I am getting damp migration from the chimney stack into the living room. The stack needs to be re-pointed and made waterproof. I am getting conflicting advice on whether I can use normal morter to repoint or lime morter to protect the bricks from blowing. Has anybody solved a similar problem.
2007-01-18 03:55:15 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Most mortar has lime in it now. It doesn't really matter.
2007-01-18 04:01:19 · answer #1 · answered by Gummy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rendering is used to maintain water out of the homestead. in the adventure that your inspector got here upon information of water injury around the chimney you in all danger decide to get if fastened because it is going to purely worsen. it incredibly is beneficial to examine with a brick mason who focuses on chimneys.
2016-12-14 04:15:06 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