Tuckpointing

Tuckpointing is a method of pointing brickwork designed to make the bricks look squarer and the mortar layers look narrower. In other words to make the bricks and brickwork look superior. It is purely cosmetic.
For enquiries contact David through the website www.historicbrickpointing.co.uk

[@raf8474]

Finally, someone who actually knows what tuck pointing is and puts on a nice presentation. Nicely done craftsmanship.

[@noelw52]

finally a real tradesman who actually knows and understands the forgotten art of tuckpointing i have watched a lot of videos today and you are the only person that can actually tuckpoint after 40 years of bricklaying and restoration work i have no hesitation in recommending that people watch your videos and employ you for their projects

[@thanxx]

call me a sad old git but i could watch this guy and his tuck pointing all day.

[@jackpeter642]

Sad old git

[@shaunmcclory8117]

Wow i've been a bricklayer for over 30yrs but have learnt something new from this👍 i'm going to be scrutinising Georgian buildings from now on!🧐

[@Ryan_Daley]

13 years later - bloody brilliant mate

[@timmsmart]

Thanks Tim. I can see why it was so popular! It is somehow very satisfying to see an expert doing a good job.

[@stanmanjam]

Yes, that and David explains it in no-nonsense laymen's terms

[@BB-mv9wl]

Easily the best video on this.

[@richmarsh5029]

Brilliant mate... Old Bricklayer here... thanks for showing everyone your skill and knowledge

[@anthonyorafferty5632]

Detailing to this degree is amazing. Most cost a fortune but the effort is beyond.

[@B17NNS]

Beautiful. Always a pleasure to watch a craftsman.

[@BradEnquist]

Beautiful work Tim. You are a master.

[@MrFlynnytwo]

Great to see a true tradesman at work! Love that!

[@anoshya]

Tremendous skill and you can see that this guy is a professional as he takes time to explain his trade ..nice finish

[@Cumbriahandyman]

Nice to see a pro at work. Great job.

[@harveysmith100]

Lovely to see. I served my time between 81 and 84, the last indendured lads in our area. We weren't shown this but I have often seen it and wondered how it is done. Nice use of a bit of threshold trim!

[@artfuldodger3968]

Great to see this done as I never did this as an apprentice in London. I served my time a year behind you 82-85 Left the trowel in 1988. Too boring for me. Only ever rarely pick up a trowel if working on my own property now. Was googling something else and happened to see this. Great great craftsmanship if you have the patience. The tedium would do my head in now.

[@bernddeve1459]

Impressive work! That's the meaning of craftsmanship!

[@anoncomposmentis]

Mate, I loved watching this video, I've attempted tuck pointing a few times but was unaware (more likely never noticed) the tuck iron. I wish I'd seen this years ago....Brilliant.

[@Brickie2011]

Really good short tutorial on tuck pointing. Thumbs up !!

[@stanmanjam]

I entirely agree. Thanks for your kind words.

[@blueplague5911]

I had to look through so many videos of people globing on mortar indiscriminately before finally finding this one lol

[@josephjamesconstruction6796]

Outstanding work mate!

[@cuttski]

Fantastic skill bud. This needs to be passed on to the next generation of tuck pointers. I'd love to learn how to do this skill or at least master it.

[@SteveStoke]

Absolutely lovely job well done mate.

[@anonmonk]

Bloody awesome job. Thanks AM

[@KurtisHord]

Finally. Proper demonstration

[@welshbrickie]

never done it before, well done awesome job

[@ciad73]

Great job mate, Theres always a bit of tuck pointing work in the older suburbs of Perth WA. thanks for showing me how to do it. as there's not many tradies who can do it here.

[@rebekka8920]

Beautiful job.

[@BillPearnMasonry]

Very nice work!

[@Split10uk]

Wow that looks so nice.

[@mavs89]

Great job. I love it.

[@toonybrain]

Wow! That's work intensive! (But it looks lovely.)

[@jakeschmell]

And the crowd goes wild!! 👏👏👏

[@CJs.]

Thats a great piece of work there mate.

[@eastbostonbrickie]

Excellant work from one mason to another

[@jeromeduffy9270]

Looks spectacular. Extra work. But very clean job

[@super66craig]

An excellent example of real tuckpopinting, some of us Italian yanks actually know how to that and ruled raised ribbons too. Bravo!

[@London1064]

Nice one mate. Top Job 👍👍👍

[@MrBricklayer65]

Brilliant craftsmanship

[@charlviljoen1165]

Very helpful. Thanks!

[@harrisonaard1]

Very nicely done.

[@scarfacelu1]

i live on the south coast when we price up pointing jobs its £25m2 for round joint around £50 m2 for weather struck. i have never done this but think it would be £100+ m2 amazing job well done

[@davidlewis492]

It looks very good.

[@chapmanikov4]

beautiful job

[@krom1415]

Awesome job, I'd love to try that at home. Whats the lime putty mix?

[@davidandrews9902]

A great vid, short, informative. There is a lot more to it though and it is even harder than it looks. Love the traditional methods, although I see you are using a blade rather than a frenchman which doesn't matter. Still nice results

[@cementhapavery]

Excellent!

[@glennrightsell1]

very interesting & great video

[@justbreakingballs]

The comments suggesting it must be boring are insane. Doing a job like this isn't boring. These people must probably sit on their phones all day proclaiming how boring life is.

[@jameshorgan5905]

Good old school. British Trades man . God bless. Jim the brick

[@aaron1278]

Can’t beat it needs to come back into modern architecture!!

[@mactownrut7168]

looks great

[@pootube50]

Good to see quality tradesmen still exist! Tuck pointing is a dying art

[@gabbybraxton7261]

Hi my white chalk line on my tuckpointed bricks falls of. I have been told its due to salt ?

[@peterthomas120]

Great job watched it on Andy Pali video

[@rafalmarciniuk5815]

Which product is the best to match the brick colour?

[@stanmanjam]

@TheDjtreak I've no idea how much David charges for thsi. the video certainly doesn't say anything about cosr - where did you get that from?

[@willjohnston4320]

Any videos of colour washing before the ribbon goes on?

[@nmilward]

@benny5825 Stopping is 3 parts brick sand to 1 lime. @1964tonyp Mortar recipe above. Colouring can be done with pigments or brick dust. The tuck is slaked lime putty + silica or marble dust.

[@hbpw857]

Can you use a fine sand instead for the tuck added to the putty

[@stanmanjam]

Thanks all for your comments. It is very good work. Please direct any questions to David (link in the description). I know nothing - I just edited the film!

[@reza-sattari9061]

Hi , Great video , very educational . What is the mortar mix.

[@alangreenley3257]

work of art, full stop

[@s.s.lcivilengineering6364]

What's the mix for the white putty. Beautiful work

[@jesseb5447]

I've been tuck pointing since I was 10 and I've never seen this method... It's beautiful!!! What do you call the tool you were using to tuck the lime putty???

[@empathyrevolution]

This is great. Whats the first mortar mix? How do you get the red colour?

[@charlesbhusa]

Hi how are u? did you use lime putty and sand ?

[@si2517]

What’s the mix ratio for red mortar? Is it lime or cement?

[@jevs87]

one more thing, what do you use to clean the old bricks up with?

[@ajpatterson57]

How do you get the stopping mortar the same colour as the brick?

[@benny5825]

Whats the stopping mortar made of?

[@glovefet]

very interesting. I've never done any brick laying or such.

[@ranjeetsinghkhalsa5k]

very nice, real tradesman

[@colinevans7134]

Does look nice when it's all done,

[@stanmanjam]

They're not really damaged bricks, just not quuite as "sqare" and tightly packed as the finished job gives the impresion they are. You are correct - the grove is cut simply to take the lime putty = otherwise it would stand proud (and be easily knocked off). Thanks for watching.

[@lduggan90]

Hello Tim, im a fellow tradesman. Id love to give this a attempt, my auntie has the perfect wall to try on. My biggest struggle is to find out at what stage the putty is to be applied. Is the fresh mortar/lime green or set? I cant find this info anywhere

[@stanmanjam]

@@lduggan90 please see the comments. I am NOT the very skilled tuckpointer seen here. I didn't even film the video. I simply edited it. You'll need to contact David.

[@MultiSpread]

brilliant, How much is it square metre?

[@jevs87]

wow, thats looks really good. Is the red mortar just to blend in with the brick and fill in all the damaged edges, then the cut in that is just used to hold the putty in place?

[@thomasyo75]

Proper job, lots of other rubbish vids on YT titled "tuckpointing" by people who clearly haven't a clue what it means, very nice work.

[@davidhunter9367]

Excellent stuff. Very neat and unfussy - both the work and the film. Unfortunate that tuck pointing has almost disappeared, it is the most satisfying of all brickwork finishes. Takes too long and is therefore too expensive, I suppose. Would never do with the old sub-contractors who used to hound us into eight hours of 'arse up head down'.

[@kevinlaney2773]

True, and to think that tuck pointing came about to be a cheaper quicker alternative to gauged brickwork, where every single bricked was rubbed until it was square and had extremely thin joints.

[@kilkennyflicks]

Top Job

[@mpsymonds1]

Pure class

[@flickiow24]

nice job

[@annat6905]

definitely a pro.

[@rcourt19]

Are you using lime with red dye or sand and cement?

