Has any one used the quick point mortar gun ? or any ideas on how to point bricks 20mm thick quickly ? its hard work grouting them with sand and cement

Yeah and its a pain loading the gun and getting the flow right.

There's the easy point stuff thats desined specifically for those pointing guns, it mixes up really smooth so stops the gun clogging up. I think travis perkins stock it, it is a few quid a bag though.

Tried one of the guns, could'nt get on with it...

A giant version of an icing bag BIGGER THAN IT LOOKS 600 mm long x 350 mm wide

Very controllable flow, quick to refill and easy to clean

10 mm hole in the end - You can insert a normal siliconong nozel first for fine joints

weight 200 g


Price: £3.99 £4.79 Including VAT at 20%

Originally Posted by Dave

A giant version of an icing bag BIGGER THAN IT LOOKS 600 mm long x 350 mm wide

Very controllable flow, quick to refill and easy to clean

10 mm hole in the end - You can insert a normal siliconong nozel first for fine joints

weight 200 g


Price: £3.99 £4.79 Including VAT at 20%

Dave i am good with cakes lol but dont fancy that with 150 mts of bricks

Hello all first post. How wide are the joints, normal brickwork 10mm?

Originally Posted by saveloy

Hello all first post. How wide are the joints, normal brickwork 10mm?

The joints are typically around 15mm, the bricks are 20mm deep, 235mm x 75mm is the average brick size, why ? do you have something in mind ? so as pjc says, over 150m2 that's a lot of pointing.

Well just an idea but PJC . I have used one on a couple of patios and it cut the labour time on pointing by two thirds. There is a video on the site. I will be the first to admit that there is a technique required, and the secret is to mix the mortar right. But if you can get it right then it is good. Be happy to help to advise if needed. Just a thought. 150m though? Rather you than me!!

Good old hawk and pointing trowel!

make sure you don't put any grit in there it will clog up! i've done my patio with one it's 50m2 easy once you get the mixture right, mix it in a clean bucket not a gritty wheel barrow...

now 200 mts maybe best to leave it for Alan lol

Originally Posted by pjc

now 200 mts maybe best to leave it for Alan lol

I'll get it done ....................................somehow ??????

This was an old one I just found while looking on the web about 2000 sq mts later I have the answer lol

I use a easy point gun from screwfix , we fill it with an empty 1ltr milk plastic bottle with half the bottom cut off. Works a treat, but if useing sand and cement you need to add some feb mix and whisk well. Tap the barrel empty before reloading. I used to repoint loads in a past life and find the gun great for grouting large tiles.

Originally Posted by masterofnone

I use a easy point gun from screwfix , we fill it with an empty 1ltr milk plastic bottle with half the bottom cut off. Works a treat, but if useing sand and cement you need to add some feb mix and whisk well. Tap the barrel empty before reloading. I used to repoint loads in a past life and find the gun great for grouting large tiles.

Thank mate but it's all I do nowadays it does work yes but have specialist guns nowadays you would not believe how quick they are compared with the rest but keep it to myself as my main competitors copy me and try to undercut me everywhere I go

I ve got an idea as I ran a gunpoint franchise for 10 years, those machines do 70m2 a day. In the good old days at £15 a m that was a good living.

It's hard work trying to get bricklayers builders achetects to even listern they won't believe it till you show them but that's the hard bit they won't even look

Originally Posted by masterofnone

I use a easy point gun from screwfix , we fill it with an empty 1ltr milk plastic bottle with half the bottom cut off. Works a treat, but if useing sand and cement you need to add some feb mix and whisk well. Tap the barrel empty before reloading. I used to repoint loads in a past life and find the gun great for grouting large tiles.

I can't find such a thing as a easy point gun

i was taught by and old school builder years ago how to do tuck pointing this decades before patent mortar injection devices thin mortar joints were tackled with thin jointing tools some probably 5mm wide the tools were flat blades with a wooden handle it takes patience but results look good

Originally Posted by cozy

i was taught by and old school builder years ago how to do tuck pointing this decades before patent mortar injection devices thin mortar joints were tackled with thin jointing tools some probably 5mm wide the tools were flat blades with a wooden handle it takes patience but results look good

Yes I have seen it and the tools been looking at them it the states this week

American tuck pointing tools are not the same as the tuck pointer Cozy is on about but is what i use for pointing combined with a large pointing tray ive never come across a gun which can do it as quick but would be interested if there is one out there, ime not competition pjc

Originally Posted by lucius

American tuck pointing tools are not the same as the tuck pointer Cozy is on about but is what i use for pointing combined with a large pointing tray ive never come across a gun which can do it as quick but would be interested if there is one out there, ime not competition pjc

yes theres two i have found and yes dosent mater how much bricklayers say they can point in a day i am on my 4th house lol

Originally Posted by pjc

yes theres two i have found and yes dosent mater how much bricklayers say they can point in a day i am on my 4th house lol

Point me in the right direction then

HI pj i just clicked on your bri-it thing,and looked at your web-site, then i looked at your area wickam, i come from Oxon. & was working over wester turville the other day,there is quite a fashion over that way for re-clamed/rustic brickwork, so do you buy old bricks and cut them down yourselves ,on your tile- cutter ? ,i had a mate years ago go round cladding houses, until they messed up, it look great in the fireplaces,are you stacked-out ? didn't you used to employ loads of eastern-europeans a while back ?

Originally Posted by Diamond Pool Finishers

HI pj i just clicked on your bri-it thing,and looked at your web-site, then i looked at your area wickam, i come from Oxon. & was working over wester turville the other day,there is quite a fashion over that way for re-clamed/rustic brickwork, so do you buy old bricks and cut them down yourselves ,on your tile- cutter ? ,i had a mate years ago go round cladding houses, until they messed up, it look great in the fireplaces,are you stacked-out ?
didn't you used to employ loads of eastern-europeans a while back ?

Gooner High Wycombe Western terville Yes i am a Beaconsfield boy but live in Wycombe i cut small amounts myself but bigger amount have cut do a lot of reclaimed ones and a lot of new ones in a few of the shops its getting big in shop fitting where abouts are you from in Oxfordshire and where are you now

and the loads of eastern europeans were a few as well as English guys but i found the polish and albanians work harder and were more loyal than the english guys but i paid them more than than the english guys as they worked harder

Originally Posted by pjc

Gooner High Wycombe Western terville Yes i am a Beaconsfield boy but live in Wycombe i cut small amounts myself but bigger amount have cut do a lot of reclaimed ones and a lot of new ones in a few of the shops its getting big in shop fitting where abouts are you from in Oxfordshire and where are you now

HEADINGTON, but i live in south wales now ,as the wife is welsh ,we met when she came to the john ratcliffe hospital to trainee as a nurse, but i work nationwide and internationally always have ,still have a sister/bro in OXFORD, that i visit when there.