I have an old stone foundation and recently discovered that, at some point, the mortar holding it all together turns to dust. I have to tear down all basement walls to expose the foundation so a guy can come in and do “repointing” (scraping away the old dusty mortar and reapplying with new mortar). FML.
There’s a good This Old House video on that. Not the most complicated job in the world. Depending on how handy you are you could demo drywall, repoint, hang new drywall and let a pro finish it. Any estimates on cost?
I saw that video a while back. The guy said it would not cost over $5,000.00 in a worst case scenario but most likely a lot less. He won’t know for sure until I expose the foundation so he can make a more educated guess.
I have an old stone foundation and recently discovered that, at some point, the mortar holding it all together turns to dust. I have to tear down all basement walls to expose the foundation so a guy can come in and do “repointing” (scraping away the old dusty mortar and reapplying with new mortar). FML.
There’s a good This Old House video on that. Not the most complicated job in the world. Depending on how handy you are you could demo drywall, repoint, hang new drywall and let a pro finish it. Any estimates on cost?
https://youtu.be/jgU245CbALc
I saw that video a while back. The guy said it would not cost over $5,000.00 in a worst case scenario but most likely a lot less. He won’t know for sure until I expose the foundation so he can make a more educated guess.
Bit of a random comment, but I love how nice lemmy is! You’ve helped the poster completely unsolicited, without being asked. It’s really nice of you.