Many structures use a plaster over the brickwork to give a uniform and smooth look. But that hasn’t taken away from the sheer beauty of brick structures in walls and pillars, where the bricks are visible to the naked eye. The red (with white borders or joints) brickwork has a charm all of its own. But when buildings with exposed brickwork become quite old, the joints in these brick surfaces have to be repaired and refurbished. This masonry restoration New York is usually called brickpointing, and there is another name tuckpointing, with which it is often confused. Continue reading “Some Aspects of Brickpointing”
