Brick Repointing. Ask to be redone or fussy?

Thomas_C89

Hi, 

As the title says, I got a small bit of repointing done last week. It's still not fully dry other than the bottom parts, but I'm tempted to ask them to take another look. I know you'll never get a perfect match, but the colour is more of a buff to me than grey.

Am I being unreasonable to do so? 

Thanks!

EssexExile

I suppose it depends on who did it and what they promised the outcome would be. There are specialists who will match mortar colours well, but they cost money. Personally I think that looks fine, after a while you won't keep looking at it and it will recede from your thoughts.

twopenny

For me they've used the wrong sand or cement.
I've done a fair bit of mortaring in my time (it's dead easy) and you can buy 2 or 3 different colours. Fairly small bags too.

So looks to me like they had some left over from another job and thought they'd get away with it.

I'd want it redone or a heavy discount because true, it will become less noticeable with time.

Thomas_C89

It was a bag of ready made they used, said it would dry in grey but obviously that's not the case. I just asked for it to be repointed, so maybe a bit naive of me to not be more specific although you'd think it was implied 

That's been best part of a week now so it's settled a fair bit. I reckon I'll get in touch with them tomorrow to see what they say!

stuart45

Have a look at mortar tints.

WIAWSNB

Thomas_C89 said:

It was a bag of ready made they used, said it would dry in grey but obviously that's not the case. I just asked for it to be repointed, so maybe a bit naive of me to not be more specific although you'd think it was implied 

That's been best part of a week now so it's settled a fair bit. I reckon I'll get in touch with them tomorrow to see what they say!

You shouldn't have to specify you wanted a colour match - that should be understood. If they'd replaced some bricks, would they have used a different colour?! Of course not.
That's clearly the wrong colour mortar.