Rupert! What were you thinking?

[bboyminn]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Child Of Midian" <md at ...> wrote:

>> bboyminn:
>> 
>> Right, it is something that is done on old house of brick or
>> stone. At some point the cement between the bricks or stone
>> needs to be touched up. It may have come loose, or cracked, 
>> or separated from the brick.
> /
>

>MD:
> 
> My father worked in masonry for 13 years and it's not that 
> big a deal. He did a corner of my grandmother's house in a 
> few hours one day.
> 
> md

bboyminn:

Yes but what is your father's standard hourly rate for masonry
work? I suspect it is not cheap. 

And the corner took a few hours, what would it cost for the
whole house?

Though you are right, if the original masonry and brick work
are well done, tuck-pointing would only have to be done once
a century or so; depending on how generally well card for 
the house is. 

Steve/bboyminn