We made it to the top of the column! This was a month or so ago for those of you that follow the blog. We hope the video is more satisfying than a few sentences and pictures. Kerry finally gets to fly a drone again. Thanks for watching and sharing!
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Another milestone! You must be proud. It won’t be long now. If I understood you correctly, you intend to do additional repointing later with the pink cement mortar? You don’t believe the lime mortar will stand up as well to the elements? Interesting.
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Sorry for the misunderstanding. If we do the “pink” mortar it will be hot lime mortar. If you put cement mortar over the lime mortar it is disastrous. The original builder made the top coat of mortar on all the stones a pink color. It is mentioned in the description on the National Historical Register. That color of mortar is still alive and well in a few places that were kept dry over the last 130 years. We think lime mortar is more hardy than cement mortar if well maintained.
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Glad to hear it. You are right not to put the cement mortar over lime mortar. I think it looks great the way it is. Maybe a little touch up at most. Try to keep the birds away so they don’t lay seeds that will have trees growing out of the joints. Ha.
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Yes, we already have enough trees growing out the side of the walls. =)
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