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Posted by Puddin' Man on December 7, 2006, 11:36 pm
On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:18:18 GMT, malch@malch.com (Malcolm Hoar)
wrote:
Gmail Dot Com wrote:
>>Mortar Flaking Off
>>
>>Greetings,
>>
>>I belong to a little brick bungalow in Missouri, built in
>>'54, poured-concrete foundation.
>>
>>We got what the elec. utility is calling a "30-year ice storm" last
>>week, .5 million houses w/o power. Mostly freezing rain, tree limbs
>>etc falling like crazy.
>>
>>On one corner of the house (facing East), there's lots of mortar
>>flakes where the foundation meets the sidewalk.
>>
>>Walked around the house, found most of the mortar to be reasonably
>>solid (not flaking when I run a finger across it). Much, much better
>>than on the flaky corner.
>>
>>Over the years, I've done a tiny, tiny bit of tuckpointing, maybe 3
>>cartridges of a good compound in a standard caulk gun.
>>
>>Should I expect even deterioration of mortar on the 4 exterior walls
>>of my little house? Can anyone think of why it might be much worse
>>on only one corner?
>
>Any signs/sources of extra moisture on that corner?
Not that I could see. Storm blew mostly west to east.
Flaky area faced east, was partially protected.
>Freezing water in the mortar can certainly result in
>flaking as described.
90% of it concentrated on about 1/8 of the wall area?
>I'd be checking the gutters, downspouts, outside faucets,
>soil drainage etc. in that area.
I'll take another look (when the wind chill falls
below flogging zero). :-)
Thx,
P
Pease pudding hot,
Pease pudding cold,
Pease pudding in the pot
Nine days old ...
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