Mortar Rakes & Mortar Raking Tools

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Everything you need to rake out old or perished mortar before repointing brickwork and stonework. Choose a diamond mortar raking blade for long bed joints, a mortar rake bit for perp ends, corners and vertical joints, or a complete repointing kit that pairs the rake with a dust extraction guard. All our mortar rakes fit standard 115mm and 125mm angle grinders (M14) and selected models fit SDS and chuck drills. Diamond rakes last many times longer than carbide on hard cement mortar; carbide rake bits are the economical choice for soft lime mortar and small jobs. Not sure which mortar rake you need? Start with the raking blades for speed on straight runs, add a rake bit for detail work, and use a dust guard to keep silica dust out of the air and off the wall. Browse by type: mortar raking blades , mortar rake bits , repointing kits and dust extraction guards . More about this range Everything for raking mortar out of brick and stone joints before repointing - whether you rake with an angle grinder, a drill, or a dedicated raking machine. Choose by the tool you already own. Which mortar rake do you need? Angle grinder - a mortar raking blade is the fastest way through long runs of bed joint. 115 mm and 125 mm, in 6, 8 and 10 mm thicknesses to match your joint width. Drill or grinder, awkward joints - a mortar rake bit or raking pin routes both horizontal and vertical joints and gets into perp ends a blade cannot reach. Starting from scratch - the diamond mortar rake starter kit and the repointing starter kit pair the rake with a depth-adjustable dust guard. How deep should you rake? Rake to roughly twice the joint width - typically 15-20 mm on a standard 10 mm bed joint. Too shallow and the new pointing will not key and will fall out within a few winters; too deep and you risk the brick arrises. A guard with an adjustable depth stop, like the one in the VR750 raking kit , sets it once and holds it across the whole wall. Dust is the part people underestimate Raking mort

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