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    addressed. If there is a larger issue, repointing may cause further damage. If a historic structure needs repointing, building owners usually hire an architectural...
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    the form of plaster of Paris are used particularly in the repair and repointing of historic buildings and structures, so that the repair materials will...
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    removing the old mortar and applying new mortar, a process known as "repointing". Mortar joints in brickwork take up a considerable large amount of a...
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    pointing (to correct defects or finish off joints in newly laid masonry) and repointing (to place wet mortar into cut or raked joints to repair weathered joints...
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    provides guidance for proper masonry repointing through Preservation Brief 2. In general, Brief 2 suggests that repointing should be done with a similar or...
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    Eton: A History (London: Hollis & Carter, 1960) McConnell, J. D. R., Eton Repointed: The New Structures of an Ancient Foundation (London: Faber & Faber, 1970)...
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    reversible where possible. Joint Cleaning & Repointing Careful cleaning of deteriorated joint fillings and repointing with new lime-based mortar. Mortar chosen...
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    repointing several times a century. It has been common since the widespread availability of Portland cement to see London stock brickwork repointed using...
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    to its foundations in 1979, during which time the brickwork was also repointed. The skeuophylakion was again restored in 2014 by the Vakıflar. A fire...
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  • Times. Corrado's Indigo Prize winning paper "Improving GDP: Demolishing, Repointing or Extending?*" considers the GDP measure and its validity as a measurement...
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    including rebuilding the apex, replacing vermiculated stone, and cleaning and repointing the facades. The pyramid and the surrounding piers are built of limestone...
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    painted effect, leaving only the King's south wing with exposed brick. Repointing the mortar of the joints proved to be an arduous and expensive task, therefore...
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    pointer: used for neatly packing mortar between bricks and blocks when repointing and repairing crumbling mortar in masonry walls. Reader's Digest Book...
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    Jersey Historic Trust funded a major exterior renovation. A new roof, repointing of the mortar, and other repairs prevented further decay and today the...
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    for the interior changes). The project included cleaning, repairing and repointing the monument's exterior and interior stonework. The stone in publicly...
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    of Environment spent £20,000 on the tower in 1992, repairing windows, repointing the masonry, adding lightning protection and fitting in a wooden floor...
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    tiling to reveal the brick frontage" which would have been "made good and repointed." However, once the work was undertaken, Everyman discovered that "unfortunately...
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    by the North-Eastern Daily Gazette the monument was fully restored by repointing and the fitting of a lightning conductor. The monument's lightning conductor...
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    face was repointed last year, repairs to the eastern arch commence late 2023. Further works into 2024-5 are scheduled, including the repointing of the main...
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    renovation that resulted in the replacement of doors and windows, the repointing of exterior bricks and stone, new flooring, lighting, and paint for the...
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    cleaning of all the elements, the waxing of the bronze figures and the repointing of the granite base and surround." The popularity of the Archibald Fountain...
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    Gamma-ray Burst Coordinates Network. This allows the telescopes to rapidly repoint towards a GRB, often within seconds of receiving the signal and while the...
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    75° location. Existing Super Dish subscribers were retrofitted with a "repoint kit" to receive most of the same services via the Anik F3 satellite, also...
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    castle, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, included work on a new roof, repointing, rebuilding the missing upper floor in wood, and the missing staircase...
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    replacing decayed timber lintels and cills, removing rotting timber bearers, repointing the masonry, carrying out timber repairs to the original window frames...
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    overgrowth of ivy, until renovations from 2014 to 2017 saw the bricks repointed and the ivy removed. The removal of the plants was done in order to prevent...
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    vault pressure and the lead roofing sections were renewed. Later on, the repointing of the façade focused on the south parrekklesion (funerary space) and...
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    cemetery began a multi-million-dollar project to clean the exterior and repoint any damaged or missing mortar. It is the first time in the memorial's history...
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    involvement of a number of other specialist firms. The restoration included repointing the entire tower interior and exterior, rebuilding the copper roof, installing...
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    structure; extensive preservation needs; and a main organ in disrepair. Repointing the building was estimated to cost at least $5 million, while organ repair...
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