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I'll need to read the rest of the article, but it is amazing how many brick homes and buildings are in St. Louis. The brick house in St. Louis I rented previou
by michaelsbradley 3y ago
I'll need to read the rest of the article, but it is amazing how many brick homes and buildings are in St. Louis.
The brick house in St. Louis I rented previously was built in the late 1800s and has a brick walkway in the back yard that was put down at the same time, so nearly every day I was walking on bricks that had been walked on for nearly every day for more than a century.
The brick house in St. Louis my wife and I purchased a couple of years ago was likewise built in the late 1800s. If you don't know what tuckpointing[+] is, and the cost involved, you definitely will after purchasing a brick house! Thankfully, it doesn't have to be performed every decade, and you don't necessarily need to have it done to the entire exterior in one go.
[+] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuckpointing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuckpointing
- aaronax 3y agoFrom the context, it seems you mean repointing, not tuckpointing. (As described in the Wikipedia article you link, which admittedly does make an allowance for some regions using the terms interchangeably.) But, the true meaning of tuckpointing (two-toned bands of grout to give the appearance of finer grout lines) is something I did not know about and found pretty interesting. Thank you for the comment.
- jimberlage 3y agoIt seems everyone uses the term wrong around here - I live in the area and when I had my home repointed, every tradesman called it tuckpointing. Probably a regional thing.
- geerlingguy 3y agoYeah, even the ads on the radio talk about tuckpointing, when they just mean repointing.