Black paint on the bricks
Black paint on the bricks
Hello
I've recently moved into a 1910-20 end of tarraced house. The house is build with solid brick walls, and concrete floor on the ground floor.
On the outside it's has pebbledash render, and the bottom few rows of the bricks is painted with black paint, presumably bitumen paint or something similar.
However, as you see on the photos the paint is flaking in many places and mortar is missing in few palces too.
There is also a gutter downpipe going directly into drain. The gutter is...
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by tomwys
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Black paint on the bricks
Hello
I've recently moved into a 1910-20 end of tarraced house. The house is build with solid brick walls, and concrete floor on the ground floor.
On the outside it's has pebbledash render, and the bottom few rows of the bricks is painted with black paint, presumably bitumen paint or something similar.
However, as you see on the photos the paint is flaking in many places and mortar is missing in few palces too.
There is also a gutter downpipe going directly into drain. The gutter is...
Read more
by tomwys
This has been automatically posted in the DIYNot Forum on DIY Talk. The new DIY Forum