Re pointing with pointing gun

On the house again Re pointing with pointing gun

[@doddsy65]

Finished job looks good Mark. Once did block of flats with a similar gun but without the nozzle extension, just the plastic one, Think it was made by cox, pretty good but the nozzles wear down pretty quick so need plenty spares for large jobs, We were knocking up a barrow at a time then rub in then repeat....used to get quite a lot done in a day, Makes me shudder just thinking about it lol.

[@markhep]

😂😂😂You made me shudder when you said block of flats lol. I used to do quite a few and could go at a good pace. I am bit rusty now. But I glad I am 😂👍👍👍

[@graemewebster1167]

Great job mate. What mix you use? My gun seems too dry

[@markhep]

Hi mate use 4 sand 1 cement. I put quite a lot of plastersiser in it and just keep adding more water if it sticks. I also dunk the guy in a bucket of water about ever 3 times I fill it 👍👍👍

[@wayneleone]

Looks good Mark. I'd get cramp using that gun and probably revert to pointing by hand. Were the joints in bad shape beforehand?

[@wayneleone]

Ignore that question. I just realised I missed your last vid. Woohoo! Grabbing me tea...,😁

[@markhep]

Lol Yere I did have cramp bloody still have it this morning. I prefer doing it by hand myself. But keep have a bash at it to switch it up a bit lol😂😂👍👍👍

[@paullefur6213]

OMG thats a massive job bud, I got a gable end to do as I am end terrace, not gonna take me a couple of weeks, this is a year project do a few courses a week 🤣 as far as my ladder will reach, the way I look at it every week I protect my house a bit more as said before i think the builders where cement shy and its mainly sand in the mix so I am going 30mm deep with the disc grinder its over the top i know but wanna go belt and braces on this repoint to protect the house.

[@markhep]

Hi Paul. Yere just take you time too much can be very boring lol. 30mm is really deep I usley go 20mm. But I sopose more is better if the bricks are really bad. Good luck mate 👍👍👍

[@apu1anta]

Get a slightly narrower pipe and cut it open a little less than half, so that the mortar does not drip out of the pipe and that it is easier to align. Then fill the pipe with a trowel and use it to slide the mortar into the pipe of the extruder.

[@markhep]

👍👍

[@itsmewayne428]

Hi mate looking good..back in the early 90s I was subbing to kirklees council in Dewsbury repointing council houses..they asked us to us the electronic pointer machine..after 10mins chucked it away...its not good if the bricks are glazed...the old way is the best...and we were getting £2 a meter..bloody hard days but fun 🙂

[@markhep]

Yere lol bet it was heavy too mate. Think you would get a few stains on the engendered brick with it 👍👍👍

[@jamessmallwood2453]

My dad used to sub for Kirklees council in the mid 80’s and repointed 400 houses up thornhill

[@itsmewayne428]

@@jamessmallwood2453 hi man..I might have met him..I worked on thornhill leas and dewsbury moor estates ..from about 1986 to 1990...man some of them houses were rank..🏠🏡🏠

[@jamessmallwood2453]

@@itsmewayne428 he was called Ken Smallwood, from Stamford bridge, yes he told me some right stories

[@itsmewayne428]

@@jamessmallwood2453 yeah man..they had to employ a rat catcher with a dog to clear some of the houses out...I worked for a family called Barton they had a few contracts ..great chat ..all the best mate☯️☯️☯️

[@jujichop69]

Starting this tomorrow. Reminds me of Chris Rock saying that a more mature woman always wants you to fix up her house. I think I'll trade wifey in for someone in their 20s and just buy her a pair of shoes.

[@markhep]

😂😂😂👍👍

[@Bobthebrickie]

Tedious work m8. Defo looking a good job now👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

[@markhep]

Yere I just finished it this week will sort the last vid out soon. Glad it over don't enjoy it as much as I used to do lol but looking good and money in the bank 😂😂👍👍👍

[@lmilne4859]

Never managed to get them bloody guns working without drawing all the water out and half tube packed dried gear.

[@markhep]

The sand must be a bit better over hear. But I do use a tone of plasticiser in it 😂😂👍

[@lmilne4859]

@@markhep Could be also a don’t have much patience so it just got launched. 😆

[@markhep]

@@lmilne4859 😂😂😂👍

[@stephenholloway631]

Did one over lockdown big gable, and had to do it off a 3 tier ladder :/ forever moving the bloody thing about lol Looking good pal!!

[@markhep]

Bloody hell must have been a high one that mate good work 👍👍👍

[@liamg9846]

Looking good, I enjoy pointing prefer hawk and trowel over those guns tho

[@markhep]

Same hear mate. 👍

[@nickthelad]

That gun looks good, how much faster is it though? I had a similar one but couldn't get the mix right so I gave up after a few hours.

[@markhep]

I think it about the same speed for me as normal pointing it works well when they two of you on it. Some love it and say its a lot faster and some say its slower. I put loads of plastersiser in the mix and seems to work well. For me and I have a big nozzle on it too 👍👍👍

[@TurinTuramber]

Plasticiser and clean sand 👍

[@aussie8114]

The mix needs to have a reasonable amount of fatty consistency. A normal brick sand should be good but not something that’s too sharp. If the sand is too sharp the gun will just pump the moisture out and leave the mix in the gun.

[@ABCD-cz6mb]

No plasticiser needed just sieve the sand and the gun won't block 😉

[@ABCD-cz6mb]

@@markhep you need a new **gun your trigger has had it 😂😂

[@andrewhills6535]

Nice one , just ordered a duro disc 👍🏻

[@markhep]

Nice one mate I use them all the time good blades👍👍👍

[@paullefur6213]

Hi i know this has been up for a while plan to re-point the outside store the house built in the 70's and cement was scarce i guess the mortar is more sand than cement, what mix did you use some are saying a 4-1 mix and has to be sloopy I know its hard to guage are we talking tile adhesive sloppy, thanks for any tips Paul

[@markhep]

Hi Paul. Yes mate I allways use 4 to 1 on brick. Yere I would say that sort of texture if you using the gun. Also you want plenty of plastersiser in it. Best way to tell is just to try it in the gun. You no straight away. Because it just does not come out or gets stuck after a few squeezes. Then just add a bit more water if it does 👍👍👍

[@paullefur6213]

@@markhep Cheers for the tip Mark I may do a before and after pic and tag you in, I hate pointing but like said whoever built the houses and the attached store its supposed to be a brick shed were mean on the cement and its beginning to show had the front of house repointed a few years back cost a bomb so If i get the store done to an good standard the gable end could do with some loving as I am the first house on the terrace, but again buddy thanks for the reply and advice and hopefuly the pointing gun will make it a load easier.👌👌👌👌

[@markhep]

@@paullefur6213 Yere mate definitely tag me 👍practice makes perfect mate. I don't think it will take too long to get used to it. Just work in small bits first till you get used to the timing don't leave it too long before you run over it with jointer it drys pritty quick in summer 👍👍👍

[@paullefur6213]

@@markhep Again mate thanks for the advice, I cant see me doing like you one chucking in the mortar and the other raking the joints that will be the other half in my case, so it will be ALL me i guess 😂😂 again thanks bud and yep will do a before and after 👍👍

[@paullefur6213]

Also not using the wide disk like you have using went for raking bit for the depth I want on the angle grinder tried a disk before was all over the shop 😂😂 thing is I am gonna have to make several spiders homeless thats how bad the holes are in this brick store, as a nice person I have gone out tonight and marked where Mr Spider still lives so I don' t cement him in, 🤣🤣 but serve him an eviction notice.....

