I hope you didn't pay a lot for this inspection. That said, the inspector's advice is a fun read. I especially enjoyed "it is imperative to immediately make the necessary corrections; either punctual reparation or repointing some sections."

I didn’t see anything funny ..but i don’t need to be an expert to know that it should get attention as soon as possible….this is an excuse for your ins.co. to deny overage should anything develop…

Mortari isn't waterproofing. It absorbs water and releases it. Nor is it glue holding bricks together; it's a bed. You need an analysis as to how hard the mortar is because you don't want too-hard a mortar for pointing as that can blow the front off the bricks. Get a roofer on the day your masonry contractor shows up please.

"Mortar isn't waterproofing."

Correct sir! Brick is a "reservoir cladding" which adsorbs and desorbs moisture. Where the cladding is over wood frame, the concern is mainly about the ability for solar driven moisture to wet the sheathing. Where the brick is structural, the concern is both for potential degradation of the brick (e.g., freeze/thaw) and for movement of moisture into walls. If there is a concern about moisture migration into masonry, waterproofing needs to be applied.

"Punctual reparations" would be timely payments made to folks who have been wronged in some way. I think what the author of the report meant was "prompt repair." The use of "imperative to immediately" is redundant. It may be the author of the report is getting paid by the word with $5 charged for highfalutin words. In any case, it's a fun read.

I trust you are kidding. lol

Thank you! Yeah to be fair to the author of the report, French is his first language so that’s probably what he meant.

Although that doesn’t account for him saying it’s “waterproofing”. Lol thanks for the knowledge share

Hard to tell on my phone, but the closeups show mortar that looks ok and the one picture of a wall seems to show a lot of mortar missing. Are portions of the building from different times? If rest of building is like the wall shown, it'll be a large repointing project. I wouldn't say it's needed immediately.

Thanks! So the mortar on the rest of the place is quite good—it’s just that one section under the front door (small roof was poorly done). What I was more stressed about was the bowing in the back—any clues as to how severe that is? I would get it addressed quickly, just trying to gauge costs.

I too had a chuckle on reading the snippet, it reads and chooses words like a phishing email, where even in one's root language it doesn't seem to translate.

As far as the first 3 pictures, I believe they are the same spot where a roof ties in against the brick wall. The missing mortar needs filled, and a simple kick-out flashing needs installed to direct the water away from running down the wall. It doesn't appear that repointing the whole wall is required. And can see the water is flowing towards the brick evidenced by the debris collection, but can't see a larger picture to understand the roof slopes.

The last picture is I assume where you say there is bowing. It appears to be a flat roof with parapet, so I would gather that has something to do with the bowing. The parapet may be unsupported, single wythe, etc, but not enough info to understand.

Thank you! Trying to get a mason to come evaluate.