{"id":690,"date":"2024-02-27T11:50:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T10:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/lucyandglyn\/?p=690"},"modified":"2024-02-27T11:50:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T10:50:33","slug":"repointing-flashing-on-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/lucyandglyn\/repointing-flashing-on-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Repointing flashing on wall\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"867\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/lucyandglyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2024\/02\/lead-flashing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/lucyandglyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2024\/02\/lead-flashing.jpg 650w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/lucyandglyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2024\/02\/lead-flashing-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/lucyandglyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2024\/02\/lead-flashing-520x694.jpg 520w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/lucyandglyn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2024\/02\/lead-flashing-320x427.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Old lead flashing on walls constructed of lime mortar will occasionally need to be repointed and secured to help prevent damp areas in the wall developing&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Firstly remove all the loose mortar, next re position the flashing into the gaps between the bricks. Then repoint in with new mortar using a 6 to 1 sand and cement mortar mix wit some plasticiser. With a lime mortar wall its best to use replacement&nbsp; lime mortar to repoint the flashing and finish with a harder capping mortar&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old lead flashing on walls constructed of lime mortar will occasionally need to be repointed and secured to help prevent damp areas in the wall developing&nbsp; Firstly remove all the loose mortar, next re&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gardening-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/lucyandglyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/lucyandglyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/lucyandglyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/lucyandglyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/lucyandglyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/lucyandglyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/lucyandglyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/lucyandglyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/lucyandglyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/lucyandglyn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}