REPOINTING of Soft Brick Building by Puro Construction Cowboy Builders

Discussion in 'Project Photos' started by Lydia On Lydia, Sep 27, 2022.

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Does this building look like its been freshly repointed

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  1. Lydia On Lydia

    Lydia On Lydia New Member

    Hello
    we have recently had our building repointed at a cost of £83000 by Puro Construction
    It has been repointed in mortar (not lime) with soft red brick hence the mortar is harder than the brick.
    I understand that this is wrong as the mortar has to be softer than the brick not harder.
    Also, the brick has suffered much damage due to faulty gutters and a lack of overhang on the roof hence a weathered repointing style would be more appropriate than the flush one applied.

    Can someone please give offer some viewpoint on the work and my findings

    Many thanks
     

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  2. Mr Rusty

    Mr Rusty Screwfix Select

    post this in the builders forum.
     
  3. dray

    dray Screwfix Select

    Do you really mean £83,000 for the job?
     
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  4. Lydia On Lydia

    Lydia On Lydia New Member

    Where is the builders forum please?
     
  5. Lydia On Lydia

    Lydia On Lydia New Member

    Yes, shockingly it was
     
  6. Astramax

    Astramax Super Member

    Next to the Job Centre Forum! :eek:
     
  7. Abbadon2001

    Abbadon2001 Screwfix Select

    83k .....
     
  8. Astramax

    Astramax Super Member

    At top right or thereabouts click on the heading 'Forums'.
     
  9. CGN

    CGN Screwfix Select

    :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
     
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  10. Resmond

    Resmond Active Member

    How big is the building to warrant 83k for repointing?
    If they’ve used the wrong mix then it needs redoing before it causes structural damage to the brickwork
    It also looks shockingly bad; muck where it shouldn’t be and not where it ought to be.
    Did they replace the fascia and guttering too?
     
  11. Ross Curtis

    Ross Curtis Member

    £83k

    Do you live in a mansion?

    Messy job to boot, looks like you've been had
     
  12. longboat

    longboat Screwfix Select

    They also supplied and fitted a top end kitchen, bathroom, new doors throughout including skirting and architrave, new carpets/ oak flooring and redecorated all rooms.....
    Oh, and fitted a new boiler and rewired the place.
    At least one would hope so for that price.
     
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  13. Resmond

    Resmond Active Member

    Yeah and the rest…

    i was thinking more along the lines of that exposed pine on the corner is not gonna last
     
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  14. Truckcab79

    Truckcab79 Screwfix Select

    That’s disgusting work.
    More to the point can we have a picture of your property. I want to know what £83k of re-pointing looks like. :eek:
     
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  15. Astramax

    Astramax Super Member

    Was the work for an elderly vulnerable person as there may have been a crime taken place here.
     
  16. longboat

    longboat Screwfix Select

  17. Truckcab79

    Truckcab79 Screwfix Select

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  18. I-Man

    I-Man Screwfix Select

    YOU. PAID. 83 THOUSAND POUNDS. FOR POINTING????????????
     
  19. BiancoTheGiraffe

    BiancoTheGiraffe Screwfix Select

    Maybe it's Windsor castle ready for King Charles to move in...
     
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  20. Jord86

    Jord86 Screwfix Select

    To be taken seriously, post photos showing a wider area of the building, and a photo of the quotation with the final figure but with the details of the company scrawled out.
     

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