GLADSTONE 
TUCK POINTING
&
RESTORATION

About Gladstone Tuck Pointing & Restoration

As members of the Guild of Master Craftsmen, we are specialists in tuck pointing, brick/stone cleaning and the restoration of historic buildings across London and the South East - including the Royal Palaces and Whitehall.

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Tuck pointing is a highly skilled and refined method of pointing or re-pointing brickwork, whereby a coloured mortar joint is placed to match the brick and grooved while 'green' or fresh to receive a separate and carefully placed lime putty and silver sand ribbon. The ribbon is then neatly trimmed to a smaller scale to form a precise, raised profile. Its historical intention was originally to create the illusion of accurately laid, cut, rubbed and gauged brickwork on a standard brickwork façade, constructed of often irregular bricks. In the nineteenth century, however, it was often resorted to as a means to disguise inferior brickwork.

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Generally, until the nineteenth century the projecting ribbon was of a neutral, white or cream-coloured mortar but subsequently, a fashion for coloured ribbons, especially black, though occasionally red and sometimes brown were also used.

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Today tuck pointing is rarely employed on newly constructed brickwork being reserved mainly for re-pointing old brickwork known to have had tuck pointing as the original, or earlier joint finish.

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For more information about our services or for advice on stone and brick work, please contact us today.