Weather Weather on Hilton Head Island is ideal for those wanting to explore the outdoors and soak up the sunshine. Hilton Head Island and the surrounding Lowcountry features a balmy, subtropical climate year round. The largest barrier island off the Atlantic coast, Hilton Head is located 40 miles north of Savannah, GA, and 90 miles south of Charleston, SC. The Island lies on the Intracoastal Waterway and encompasses 42 square miles of semi-tropical, unspoiled sea marshes, creeks and lagoons, wooded forests of tall pines, palmettos, magnolias and live oaks, and 12 miles of Atlantic beach.
2Prepare your mortar and allow the mix to set for about five minutes. You can buy mortar premixed, or you can create your own batch using one part masonry cement and three parts fine sand. In either case, add enough water to create a paste â about the consistency of oatmeal.
However, the mortar that holds bricks together, a mixture of cement and sand, can weaken and crumble. Repairing the crumbling mortar before the bricks fall is called tuck-pointing or re-pointing the bricks. To fix crumbling chimney mortar, follow some common steps. Ad. Scrape as much loose mortar out of the joint as possible using a wire brush. 2  Chip the remainder of the old mortar out of the joint very gently using a hammer and a chisel. 3  Brush the brick thoroughly with a dry scrub brush to remove any small pieces of mortar and mortar dust.