Masonry repair survey
Elevations, repointing by the square foot and by the linear foot of joint, mortar bags, bricks, cracks, lintels and sills, chimneys and parging.
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Repointing
- Zone
- Wall area
- Joints to repoint
- Unit length
- Unit height
- Joint width
- Rake-out depth
- Joint length calculated
- Waste
- Mortar calculated
- Product
- Yield per bag
- Mortar bags calculated
- Mortar plannedChoices: Type N Type O Type K Lime (NHL or putty) Matched to the lab analysis Other
- RemovalChoices: Hand tools Grinder on bed joints, hand on head joints Other
- Note
Bricks and units
- Zone
- ReasonChoices: Spalled brick Cracked brick Loose brick Missing brick Rebuild (flashing, lintel, bulge) Other
- Bricks counted
- Area to rebuild
- Wythes
- Unit length
- Unit height
- Joint width
- Bricks for the area calculated
- Waste
- Bricks to order calculated
- SupplyChoices: Salvaged on site Reclaimed New, matched Custom made To find
- Brick
Cracks
- Location
- TypeChoices: Stepped (in the joints) Vertical Horizontal Diagonal Through the units At an opening corner Between brick and mortar
- Crack length
- Crack width
- Next stepChoices: Repoint Rebuild Sealant (movement joint) Monitor Refer to an engineer
- Note
Lintels and sills
- Opening
- ElementChoices: Steel angle lintel Stone lintel Concrete lintel Brick arch or soldier course Wood lintel Stone sill Precast sill Brick sill (rowlock) Wood sill
- Lintels and sills
- Opening width
- Bearing each end
- Lintel and sill length calculated
- ConditionChoices: Sound Surface rust Rust with scaling or cracks at the ends Cracks Spalls Sill flat or sloping to the wall Drip missing
- WorkChoices: Clean and paint the steel Replace the lintel Rebuild the brick above Reset or replace the sill Repoint only No work
- FlashingChoices: Present Missing Damaged Not visible
- WeepsChoices: Present and open Clogged No weeps
Other items
- ItemChoices: Weeps to open Weeps to drill Base flashing Through-wall flashing Retrofit ties Efflorescence to clean Plant growth to remove Coping or parapet cap Sealant joint (see the caulking survey) Other
- Item count
- Item length
- Item area
- Spacing
- Weeps calculated
- Wall area per tie
- Ties calculated
- Note
Chimney stack
- Location
- Width
- Depth
- Height above the roof
- Stack faces calculated
- Height to rebuild
- Stack area to rebuild calculated
- CrownChoices: Sound Cracks No drip or overhang Mortar wash only No crown
- CapChoices: No cap Metal cap Cap with spark arrestor Chimney pot
- FlashingChoices: Sound Loose or open Missing Cricket needed
- Note
Parging
- Wall
- SubstrateChoices: Poured concrete Concrete block Rubble stone Brick
- Wall length
- Height to parge
- Deduction
- Parging area calculated
- ConditionChoices: Sound Hollow when tapped Cracks Delaminated or missing Painted
- PrepChoices: Remove the loose parging Remove it all Clean only
- Thickness
- Waste
- Parging mortar calculated
- Product
- Yield per bag
- Parging bags calculated
About this template
Survey a masonry repair job elevation by elevation: the wall area to repoint with the joint length, mortar and bags it takes, the bricks to replace or rebuild, cracks, lintels and sills, weeps, flashing and ties; each chimney above the roof; the foundation walls to parge.
Guide and sources
Walk each elevation and give it its own section: front, rear, sides ("Add an elevation"), then each chimney above the roof and each foundation wall. In each elevation, type the brick once (its length, height and joint width, measured on the wall: 4 bricks and 5 courses with their joints, divided), then one row per zone; the rows start from it.
Repointing: type the zone's wall area and the share of its joints to redo (100 for all of it). The sheet gives the linear feet of joint, the mortar and the bags, so the job can be priced by area or by length. Rake out at least twice the joint width, generally 3/4 in (BIA), 2 to 2 1/2 times for historic work (NPS), and down to sound mortar. When a quarter to half of a wall or more needs it, redoing the whole wall may cost less, more so on scaffolding (NPS).
Mortar: never stronger than the old one. Type N for most modern brick, Type O or K for soft old brick, lime for historic work; when unsure, send a sample to a lab and build a test panel. The yield printed on the bag always wins over any figure in this template. Bags are exact on each row and rounded up once per product for the sheet.
Bricks: count the spalled, cracked and loose ones, or type the area of a patch to rebuild with its wythes. Add your waste: BIA adds at least 5% for new work. Match color, texture and size with a sample panel.
Chimneys: the stack faces are worked out from the width, depth and height above the roof; type that area in the chimney's repointing row, and the area to rebuild in its brick row. The chimney's mortar and bricks add up with the facades' per product.
Cracks wider than 2 mm, through several bricks, stepped or diagonal, rusted lintels and bulging walls are signs an engineer looks at (BIA). Note them with their length and width; this sheet does not judge them. Sealant joints (movement joints, around openings) belong in the caulking survey: note them here with their length only.
Cold weather: mortar and masonry kept at 5 °C (41 °F) or more during the work and for 48 h after (NBC); TMS 602 rules apply below 40 °F (BIA TN 1).
Sources
- NPS, Preservation Brief 2 Government
- BIA TN 46 Trade association
- BIA TN 10 Trade association
- SPEC MIX, Tuckpoint Mortar Manufacturer data
- Amerimix, AMX 420 Manufacturer data
- Quikrete, masonry cement Manufacturer data
- ASTM C270 paywalled Standard
- ASTM C1324 paywalled Standard
- Glen-Gery, brick sizes Manufacturer data
- IRC 2021, R703.8 Code
- IRC 2021, R1003 Code
- Sakrete, Surface Bonding Cement Manufacturer data
- BIA TN 1 Trade association
- TMS 602 paywalled Standard
- Parks Canada, S&G 4.5.3 Government
- Daubois, 1-2-6 mortar Manufacturer data
- King, MasonMix 600 Manufacturer data
- Bomix, gray mortar mix Manufacturer data
- Daubois, Restomix Manufacturer data
- Daubois, XHN-60 Manufacturer data
- Sable Marco, mortar Manufacturer data
- CSA A179 paywalled Standard
- NBC 2020, 9.20.3.2 Code
- NBC 2020, 9.20.5.2 Code
- NBC 2020, 9.20.13.8 Code
- NBC 2020, 9.21.4.4 and 9.21.4.6 Code
- NBC 2020, 9.13.2.3 Code
- Bomix, Pargemix Manufacturer data
- Sakrete Canada, parging mix Manufacturer data
- NBC 2020, 9.20.4.1 Code
- NBC 2020, 9.20.14.1 Code
- CSA A371 paywalled Standard
- OQLF, dégarnissage Government
- Plateau-Mont-Royal, heritage sheet Government
- OQLF, chantepleure Government
- OQLF, crépi Government
- OQLF, joint tiré Government
- OQLF, parement de brique Government
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