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Cement pointing in Belfast and Newtownabbey
Neat, durable cement joints for later brickwork. Bucket-handle finish as standard, matched to the original work.
When cement is the right mortar
Later houses — cavity walls, harder facing brick, 1960s onwards — were built in cement and should usually be repaired in cement. A well-tooled joint sheds water, looks tidy, and lasts if the mix is not thrown in too strong.
We will not put a hard cement mix on a soft lime wall just because it is quicker. If the house needs lime, we say so. If it needs cement, you get cement, tooled properly.
Bucket-handle finish
A rounded jointer is run along each bed and perpend so the joint sits in a shallow concave groove. That is bucket handle — the finish most people in Northern Ireland expect on a modern wall. It throws rain off better than a proud smear, and it reads as a straight, even line if the raking-out was done right.
If your house was weather-struck or flush originally, we can match that instead. We agree the profile before a bag is opened.
Colour and a tidy site
Mortar colour is matched to what is already on the wall, not a stock grey from the yard. Patchwork pointing is how a job looks cheap a year later.
Waste is taken away. Paths are left clean. The quote covers scaffold if we need it — not a surprise on the last Friday.
RT Pointing · 62 Ballyduff Road, Glengormley, Newtownabbey BT36 6PB · 07873 673139