Repointing Old Brick: Why Your Brick Is Crumbling and the Mortar Looks Brand New
TL;DR Brick faces flaking off in thin sheets. A gritty orange pile collecting at the base of the wall. Mortar joints that somehow look newer and sharper than the brick around them. That last one isn’t a coincidence. On a lot of older Greater Boston homes, the brick started coming apart after the repointing, not […]