Steve asked:   Are they using grout bags to repoint with and wire
brushes to clean the brick?

No grout bags, and no wire brushes.  The "misunderstanding" came from
our spec which said to wait 30 days to clean the building after
completing repairs.  They took that to mean waiting 30 days to clean off
the mortar residue, even though the spec also says to clean the work
area immediately.  So, now we are fine;  it's just the first repairs
that were not cleaned in good time.  You all can probably see the humor
in this...  The best thing is confounding everyone with the increasing
strength of what everyone has been calling a "weak" mortar, when in fact
it will beat that of the typical Type N cement-lime mortar, probably
topping out at 1400 psi or so...


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