There is a fine line between restoration and maintenance.
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There is a fine line between restoration and maintenance.
Stunning workmanship. Looks like a copper roof on some areas? That should last a couple hundred years, and some. No matter the amount of restoration or maintenance, well worth the effort.
Have always admired brick layers, back breaking work. Beautiful building DNM. Thanks for sharing.
Just to help out the non builders, pointing is replacing a layer of the mud between the bricks that get worn by weather and gets crumbly. Just encase someone didnt know.;)
That is some amazing brickwork/masonry-thanks for posting.
It's very hard to say. It varies a lot with the climate yes. But 50-70 years wouldn't totally off the hook.
Yep it's copper. These crowns are copper as well :)
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Hey Shaun these are for you! :)
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I know this one the hard way.
My dad and i did the lower half of our house when i was a kid. Never wanted to touch brick again after that but i have. Scraped and scraped all weekend. Washed out the gaps with a hose and brush and the old man put new stuff back in. I admit it needed done but id have rather been out with my friends.
Still nice pic of buildings.
The East tower whee I work is going to be clad in aluminium. [Maybe steel, I am just there to work with what they give me.] To prevent the leaking of the bricks.
It will definitely be uglier.
That is amazing!
That is a pretty sweet detail on this downspouts, should have been copper tho :p
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