mortar

There was a big crack and hole in the plaster of our chimney breast so my wife started hacking at it and things escalated haha - My main concern is the archway section. It seems to be concreted up, is this usually to support the archway itself or maybe its just an aesthetic patch to square off...

Hi, I need to point certain stones within our chimney breast walls in the loft to try and cut down on drafts as I use it as an office. The areas which need pointing are very inaccessible gaps between stones. What's the best way to point them? (mortar gun?!) and with what? (given the walls are...

Hello, Im making our builders opening smaller in order to install a gas fireplace, by installing a steel lintel (as concrete will crack) and bricking up the hole above. However Im confused about what mortar to use! The DIY store sold me a bag of "Natural Mortar" which apparently contains lime...

Hiya, I am planning to lay brick slips on my fireplace (stove) and would like to have white colour for grout. Is there any white mortar product, which is heatproof that i could use for the fireplace? Or should i call it a white fire cement? Thanks,

Hi I have had some structural work done and inevitably the mortar on the new parts of the wall are brighter and more yellow than the original mortar which has the best part of 50 years of grime and weathering. I was told by a guy who does pointing that there is a product on the market that can...