brick cleaning

guys what do I do with these bricks ?? ( maybe i keep the plant :LOL:) there is paint over paint, should i try to use a not too aggressive paint stripper (Biostrip plus) ? not really sure if the bricks are in decent shape under that, or i will end up to need a render on it

Hi all, Hope someone here can help. We previously had cladding on our house which we have gotten rid off. However, even though we used muriatic acid there are still mortar stains in the texture. We used Liquidweather today and that only slightly helped. Can anyone advise what we can do? As we...

I've just started to renovate my new house. We have a large fireplace which currently houses an oil burning stove, and had the idea of removing the plaster and wooden surround to expose the brick. On getting rid of the plaster we were a little surprised to find a stone fireplace under there (see...

We've got a renderer booked in for the end of this month to finally cover up the nasty brickwork of our 1920's bungalow, using K-Rend. However, as with most, they won't render below the damp-course. They've recommended 'blackjack', which I guess is a bitumen paint. However, the brickwork isn't...