Retaining Brick Walls, Pointing chimneys and Pointing Brick Wall Services

Established in the 1950s and to this day still a family-run firm with an ever-expanding list of
satisfied customers, Brickpoint can cover all your building and renovation requirements. 

We have a long-standing commitment to the highest quality work, using the most up-to-date
methods and equipment.

At Brickpoint, we understand how important it is to take care of your brick. If you take proper care of your brick, you are not only improving the appearance of your property, but also adding value to it. We offer a range of services in this direction which includes brickwork, chimney stacks, and building retaining brick.

Pointing Brick Walls

Pointing refers to the outer section of a mortar joint that beds one brick on another. If properly done, it ensures a longer life, whilst giving that perfect appearance to your property. At Brickpoint, we have the knowledge of both lime based and cement based pointing. Many of our clients prefer to go for lime-based since cement is too hard and therefore may damage the bricks when removed during re-pointing.

This is one of our specialties. We have the knowledge to do it in the most effective manner. Before applying the mortar, we spray water on the brickwork with a hosepipe to clean off the dust from the joints. This also helps prevent the mortar from drying too quickly, thus enabling it to bond effectively without cracking. We then prepare a mortar mix. The ideal mix is made of 6 parts sand, 1 part cement and 1 part lime. If you want to avoid the use of cement, we make the mortar mix using 3 parts of sand and 1 part of lime. We mix it thoroughly to ensure that all the air is removed. The mortar is applied first to the perpendicular joints followed by the horizontal ones. It is also important to smoothen out the mortar applied and to then cut off the excess mortar from the surface. During re-pointing, we use 'scutch', a special spiked chisel to scrape up the old cement based pointing to a certain preferable depth to ensure that bricks are not damaged in the process. 

Pointing Chimneys Stacks

Building Retaining Brick Walls

• Sliding
• Excessive foundation pressure and water uplift, and Overturning

Although, we mainly use bricks for constructing retaining, we also use other materials like stone, concrete, steel, vinyl, and timber if required. We have necessary expertise in constructing all kinds of retaining walls. In the case of gravity retaining walls, we use stone and concrete to resist pressure from behind. The structure is leaned back to improve stability. You can choose from a wide variety of earth tone colours in stones.