Dining room, two floors below the roof leak
The last bit of moisture
Fireplace in master bedroom
(white on both sides are shades)
This fireplace once had a mantel as evidenced in drill holes used to hold the mantel.
It may have been painted, as the bricks over the mantel show the
pitting from sandblasting.
The fireplace was tuck pointed with Portland cement mortar which
is destroying the brick.
The tuck pointing had to be removed and replaced
In one spot Portland cement was used to cover the face of a
decaying brick. The Portland cement patch has further eroded and destroyed
the brick underneath.
Brick Restoration advice from
Durable Slate
Tuckpointing by Wion Works