[@chrisbow1776]

I have being a bricklayer since 1992, now own my own business and never yet come across tuck pointing and never done. great skills you got there. i was only saying today to a customer how i hate doing traditional stone pointing because it is a slow tedious job especially for one man. love the effect of tuck pointing, but i will gladly leave it to you lol. curious how much per m2 you charge on average for tuck pointing ?. also one of the things that keeps me away from quoting large pointing jobs is the worry of rain, worse nightmare to put on x amount of pointing only to have it rain and ruin it. with tuck pointing does the base red mortar you first put on need to be damp when you put on the lime putty mortar ?, or can it be done when gone off so long as it has the key cut into it. never used lime putty mortar and am now curious to try.

[@stanmanjam]

Hi Chris, I just edited the film! If you're really interested, I suggest you direct your questions to Dave, via his website as quoted in the description. Wishing you every success in your business.

[@ChEm1cAlKeEn]

Did you ever find out if the red mortar has to be wet or ledt to set a day before you add the lime?

[@hilaryh1073]

Excellent video.Superb craftsmanship. Do you travel to Ireland to carry out restorations?

[@stanmanjam]

Hilary H Sorry, I only made the film.

[@16stonefatboy1]

Top job, lovely bit of pointing there are still some of us left lol

[@jeromeduffy9270]

I tried to explain to daughter. Sometimes the owner is the only one willing to go this far. Prices are high. Unless you do it youself

[@hbpw857]

@@jeromeduffy9270 how high ?

[@jeromeduffy9270]

@@hbpw857 Labor is extremely expensive. Labor intensive job. Do the math

[@hbpw857]

@@jeromeduffy9270 i would love to see someone try and attempt this this ain’t no diy

[@jeromeduffy9270]

@@hbpw857 maybe not. But the value of seeing it done properly. Then apply those techniques to your job. Nit fast . But good enough

[@nomadliam]

Wouldn't say it's the finest tuck pointing example out there, but nice job, slightly ragged down the edges and the perps cross over the beds slightly too much, check out Gerard Lynch (Red Mason. Co. Uk) for some great courses and books etc, he's a world renowned Brick Mason and an excellent tutor/craftsmen. Well done on the tuck point.

[@stanmanjam]

@benny5825 Can't help, I'm afraid. i'm just the editor. Your best bet is to contact David Fovargue at Historic Brick pointing

[@stevedn1]

Please is there anything you can do for my house? A cowboy builder raked out carelessly and chipped and gashed facing bricks.. Then sand and cement "weather struck" jointing was slapped and smeared over brick faces. Many bricks will need to be replaced with matching, I have approached specialist brick companies i.e York Hand Made. House was built in 1930s. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN HELP.

[@stanmanjam]

Please refer question about the work direct to David via his website (link in description) I'm just the video edtor and the cameraman and I just happend to catch David doing this work and thought it would make an interesting little film.

[@livingdadream4616]

If you can make a tastie job of it like this man you then have a licence to print money

[@StanOwden]

It is interesting how desires and possibilities change. Previously, they imitated the perfection, although technology did not allow this, and now technology allows you to achieve ideal forms, but people imitate imperfection to satisfy their desires.

[@stanmanjam]

I couldn't agree more, Stan. The accuracy of high definition, high dynamic range, fast frame rates and very wide depth of field available in video nowadays would have seemed like magic a century ago. What do we do now? Try to make eveything look like it's been shot on colour innacurate film, at 24 frames per second, and often with low contrast and very shallow depth of field.

[@StanOwden]

​@@stanmanjam True. Take the *SUMMER WINE* clip by Lana Del Rey. It wouldn't pass the vibe check if it shot in HD. In fact 8mm is the most suitable for this work.

[@shrimpfarmer]

I rather enjoyed that. Nice one.

[@barbarajery]

better ,than i suposed learn in NYU,,,,,,

[@diveinnjim]

lovely work mate, my sister has a Victorian terrace house and it was originally tuck pointed, I've been trying to but a tuck iron but only find then in Australia, do you or anyone know of a uk supplier? many thanks

[@stanmanjam]

Sorry Jim, I only edited this. Any questions about the process should be directed to David

[@KurtisHord]

Mr standard sets the standard

[@sh-pg2op]

where do you buy the actual tuck pointing tools

[@dennisseverin4982]

try speedex.com.au

[@stanmanjam]

All queries about the work are best directed to David via his website (link in main description) I'll gladly discuss the video editing though :)

[@Yogamartial]

Five quid a meter do you do a good job for that price it sounds really cheap for a professional finish.

[@ianboy666999]

Hi I was wondering where can I buy a tuck iron from? I've search many shops and the Internet and can only find them available in Australia!!

[@davidandrews9902]

+ianboy666999 The sell tuck irons in UK. mmmm David Ridout?

[@famousforever8556]

ianboy666999 Canadian Tire! Cheap too.

[@jamesvaughn7855]

Marshalltown tuck pointing tools