Repointing in Sedgley
Repointing and brickwork repairs by a team that lays brick for a living: old mortar out, the right mix in, matched to the wall. Fifteen minutes down the A459.
Repointing for Homes in Sedgley
Repointing in DY3 comes in two materials. The brick streets weather like the rest of the Black Country, only faster on this ridge, weather-side gables and parapets going sandy while sheltered elevations hold, so targeted repoints make sense here more than anywhere. And then there is the stone, Gornal’s quarrying past left cottages, farm buildings and miles of boundary wall in local stone that deserves proper lime pointing.
We cover Sedgley and the surrounding area: Bull Ring area, The Beacon side, Cotwall End, Upper Gornal, Lower Gornal and beyond (DY3).
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What’s Included
We treat each material on its own terms: brick ground out and repointed in matched mortar, stone raked by hand and pointed in lime with joints struck to suit the walling style. Cement on old stone is vandalism with a trowel, and undoing other people’s cement is a fair share of our stone work.
- Repointing to house walls, gables and garden walls
- Old mortar ground out to a sound depth, not skimmed over
- Mortar colour and joint finish matched to the original
- Lime mortar used where older solid walls need it
- Spalled and cracked bricks cut out and replaced
- Chimney stacks repointed and rebuilt
How It Works
Repointing in Sedgley, FAQs
Yes, the cement is carefully raked out, the joints cleaned, and the wall repointed in lime mortar coloured to suit the stone. It transforms the look and, more importantly, lets the stone shed moisture the way it was built to.
Almost always the west and southwest faces, the weather sides on this ridge, plus chimney breasts and parapets. We quote by elevation so you can do the urgent faces now and the sheltered ones when they actually need it.
We mix to match. New pointing is always a touch fresher than hundred-year-old joints on day one, but we match the sand, colour and joint style so it blends in as it weathers rather than standing out in stripes.
Most houses built before the 1930s have solid walls that manage moisture by breathing through the joints. Hard cement mortar seals them up, so the moisture escapes through the brick faces instead and blows them apart in frost. A lime-based mix keeps the wall breathing and the bricks intact.
Yes. Bricks with blown or crumbling faces get cut out one at a time and replaced with the closest match we can source, then the area is repointed with the rest of the wall. It is all one visit and one quote.