In early April we had the house repointed,  about 100~150 cracked bricks replaced with matching period brick, and some of the previous owner’s follies with Portland cement removed and remortared. The rain has not yet washed away all of the masonry dust and the windows seem to have not yet cleaned themselves. However, we hope this helps cut down on winter drafts next year.

Here are more before-during-and-after brickwork photos than anyone ever thought they’d see: