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How To Make a Brick Lintel Repair | Ask This Old House

This Old House
2023 ж. 28 Қаз.
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In this video, classic brickwork can last for centuries, but it will sometimes require a little bit of maintenance. When a homeowner’s lintel started to sag, they called mason Mark McCullough for help.
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Traditional brickwork is more than just a facade on the outside of the home. It’s part of the home’s structure, and this material can last for generations if taken care of. When a lintel started to sag on a brick federal-style home with historic roots, the homeowner called mason Mark McCullough to save the day. With a mix of modern and traditional material, Mark shows the homeowner what to do.
Difficulty: ⅗
Cost: Around $150
Time: One day
Where to find it?
To protect the window, remove the shutters and cover the window with plywood [homedepot.sjv.io/VmVkEO].
To break the mortar, use a chisel [homedepot.sjv.io/GmoBDk] and hammer [homedepot.sjv.io/VmVkqO]. Remove the loose brick and continue to chip away the old mortar. You can use a mill file [homedepot.sjv.io/Qye9qY] to remove stubborn mortar.
To prevent water penetration, apply flashing [homedepot.sjv.io/WqKenA] before adding back the brick.
To add structural support, Mark incorporates a steel angle iron [homedepot.sjv.io/nLbKGA]. Mark uses a grinder [homedepot.sjv.io/VmVkrR] to hollow out brick. The hollowed bricks are called lip stretchers [homedepot.sjv.io/5gLd62]. The overhang of the brick covers and disguises the steel angle iron.
To match the mortar, Mark uses a fixture of restoration sand [homedepot.sjv.io/R5arBN], Portland cement [homedepot.sjv.io/Kj961N], and lime [homedepot.sjv.io/NkPxZV]. Mark suggests using a piece of the old mortar to compare as you’re mixing. Use a trowel [homedepot.sjv.io/Kj96nN] to slowly mix the material with water.
Apply mortar only to the head joints when adding back the brick.
Use a damp sponge [homedepot.sjv.io/9gQ655] blend the new mortar with the existing mortar.
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Materials:
Plywood [homedepot.sjv.io/VmVkEO]
2x4 pressure-treated boards [homedepot.sjv.io/XYZabX]
Butyl flashing [homedepot.sjv.io/WqKenA]
Steel angle iron [homedepot.sjv.io/nLbKGA]
Restoration sand [homedepot.sjv.io/R5arBN]
Lime [homedepot.sjv.io/NkPxZV]
Portland cement [homedepot.sjv.io/Kj961N]
Lip stretcher bricks [homedepot.sjv.io/5gLd62]
Tools:
Mason’s hammer [homedepot.sjv.io/VmVkqO]
Masonry chisels [homedepot.sjv.io/GmoBDk]
Masonry files [homedepot.sjv.io/Qye9qY]
Angle grinder [homedepot.sjv.io/VmVkrR]
Masonry brushes [homedepot.sjv.io/bayBAv]
Various masonry trowels [homedepot.sjv.io/Kj96nN]
Mixing trough [homedepot.sjv.io/LXrLbM]
Damp sponge [homedepot.sjv.io/9gQ655]
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  • Mark is a true example of a craftsman

    @DIYManiacJohnP@DIYManiacJohnP6 ай бұрын

  • I like Mark a very good addition to this old house. His explanations are spot on and easy to understand . Thanks Mark. 👍🏼

    @Guardducks@Guardducks6 ай бұрын

  • I don't know what brick, lintel, or repairs are but I still watched this video.

    @yaosio@yaosio6 ай бұрын

  • About to do a similar repair. Had no idea not to put mortar between the lintel and the brick. This 8 minute video well worth my time!

    @illuminancecrt8930@illuminancecrt89303 ай бұрын

  • If I was a Mason apprentice, Mark would be the person that I would love to work for , what a craftsman

    @markpienciaksr.5331@markpienciaksr.53316 ай бұрын

    • I wish I could afford to have him work on our house.

      @Zero11_ss@Zero11_ss3 ай бұрын

  • Well done Mark! The best masonry ever

    @anm9973@anm99736 ай бұрын

  • Mark is the best part of the show love u Mark ❤

    @devadiponeness1@devadiponeness16 ай бұрын

  • Great video! Hope to see more restoration work on old brick structures like this.

    @donhorn548@donhorn5486 ай бұрын

  • Brick work is a form of art.

    @Mr.T314@Mr.T3146 ай бұрын

  • Nice repair Mark.

    @johnlebzelter4208@johnlebzelter42086 ай бұрын

  • Lip stretcher was my nick name in high school

    @DavidJohnson-dk3bf@DavidJohnson-dk3bf6 ай бұрын

  • Excellent demonstration and craftsmanship on display here

    @mmuww@mmuww6 ай бұрын

  • Can always look forward to a good old lip stretcher

    @clarencetaylor7455@clarencetaylor74556 ай бұрын

  • Mark makes it look so easy. Amazing work.

