When masons refer to “pointing,” they’re talking about the mortar laid between the bricks. “Repointing” is just what it sounds like: removing damaged mortar and putting in fresh mortar ...

Tuckpointing—not repointing—brick can increase its lifespan while improving its appearance. How to tell if your home needs it ...

Over time, the mortar joints between bricks in a wall, also known as pointing, will fail. Fixing this failure is called repointing, or in some regions tuckpointing. Your job, or that of the ...

Milton Renaissance Foundation will present brick mason Butch Corum on Saturday, February 8 at 10:30 a.m. to demonstrate old brick repair. The presentation will include making nineteenth century mortar ...