Brick is one of mankind’s oldest and most popular building materials. Popular, for its asthetic qualities and long service life – not even concrete has the durability of brick. However, brick facades are not only made of bricks they also have joints between them. These joints are usually not as durable as the brick and often become the weak point of the facade. Both the brick and joints are porous and absorb moisture (at different rates) from the surrounding environment. Effective protection against moisture is needed to equalise the differing absorption rates of the brick and joint and reduce the facade’s water absorption overall. This can be achieved by treating the facade with hydrophobizing impregnation agents. The protection system developed by Remmers for fair-faced brick masonry work provides permanent protection against moisture penetration guaranteeing the longest possible service life.

Masonry and Facade Cleaning

Cleaning & De-Salting

Cleaning improves the appearance of a building and also removes crusts of dirt which store moisture and contaminante substances preventing the substrate from drying. Salts near the surface are removed with Remmers De-salting Compress. The compress is applied like a render and then removed after approximately three weeks together with the salts that have migrated into the compress.

Removal of Joint Mortar

Mortar joints looses it’s strength through vegetation growth.The renewal of damaged joints is an important part of restoring fair-faced stone facades. With the exception of the grout jointing procedure, joints must be chased out to a depth of 2cm or double the width of the joint.

Stone Replacement & Pointing

Damaged bricks are either replaced, or restored with Remmers Restoration Mortar SK. New pointing is then carried out with a joint mortar that has the desired binder; size of grain and colour.

This procedure will restore the outside of your building to it’s previous glory.

For preventative, long-term protection against this, a liquid green growth inhibitor can be applied before hydrophobizing treatment is carried out. Hydrophobizing treatment can be applied with either a liquid or a cream product and is always the final treatment carried out. Semi-permanent Remmers Graffiti Protector facilitates the removal of graffiti.