    @Ellias32188@Ellias321886 ай бұрын

  • Well done! “Work like gentlemen”

    @SuperMan-xy8ui@SuperMan-xy8ui5 ай бұрын

  • Marks a pro love watching him work. i like how when he set up the scaffolding he said they we're going to "work like gentlemen", not some halfass handyman reaching over almost falling off a ladder

    @peterjanis2455@peterjanis24556 ай бұрын

  • Back up to 2:44, why is there an arch behind the face wall? Was there a window there? That wood mold brick looks to modern to be from the 1800’s

    @mikejustice1196@mikejustice11966 ай бұрын

    • The internal arch is needed to distribute the load around the opening. What happened is that water got behind the outer layer of brick and the unsupported section just above the window opening broke away from the inner coarse. The section that broke away doesn't carry any real load, it's basically hanging by the mortar. Although now that they installed the steel header it can share the load with the inner layer.

      @ElectricGears@ElectricGears6 ай бұрын

    • @@ElectricGears my question is, was there an arched transom window above that window you repaired originally? I’m a mason doing this for 54 years and I’ve never seen this built like this… to bury an arch in the center of a CMU. An arch only carry’s the masonry above it, not what’s in front or behind it because if it did that repair would have never happened to begin with, the wood failed on the window. It looks like there was a window light above the window and for some reason they took it out and filled the opening back in. All homes and buildings I’ve seen of this age have stone or cast stone over those window openings. Theres a gap between what we have done since the 60’s and what the masons did in the 1800’s.😊

      @mikejustice1196@mikejustice11966 ай бұрын

  • 2:08 that baby wrist tap did nothing 😂

    @supremewhip@supremewhip6 ай бұрын

    • Mark’s arms are essentially hammers so seeing the home owner try and lightly tap the brick with his soft milky palms was hilarious.

      @c0mputer@c0mputer6 ай бұрын

  • Great job! That home is gorgeous

    @davebutler4959@davebutler49596 ай бұрын

  • Wow his knowledge is stellar. This is more than construction but preservation.

    @rickwallace2091@rickwallace20916 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful repair. What a craftsman!

    @MH-qq3kj@MH-qq3kj6 ай бұрын

  • Nice job looks really great.

    @ronevans852@ronevans8526 ай бұрын

  • Damn that was a much larger job than I expected.

    @Chrispy9393@Chrispy93936 ай бұрын

    • why old houses you must never dig too deep into the project because there would be nothing left.

      @Francois_Dupont@Francois_DupontАй бұрын

  • I love watching a pro in action. Beautiful

    @louisel.sinniger2057@louisel.sinniger20576 ай бұрын

  • Just helped me solve a problem with a house I’m looking to buy. Might be worth getting inspected for repairs.

    @TootlesTart@TootlesTart2 ай бұрын

  • Very nice work.

    @williamturns341@williamturns3416 ай бұрын

  • Nice work !

    @eshskis1@eshskis16 ай бұрын

  • Pretty good repair. If I had to grade it I would give it a "B" on the grounds that the lowest row of half bricks still appear to sag in the middle over the window and the mortar joints were done thicker and a bit sloppier than the existing joints and the new mortar is lighter in color than the existing mortar. If it was a true historical museum piece you would expect a better job to be done.

    @Butterfly-iz3nm@Butterfly-iz3nm6 ай бұрын

    • You noticed well 👏👏I agree..

      @jalalkhan-lr3hj@jalalkhan-lr3hj6 ай бұрын

    • Agreed. You can't mortar brick to steel because of expansion and contraction rates, but you could certainly use a spacer to lift the brick into a level line. A hidden sheet of rubber comes to mind.@@fillmorehillmore8239

      @Butterfly-iz3nm@Butterfly-iz3nm6 ай бұрын

    • I believe that is a optical illusion, or inperfections in the bricks he called a "lip stretcher."

      @pavelow235@pavelow2354 ай бұрын

    • How long have you been a mason?

      @indieoak@indieoak3 ай бұрын

  • Fantastic work 👍🏼👍🏼

    @asegarra5279@asegarra52796 ай бұрын

  • True craftsman 💪🏼

    @Geeven1@Geeven16 ай бұрын

  • Very cool!

    @bobwhelk2115@bobwhelk21156 ай бұрын

  • Great job 👍

    @runs3492@runs34926 ай бұрын

  • Great job!

    @poeticthoughts06@poeticthoughts066 ай бұрын

  • Brick & masonry work yes this is my specialty terrific job by Mark from (TOH)

    @malikdigger4544@malikdigger45446 ай бұрын

  • Nice job , but my Mason laid my brick in mortar on metal lentil 35 years ago and no problem.

    @roccoconte2960@roccoconte29606 ай бұрын

  • Aight, now the next time there's a lintel emergency on my flight, it's my time to shine.

