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I can find that for you - I'm having it done to mine right now. The cement mortar has to be raked out to a fair old depth (it can be done with power tools) which creates a lot of dust, and the repointing is slow and steady work.
You'll need to factor in the cost of scaffolding and dust shrouds too.
Just don't use my builder. He's already taken on too much work!
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Prompted by pebble dash chat. Figure someone here will know - rough cost for repointing in lime? Medium sized 2-storey house (guess 5.5m wide), I just want the back doing, the side seems okay and the front is rendered and I'm not dealing with that yet...
But I want it done properly in lime, think it's currently cement but originally lime. Very wary of power tools for cutting out the cement, but not sure how realistic it is to find someone willing to do it by hand or how much it would cost...