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Hi folks,
Does anybody know the going rate for pointing a house, I have a 4 bedroomed semi detached that needs pointing and was wandering what price's to look out for? Cheers.

Tis rude to point and this is posted in t wrong section

Silly me, At least it's been noticed

Ahhh, the old 'subliminal' chestnut

Good luck on your quest sir mike

I pointed my own but you need scaffolding these days. Is it common brick? Are you talking all three sides of the house?

Used to be about £20 or £25 quid a square metre hence the reason I did my own and saved myself about a grand.

Point to note, it has to be raked out properly, the deeper the better although you will use more mortar.

Do as Helles says, it's a really easy job and it will give you something to do

It's only easy if you know what you are doing. Seen too many DIY attempts where mortar is smeared everywhere. Used to be my job so pretty confident but it is boring and time consuming.

give my mate john a ring on 07793499003 say you got the number off ray

if raked out well you can use a mortar gun, a bit like an oversized silicone gun. overfill the joints and let it dry a bit then tool it in. the excess will fall to the ground almost dry. then throw a custard pie at your local give way sign

ps. if diy. scaffolding not mandatory but recomended

I have to disagree, boring i know but it's a piss easy job so please don't make it sound worse than it is


Thats a very lazy way of doing things clown, you should know better

Have a go yourself Mike,but take your time and don't forget to add a squeeze of washing up liquid to the mortar.Have fun.