    @techniktrix@techniktrixАй бұрын

  • Great video

    @alexnunez4019@alexnunez40193 ай бұрын

  • Very nice

    @Ryansroga-wm6pj@Ryansroga-wm6pj6 ай бұрын

  • Bring back bob Vila

    @trustone8540@trustone85406 ай бұрын

  • Love the period piece- how much in the work is flexible with the historical Society regulations?

    @brc9064@brc90645 ай бұрын

  • Nice

    @BBOYMBB@BBOYMBB6 ай бұрын

  • 😂3:09 He new he messed up glad it came apart again

    @JoJoTavern@JoJoTavern6 ай бұрын

  • Lime with no gloves glasses or ppe madness have you seen the damage it can do 😢

    @gregcressey1791@gregcressey17916 ай бұрын

  • ❤❤

    @mukhtaralhasan3906@mukhtaralhasan39063 ай бұрын

  • Does this old house make homes anymore? They never post anything new on their channel about it

    @jh4684@jh46844 ай бұрын

  • Be nice if they did a video on how to repair cinder block walls

    @marvinthemartian4740@marvinthemartian47406 ай бұрын

  • Why all the straight joints on the internal wall..?

    @tombrehony6277@tombrehony62775 ай бұрын

  • It doesn't look like a pressure treated to me

    @TheAavelar007@TheAavelar0076 ай бұрын

  • 7:12 the 2 man lift

    @brianfong5711@brianfong57116 ай бұрын

  • 👍👍

    @mikev.1034@mikev.10346 ай бұрын

  • Mark is good, but he missed the most critical part of matching existing and the historical aspect, once the mortar dries out it will turn really white and that haze will not go away with just a heavy rain, its needs to be acid washed, not wait 10 years so it can then match existing. I have OCD

    @Ahsankhanxyz@Ahsankhanxyz6 ай бұрын

    • U have to have ocd to have anything to do with masonry 😅

      @stonesmasher8369@stonesmasher83696 ай бұрын

  • Haze...... A Bricklayers Evil Banker

    @BrianWetzel@BrianWetzel6 ай бұрын

  • Bill looks like he just wanted this project to be over with

    @loopforwhile@loopforwhile6 ай бұрын

  • Mortar and steel- no deal Mortar and wood- no good

    @X360KBaller@X360KBaller2 ай бұрын

  • For the final lime mortar, the portland is superflous but using a mask is not. Also looked awfully wet.

    @soundbwoikilla764@soundbwoikilla7646 ай бұрын

    • Mortar was almost soup! Also, wet the original brick for good adhesion at the site of repair.

      @lucash1980@lucash198015 күн бұрын

  • I disagree with using type n for any part of this repair. It is best to replace with a similar lime mortar even behind the face. Nice flashing and good job hiding that iron. You can add a mortar color to match the old mortar ( I have a basic recipe that usually hits pretty close ). It was a tidy repair although the joints could have been tighter and tooled more to match the older mortar surrounding the repair. Unfortunately the Portland added at the end is unnecessary and detrimental to the performance of the lime mortar. There is no place for Portland in historic masonry repairs. It was a good repair in-spite of these minor details.

    @davidzeltwanger3700@davidzeltwanger37006 ай бұрын

  • Wheres the old man, he's the face of TOS. Not the same without him

    @Wild-Storm@Wild-Storm4 күн бұрын

  • Miracles. A house that old and this is it's biggest problem? Wow.

    @bryankerr9174@bryankerr91746 ай бұрын

    • The ghosts are a much bigger problem, but they cannot help him to fix that.

      @akoznasovajusername@akoznasovajusername6 ай бұрын

  • Almost 200 years old. It is a shame homes nowadays are built to last one or two generations only. Not 1000s of years like colonial era homes.

    @pavelow235@pavelow2354 ай бұрын

  • Why are people saying this is good? I'd give it a C+ The mortar is still too thick and too light

    @beng3345@beng33454 ай бұрын

  • not even an acid wash?

    @Francois_Dupont@Francois_DupontАй бұрын

  • 🧱😊

    @Cypher791@Cypher7916 ай бұрын

  • That original repair was shockingly bad.

    @alanjohnson8417@alanjohnson84176 ай бұрын

  • FYI, did you know TOH & ATOH was sold? Yep to Ruko TV. I’ve noticed some changes already. I wouldn’t be surprised to see wholesale changes soon.

    @Bigguy_33@Bigguy_336 ай бұрын

    • happened 2 years ago

      @silverSScamaro@silverSScamaro6 ай бұрын

  • All american old houses are haunted.

    @akoznasovajusername@akoznasovajusername6 ай бұрын

    • Naaa

      @brookekathryn1980@brookekathryn19806 ай бұрын

  • Not impressed! His repairs, to me, have always been poor. I'm no brick layer but that could be a repair that I made! 🙄

    @bugtusslealien3931@bugtusslealien39316 ай бұрын
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