What about scaffholding. Did you have to buy it or is it rentable. I chipped off quite a bit of cement today but i can imagine that it would be easier working from a scaffhold.
Also i think i came upon quite a thorn in my rose today. The back of my large chiminey is in this wall. I mean that i suspect the back of the chiminey is part of this wall which might explain the odd look of this particular wall. Worse is that this part of the wall seems flimsy. I guess that because its a chiminey theres literally nothing but air the other side.
The pictures above are from winter 2014. Its the same today except for the couple of mètres i cleared of cement, today. The front is pretty crap too but its lovely when the sun is shining on it.
This means that i can repoint all i want but the bit in the middle will have to be covered over (rendered) .
Anyway anyway, its all fun and adventures!!