increase. If your house in Market Harborough is more than sixty years old and has never been repointed then it is likely to need additional work than with a more contemporary building.

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Repointing work can begin once the trouble spots have been confirmed and agreed with the property owner. Even bungalows and single storey buildings might need some type of scaffold to establish a sturdy working platform for your repointing specialists to work from. An arrangement of protective shielding or sheeting will then be attached to the outside of the scaffold. This helps to avoid any property damage and reduce the risk of injury to anybody in the vicinity of the work.

All conduits, pipes and cables which are attached to the wall will be removed or their position adjusted so that the walls behind them can be easily accessed. Once the project has been completed and all remedial action carried out these these will be put back in place.

Any pebble-dash, paint, rendering or other coverings will now be removed safely to enable the repointers to access the bare walls and move along with their repair work. When this has been done the brickwork is diligently cleaned and sanded to establish an even surface to work on.

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A reputable Market Harborough repointing company will be happy to prepare a test panel on your property to allow you to picture the various different styles available for the mortar, (Flush, Tuck, Recessed or Weather Struck pointing). This should help you visualise the final result and guarantee your satisfaction in relation to colour and style.

The joints in the brickwork are now raked out to remove the old mortar and clean the spaces between the bricks. This can be a laborious process where any debris, dust and old mortar has to be painstakingly cleaned out to produce a decent bonding surface for the new mortar. Any windows and doors will be paid extra care by the repointing team to avoid any disturbances of the frames or having excess mortar applied which could cause problems in their opening and closing.

Something that needs to be avoided is the new mortar drying out too quickly, and this can be averted by dampening the brickwork. This delayed drying time stops the mortar from becoming inflexible and cracking, which can create a weaker joint. During the application of the mortar there will be smears and some excess mortar on the adjacent brickwork that looks untidy, but this can be removed as soon as it has dried out. A wire brush is used to clean the areas that have been completed before moving on to the next portion of the wall needing work.

During this stage the need for any brick replacement, lead flashing replacement or chimney repairs will be undertaken by your contractor.

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After cleaning the walls for one final time, to get a uniform appearance over the whole area, any re-painting or rendering of the finished wall surface can be done. The final stage of the project will entail all cables, pipes and other fittings fixed back in their original locations, scaffolding disassembled and all building waste removed from the site.

A competent Market Harborough repointing and bricklaying specialist will provide you with a solution that will last at least 60 years. All repointing work should be provided with a warranty of at least twelve months and have construction and building industry credentials.

Suitable accreditations may take various forms, however those that stand out in relation to this type of work are: the NFBC (National Federation of Building Contractors), the NHBC (National House-Building Council) and the FMB (Federation of Master Builders), with certifications and qualifications from building industry leaders such as the Chartered Institute of Building. In addition to that, every person on the repointing team who carries out work on your house should be a member of the Construction Skills Certification Scheme to prove that they have the appropriate skills and training for their respective role in the project.


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Repointing work can be carried out in Market Harborough and also nearby in: Great Oxendon, Dingley, Theddingworth, Clipston, Braybrooke, East Farndon, Marston Thrussell, Great Bowden, Ashley, Sibbertoft, Foxton, Lubenham, Little Bowden, Stoke Albany, Wilbarston, and in these postcodes LE16 7JZ, LE16 0EG, LE16 7LG, LE16 0DW, LE16 7GL, LE16 7JQ, LE16 7AX, LE16 0TD, LE16 0GY, and LE16 7JR. Market Harborough repointing contractors will generally have the postcode LE16 and the dialling code 01858.

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There are a wide range of tasks that can be carried out by your local Market Harborough repointing specialist including the repointing and pointing of brickwork, slab repointing, the lime pointing of brick joints Market Harborough, stone repointing, gable end repointing Market Harborough, mortar rake grinding, industrial repointing Market Harborough, damaged brickwork repairs Market Harborough, brick joint raking and repointing, cheap re-pointing, bucket handle pointing Market Harborough, patio repointing Market Harborough, chimney repointing, pointing and repointing crazy paving, re-pointing paving, repointing of garden walls Market Harborough, pointing mortar joints, mortar raking, strap repointing Market Harborough, and more.

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Also find: Wilbarston repointing, Lubenham repointing, Braybrooke repointing, Foxton repointing, Marston Thrussell repointing, Sibbertoft repointing, Great Oxendon repointing, Ashley repointing, Theddingworth repointing, Great Bowden repointing, Stoke Albany repointing, Little Bowden repointing, Clipston repointing, East Farndon repointing, Dingley repointing and more. Practically all of these towns and areas are covered by firms who do repointing. Their remarkable expertise enables them to revitalise your brick walls, leaving them looking brand new again. If your brickwork is starting to look tattered and neglected, seeking the expertise of professionals to fix it could be a good idea. By clicking here, local property owners can get repointing price quotes.

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