[@456Brian]

Great job fellas Nice one neat 👍

[@markhep]

Chears busted 👍

[@deantwigg5912]

Looks good mate, what you charge a metre grind and point

[@markhep]

Chears mate usley about 30 to 35 it works out at. I usley just go round look at it. think it out on how many days it will take me 👍👍👍

[@itsmewayne428]

@@markhep christ man..I used to do 30 to 35 metre a day.. I'd be blooming rolling in it now..🤣

[@markhep]

@@itsmewayne428 😂think we used to grind and point around 20m to 25 a day.2 men When I was doing it every day but I was charging bugger all for it. Now i don't have it in me I like my tea brakes to much ☕😂😂😂👍👍👍👍

[@chrissaunders9142]

Absolutely great job guys

[@markhep]

Chears chris👍👍👍

[@klashwithkarl2710]

Wow you make that look easy

[@markhep]

Cheers Karl. Done quite a bit of pointing over the years 👍👍👍👍

[@mohawk72]

Cutting corners.. Using that thing you can come back in a few years and re-do the work..

[@brickworkfundamentals4636]

Made that look easy Mark!! I always block those guns up 👎

[@markhep]

Lol i think I got the hang of it now. Seems to work OK 👍👍👍

[@ConstructionwithKieren]

Wow mate, rather you than me that’s for sure!! Easily one of my least favourite jobs😩 looks great though mate

[@markhep]

Yere lol I don't do many full houses thise days. When I came off the sites and started up. I did a lot off pointing jobs there were easy to get. You dident spend much on meaterls too witch was a bonus. Because I had bugger all 😂😂😂👍👍

[@paulf2529]

Personally I farr prefer a pointing trowel and hawk. For me I'm faster and no wrist ache. The guns are ok but you have to keep adjusting the water in the muck and they are slow to load.

[@markhep]

Yere I prefer the right way lol. You get a lot of wasted mortar too👍👍👍

[@ozzyefc44]

Looked a ball ache that job mark but well done mate 👍

[@markhep]

Yere a bit boring lol but got there 👍👍👍

[@markfelts3976]

Early 80's remember getting 2 quid a square meter for pointing.

[@markhep]

Lol a bit early for me. My pencil art just txt and said the same he was on 2 a meater. Was that good money or hard work then👍👍👍

[@markfelts3976]

@@markhep No not good money but work was a bit tight hard winter 81 i think, also got a quid a meter for grinding out, all off cripplers and trestles not much safety in those days.

[@jamessmallwood2453]

Does it leave any dorb on brick once it’s dried?

[@markhep]

It's pritty much in the timing when you joint it let it dry a bit first then point up. But it pretty easy to get used to I managed to do it with out smudges 👍👍👍

[@markdwyer100]

Tidy job that pal 👍👍👌🏼

[@markhep]

Chears Mark. Yere just finished it Fri and got those brick in. Money in the bank on to the next job👍👍👍will sort the vid out mid week I hope and start filming the next job

[@markdwyer100]

@@markhep ye onwards and up words and a fue quid along the way

[@user-lc7xb5ch5t]

Won't fancy that off ladders . Get ya self a tower mate. Top job though

[@markhep]

We had one but couldn't get in in round side. Bloody fence in the way 👍

[@macplastering]

Is the gun faster mate looks it but your were fast with the tuck and point also

[@markhep]

Hi mate for me it about the same these days. But when I was game for the cash I was much faster doing it by hand. I do about half the speed no lol. But I charge a bit more. And the finish is a lot better. Only thing with the gun is you get more wasted mortar. When you do it by hand you can pick it up off the floor and re use it. You carnt with the gun it's too hard to put back in 👍👍👍

[@elleondejuda4681]

Hey man , teach us how to do the mix and how you match the colors please

[@markhep]

Will do when I do some more pointing 👍👍

[@tonymariner5519]

Any reason for not wetting the joints first?

