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    addressed. If there is a larger issue, repointing may cause further damage. If a historic structure needs repointing, building owners usually hire an architectural...
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    the form of plaster of Paris are used particularly in the repair and repointing of historic buildings and structures, so that the repair materials will...
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    Eton: A History (London: Hollis & Carter, 1960) McConnell, J. D. R., Eton Repointed: The New Structures of an Ancient Foundation (London: Faber & Faber, 1970)...
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    pointing (to correct defects or finish off joints in newly laid masonry) and repointing (to place wet mortar into cut or raked joints to repair weathered joints...
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    to its foundations in 1979, during which time the brickwork was also repointed. The skeuophylakion was again restored in 2014 by the Vakıflar. A fire...
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  • Times. Corrado's Indigo Prize winning paper "Improving GDP: Demolishing, Repointing or Extending?*" considers the GDP measure and its validity as a measurement...
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    provides guidance for proper masonry repointing through Preservation Brief 2. In general, Brief 2 suggests that repointing should be done with a similar or...
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    repointing several times a century. It has been common since the widespread availability of Portland cement to see London stock brickwork repointed using...
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    for the interior changes). The project included cleaning, repairing and repointing the monument's exterior and interior stonework. The stone in publicly...
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    removing the old mortar and applying new mortar, a process known as "repointing". Mortar joints in brickwork take up a considerable large amount of a...
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    Gamma-ray Burst Coordinates Network. This allows the telescopes to rapidly repoint towards a GRB, often within seconds of receiving the signal and while the...
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    structure; extensive preservation needs; and a main organ in disrepair. Repointing the building was estimated to cost at least $5 million, while organ repair...
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    painted effect, leaving only the King's south wing with exposed brick. Repointing the mortar of the joints proved to be an arduous and expensive task, therefore...
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    station's hydraulic systems. The brickwork was repaired, cleaned and repointed, and the weather vanes gilded to complement the dome of nearby St Paul's...
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  • Clive try to curry favour with the locals. 23 April 2018 12 Billy needs to repoint the chimney, however, the task is a lot more difficult than it sounds due...
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    tested mortar may date from the tower's initial construction or from repointing, which may have been performed long after initial construction. The researchers...
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    in the field of view, where it is measured at multiple wavelengths by repointing the spacecraft. The SPHEREx spacecraft and telescope will be provided...
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    cleaning of all the elements, the waxing of the bronze figures and the repointing of the granite base and surround." The popularity of the Archibald Fountain...
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    engineer Henry Norris of Messrs. Walker & Burges, including complete repointing, replacement water tanks and filling of a large cavity in the rock close...
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    cemetery began a multi-million-dollar project to clean the exterior and repoint any damaged or missing mortar. It is the first time in the memorial's history...
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  • Giráldex, L. Ventolà, M. Vendrell-Saz (2011-01-06). "Templar Joint Repointings: Materials, Techniques and Paint Decoration in Miravet Castle, Spain"...
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    dismantled and rebuilt, decorative sections and part of the main shaft were repointed, missing stone finials replaced, the drainage system improved, corroded...
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    focus digital camera will take a 15-second exposure every 20 seconds. Repointing such a large telescope (including settling time) within 5 seconds requires...
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    early 2000. The nearly 1 mile of stone perimeter walls were rebuilt, repointed and recapped. New walking trails were surfaced, and beautiful park lights...
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    it was not pointed and had to be pointed in 1914 and was subsequently repointed in 1957 and 1984–85. Its weight, solid brick corners linked by four courses...
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    Repointed stone work at front entrance...
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    bursting open as he ferried masonry to build it. It was repaired in 1705 and repointed in 1829 using Roman-style cement. The eastern arch was repaired in about...
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    measures allowed the GSA to carry out additional work: "restoration and repointing of the limestone exterior", repair and replacement of the roof, restoration...
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    stonework—these were replaced with stainless steel cramps bedded in lead. Repointing was done using lime mortar made from lime quarried at the National Trust's...
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  • 44–06 "Respecting the Old" November 3, 2022 (November 3, 2022) 44–07 "Repointed and Planted" November 10, 2022 (November 10, 2022) 44–08 "Families Meet"...
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