Bad preservation or conservation the repair cement is too hard and impervious to water movement holding more water in the wall
cement strap pointing coursework. A solid brick wall built with lime mortar, needs to breathe and loses its moisture content through the mortar joints. If this breathability is blocked through the use of cement and sharp sand mixes the wall immediately starts to get wet. Water is trapped where the only way it can get out is via the brick or stone. In winter, the damp brickwork then freezes, and the familiar rotting and spalling bricks or stone start to appear. happens to lower levels where thee is more water withheld
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