Newcastle City Council is carrying out a major external fabric overhaul to their houses on the St Anthony's Estate, in the East End of the City. Part of the work involves re-pointing the brickwork.

Gun-Point, a nationwide company, specialists in re-pointing, are removing the deteriorated mortar by using a power grinder set to a constant rake depth on 30 mm. The wall ties are positioned at an approximate depth of 25 mm. To avoid hitting and consequently damaging the fabric of the wall, the Elcometer P130 Wall-Tie Locator is being used to rapidly and precisely locate the wall-ties. After the mortar has been raked out, the joints are filled using the Gun-Point low-pressure mortar pump. This injects the mortar back into the joints to give a positive fill.

Commenting on the Elcometer P130 Wall-Tie Locator, David Hancock, Managing Director, Gun-Point (Newcastle) said:

"The Elcometer P130 is the most accurate wall-tie locator available. By using the audio tone we can accurately pinpoint the location of each individual wall-tie. It’s a very professionally constructed piece of equipment that really does stand up to tough site conditions."

Gunpoint Website