Recent content by TN-BadHandyman

Thanks for the encouragement. Nice to hear I'm not the only one in the world interested in doing this haha. I'd assume you just took the mortar flat with the brick?

I've spoken to the home builder and you are correct. He said the original owner obviously chose that style and it was done intentionally and with a skilled Mason crew. Unfortunately it's not our style.

Yeah it takes a bit of work but it comes off by hand, the large chunks anyways. Yes, HOA allows the brick can be painted. If I get the mortar flush, or slightly concaved, then painted, I'd assume it would be protected from the weather...?

You might be onto something with the needle scaler. This video is terrible quality and he obviously isn't trying to get into the mortar, but it appears to be taking some mortar...? Or are my eyes just seeing what they want to lol. If it is getting into the mortar, I'd obviously have to take the...

Must be majority exposed brick. Paint or German Schmear is fine so color isn't an option but majority must be exposed brick and the rest stone

I have zero experience with pneumatic tools, but I'm open to them. I looked up needle scaler after your suggestion and it looks interesting. I saw videos removing paint from brick. Would you think its strong enough to get the weeping mortar off?

Thanks for the info. Definitely looking for a concave joint in the end. I'm usually an idiot who takes on jobs I shouldnt..shouldn't... so I'm sure I'll at least start and do the 3/4 of the house I can with scaffolding. Part way into day1 I'll regret it. I googled the electric tuckpoint tool and...

Lmao

I completely agree! Truly mind boggling

Hit the nail on the head, lol.

Thank you, I appreciate it! I love the look (minus the weeping joints). In our area the trend is white brick with black windows. I like that look as well, probably not at the amount of work it'd take to get this one done though

Not too bad of an idea, it would markup the bricks, just not sure how bad. With the paint it might not matter too much. Thanks for the suggestion!

Haha, yeah I knew I was screwed when the Mason told me to tear the house down and start over.

Thanks for the reply and suggestions. Our neighborhood HOA requires mostly brick siding, so we are stuck with that.

Unfortunately (sounds odd) it's a large 2 story house with the brick all the way around. We spoke to a custom home builder who had done just that, and painter over a weeping mortar house. From a distance it looked nice, but as you got closer the shadows from the weeping mortar made the exterior...