M Kirk Plumbing and Building

About M Kirk Plumbing and Building

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M. Kirk Plumbing and Building.
We are Huddersfield. We pride ourselves in the thorough, efficient and friendly service we provide to all our customers, this includes:
Commercial and domestic plumbing and building Drainage.
Re pointing Lime pointing.
Brick pointing.
Stone pointing.
Stone repair.
Stone restoration.
Crack repairs.
Cast iron pipe repair replacement cast iron gutter repair replacement.

M Kirk.

M. Kirk Plumbing and Building Services have been serving the residents and business owners of Huddersfield for over 35 years.

We specialise in all aspects of plumbing and Building repairs, maintenance, and renovation using our tailored made services to match our clients exact needs.
Here at M. Kirk Plumbing and Building Services, we strive to provide customised plumbing and building solutions for all domestic and commercial clients whilst carrying out the highest quality of workmanship at all times.

As expert plumbers and builders, we also continually train and keep up to date with the newest industry technologies and equipment. By doing so, we ensure all work is carried out to the latest safety standards and most innovative ways, keeping your costs to a minimum.

One of the major causes of damp in old houses is linked to the use of cement strap pointing. This became popular in the late 1960's and 1970's, when every builder was going around offering to 're point your walls and make them look nice'. A solid brick or stone wall, built with lime mortar, needs to breathe. It loses its moisture content through the mortar joints. If this breathability is blocked, through the use of cement, the wall immediately starts to get wet. Water is trapped, and the only way it can get out is via the brick or stone. In winter, the damp brickwork then freezes, and the familiar rotting and spalling bricks or stone start to appear. Cement pointing is responsible for dreadful damage to thousands of walls all over the country. At the same time as trapping water, it forces water into the wall - where it emerges inside - blowing plasterwork, and creating the usual symptoms of 'rising damp' - which of course, it is not! The 'timber and damp surveyor' will try to sell you yet another injected damp course, which you don't need - to prevent a problem which doesn't exist. If you have cement pointing to an old wall - the simple solution to any damp problems is to get rid of the cement. Usually, this will be all that is needed. Builders rarely if ever re-point properly, and the strap pointing usually falls off quite easily. Underneath, you will find nice, solid lime mortar that isn't damaged. If the mortar is very badly eroded, or has cracks and holes in it, then you may want to re-point using hydraulic lime mortar.