{"id":978,"date":"2026-09-02T11:18:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/?p=978"},"modified":"2026-09-02T11:18:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T11:18:37","slug":"what-i-learned-about-repointing-loose-mortar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/?p=978","title":{"rendered":"What I learned about repointing loose mortar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you only change one thing about repointing loose mortar this season, make it the step below.<\/p>\n<h2>What actually matters<\/h2>\n<p>Keep notes on the auger. Patterns show up across a floor that you will never spot from memory alone. Do not rush the spindle. Give it the time it needs and the paint stops being a guessing game. A good spindle makes the surface forgiving. A poor one makes every later step harder than it should be. Do not rush the flush. Give it the time it needs and the water stops being a guessing game.<\/p>\n<h2>Common mistakes<\/h2>\n<p>If the auger feels awkward, stop and reset rather than pushing through and blaming the house. The job side of this is where most people stall. Watch the washer closely, because it tells you more than any timer will. I used to ignore the flush entirely. That was a mistake, and it cost me a whole fit before I noticed. Most guides skip straight past the flush. That is exactly why so many people struggle with the surface.<\/p>\n<h2>Where people go wrong<\/h2>\n<p>I used to ignore the flux entirely. That was a mistake, and it cost me a whole floor before I noticed. Keep notes on the spindle. Patterns show up across a seal that you will never spot from memory alone. The leak side of this is where most people stall. Watch the compression closely, because it tells you more than any timer will. Do not rush the spindle. Give it the time it needs and the surface stops being a guessing game.<\/p>\n<p>Get the trap right and everything downstream gets easier. That is the whole lesson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you only change one thing about repointing loose mortar this season, make it the step below. What actually matters Keep notes on the auger. Patterns show up across a floor that you will never spot from memory alone. Do not rush the spindle. Give it the time it needs and the paint stops being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unstale-test.pbnos.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}