[@markhep]

Can not remember now think this was a winter job. So we was washing down night before. So the mortar would dry out. Think it was taking a long time to dry👍

[@ColinPreston-fc8xv]

How do you find those mortar guns

[@markhep]

Hi mate think Screwfix and Toolstation do them or Amazon 👍

[@danmartin6515]

Neat job

[@markhep]

Thanks Dan 👍👍👍

[@Clothis64]

You could make nice decorations on cakes with this tool. Not with cement of course 😝😁

[@markhep]

😂🤣🤣Yes you could. Some people put the cement in with a piping bag. I have seen it done lol

[@Clothis64]

@@markhep Hopefully they don’t use it afterwards to decorate cake 😂

[@markhep]

@@Clothis64 😂😂😂👍

[@christopherpryor4933]

How much is repointing per meter roughly

[@markhep]

I usually look at the job and work how many days it will take and price from there . probably something near £35 per meter 👍👍

[@Southpoint2019]

We call those joints “wompas” because they are big

[@markhep]

😂😂Will use that next time lol👍👍👍

[@Southpoint2019]

@@markhep what area do you work in

[@markhep]

@@Southpoint2019 I up in Yorkshire. What about you

[@Southpoint2019]

@@markhep West Sussex, between Brighton and Portsmouth on the coast A lot of forever salt damage from the south/west winds and driving rain keeps this sort of work alive. I have around 5-6 rivals in a 4-7 mile radius. I like to think I’m the busiest

[@markhep]

@@Southpoint2019 😂😂Yere. I bet it does not last too long with the coastal weather 👍👍👍

[@TurinTuramber]

A funnel would save you an hour per day! 👍

[@markhep]

Definitely mate I need to get one. Or make one 👍👍👍

[@ABCD-cz6mb]

Pick up the cement and turn it on the side of the bucket then you won't have a tube covered in cement 😉

[@markhep]

👍👍👍Could do with a better tool to put it in with too. A scoop or something lol 👍👍👍

[@ABCD-cz6mb]

@@markhep yh that's true, the right size garden trowel works well 👍 I've always used a gauging trowel myself and by turning the cement on the side of the bucket it allows you to have the cement on one side of the trowel for easy refilling and saves all the mess all over the tube 👊

[@jackelley2644]

How do you know when it’s ready to point up

[@markhep]

Hi I would do it after about 10mins to start with .all you are watching for is it not going too hard or it can be really hard to point you better point earlier than later .then wait till you start getting white on the bricks before brushing.if it's a flat red brick you can use a dry tea towel to scrub it clean . timings are more to do with how hot or cold or damp it is out side .just do a little to start with and you will soon work it out 👍

[@garfield4108]

They get a bad rap those pointing guns but all the videos I've seen on KZbin they seem to go OK

[@markhep]

They not bad. I usley do it by hand. On my own. Because I can do it faster than the gun. But when my mate has finished grinding. He slow doing it by hand. So he guns it normally and I trowel it up get a good speed going 👍👍👍

[@willoubooby]

multitasking 😁 I know ye a good builder 👷‍♂️ excellent infact ye taught my lad well haha 😄 r scotty boy lmao 🤣 when he used to work with you he used to say well I been pointing today...I said well that must be boring standing there pointing all day haha 😄 so dumb blonde I obviously thought ye just stood there all day till he explained lmao 🤣

[@markhep]

😂😂😂If only Hay. Top bloke scot👍👍

[@willoubooby]

@@markhep he is =) we always know who to ask for future reference if we ever need building wise done ye do a grand job take care hope u all okay buddy

[@markhep]

@@willoubooby Yere we grate 👍👍👍

[@Peter-kn1hy]

Could u use on flags ?

[@markhep]

Yes mate I sometimes do 👍

[@voxpopneverdies2025]

Dont you need to wet the wall first ?

[@markhep]

Yes we did do .yes you need to wash the dust out and .sticks a lot better when damp 👍

[@michaelarkle877]

my gun keeps jamming , is that because the mix isint right ,

[@markhep]

Hi Michael. It usually means it's not wet enough add more water. I always use plastersiser too. It could be that is you don't have any in👍👍👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Made a lovely job , spot that lads ! Check out Creative Brickwork on KZbin, he did a vid with an electronic gun , dead fast ‘! 🧱👍🏼

[@markhep]

Chears Steve 👍Nice will have a look👍👍👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@markhep 🧱👍🏽

[@OutrageDuck69]

I like BIG JOINTS.

[@markhep]

😂👍🤣