{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Victorian &amp; Art Deco Architectural Sculptures","provider_url":"https:\/\/randallwolff.com\/wordpress","title":"Re-pointing the gallery facade - Victorian &amp; Art Deco Architectural Sculptures","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"AOdgUswQcp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/2013\/07\/re-pointing\/\">Re-pointing the gallery facade<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/2013\/07\/re-pointing\/embed\/#?secret=AOdgUswQcp\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Re-pointing the gallery facade&#8221; &#8212; Victorian &amp; Art Deco Architectural Sculptures\" data-secret=\"AOdgUswQcp\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"I finally had time this week to set about repointing the brick on my gallery building, the weather was just perfect, warm, nice breeze, low humidity and sunny.\u00a0I had to rust treat the exposed steel I beam flange, prime and paint it first, then I began work on the mortar repointing. It&#8217;s just another of those periodic kinds of maintenance things I have to stop work on other projects to do. Most of the facade is good, it was just a couple of courses of brick all the way across where the mortar was like sugar an inch in, obviously that had been repointed very poorly. After I finished repointing I needed to caulk some gaps between the steel flange and the lowest course of brick and it&#8217;s done. Here&#8217;s some pictures during work: &nbsp; \u00a0","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Screen-shot-2013-07-06-at-9.58.55-AM.jpg"}