A Yorkshireman with dreadlocks wearing a leather kilt lime pointing an ancient millworkers’  cottage. There’s nothing right in that sentence yet the video had me enthralled for every single second.  Bloody fabulous 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Dude you gave me the confidence to do my own cottage repoint and render, you’ve a great skill at presenting too boot, cheers dude

Thank you for the videos, I have a 220 year old cottage and steading near Dunkeld in Scotland that has cement pointing. That is my challenge for next year.

Amazing analogy...
woman a. Cement, drunken fumble
Woman b. Lime, a keeper 🤣

This is EXACTLY the state of a wall on my property - your video could have been tailor-made. Cheers!

Oooo, lovely! A feature length production! 😁

As always, this guy is bang on the money. Knee deep in de-cementing for me. Feels like the fourth bridge. Hey ho

We would welcome more video uploads bro. You're great and we miss your content.

It’s a shame they didn’t go full on and take out the mullions and wall it up properly it looks unsightly.

You never use cement mortar on natural stone it doesn’t last and causes big problems


Lime mortar can breath and doesn’t hold moisture

Lime mortar allows moisture to evaporate easily which keeps the stone healthy and dry

Cement mortar traps water thus making damp problems internally

Hessian when protecting pointing in hot weather just spray it with water

Lastly I only use a brush finish on stone like that
No weather struck
No stand off pointing

Flush brush finish is the best
Especially for rain to flow off the surface easily

So many so called tradesmen think they know how to point

It’s not they can’t point it’s the theory behind it

On a good note I think you’re doing a great job

Standards are everything 👍

Very useful, thanks

That's probably as many times as I can watch the video in a bid to put off back pointing a section of my house! Super informative thanks, and only now do I dare even attempt this!

I had the same thing on my cottage, except they'd jammed really strong sand cement 2 to 3 inch deep. I found the best thing to get it out was a 10 or 12mm rotary SDS bit used as a chisel. Much better than armeg scutch or flat chisel, and very cheap!

very nice to see tradition still being done
nothing beats lime when its done right
not sure how materials are now
but back in the day near everything used to burn your skin
even the cement...........think lots of materials watered down now

Fantastic video THANK YOU so much for sharing your skill and knowledge.

A beautiful 200 year old cottage, great pointing, shame they have plastic windows!

I've just bought an old (1900) property in Spain. It's all lime/stone. Thankfully, it's not been messed around with.
Don't get me wrong, it needs a heap of attention. I'm going to be binge watching your vids and get some tips!!!

Thanks Danny. Watched the videos. Bought the stuff. Now just need the courage to start.

You are amazing, a pleasure to hear your knowledge and watch your skilled work. I am going to learn.on a 15c.house😮

Thank you so much!

Mate, you're back!