Customer Stopped Nature From Smothering His House In Ivy. But Look At The DREADFUL MESS LEFT BEHIND!

#removingivytendrils #satisfying #prestigeexternalcleaning
Hey everyone, I hope everyone is well.
Welcome to another Sunday evening video. Todays video is about a brick cleaning job I carried out recently. This customers house was getting taken over by ivy. The customer had removed the ivy long before I arrived, so unfortunately I can't show what it looked like previously. But once the main body of ivy was removed, they were left with the familiar, unsightly tendrils that always seem to be left behind.
So that's where I come in!
Hope you enjoy the transformation, Nick.
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[@CatLoverX74]

You never realize how much ivy can damage things. It’s pretty but it can take over quickly. Didn’t realize how dull it can leave a house looking with its tendrils though. Wonderful job Nick! ❤

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Many thanks Rebecca ❤️

[@DonnaMSchmid]

Wow... I didn't think ANYTHING could take off ivy tendrils! It's nice to know there's an option!!!

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Awesome, so glad to have shown you something you haven't seen before ❤️

[@PartridgeExteriorCleaning]

wow that's something i've never seen before! A tap on the garage roof :D

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Waheeeey, hey dude 😀. Lol, i wondered if anyone would notice and mention it 😆 🚰

[@valeriesinnett4031]

That is the first time I have seen ivy tendrils removed. Beautiful job Nick 😊

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Awesome, glad to have shown you something new 👍 ❤️

[@scottgoodridge8938]

Another great job bud

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Many thanks Scott 👍

[@alstalbs2265]

Nicely done Nick, brilliant job as usual. Also I have to agree on doing bottom to top, easier to see where you've already done too as the bit above will still be mostly dry. Do it the other way and the whole lot below will be wet and more difficult to see what still needs doing. Thanks very much for the upload, have a great week!

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Thanks Al, totally spot on, I was waffling on in the video trying to explain exactly how you've just explained it, but it came out all wrong 🤷🏻, so edited it out 😆. Many thanks Al, all the best mate 🤝

[@diegovd7215]

Well done!

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Thanks a lot Diego 👍

[@irenakolczynska6953]

Pozdrawiam serdecznie z Polski 🇵🇱🌹🌹🌹

[@kellihull7600]

Maybe the ivy removers used a tool a little too aggressively???? Is there a brick stain that can help them blend? Those questioning your technique baffle me! I’d NEVER call you lazy or a backwards thinker!!!! Beautiful home!

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Yeah that's a possibility Kelli 🙂👍. Thank you for the awesome comment as ever ❤️

[@suzanneyoung6273]

Nicely done, Nick. Have a great day! 😊🇦🇺

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Aw thanks Suzanne 😍

[@robertshrewsbury5067]

That is pretty neat that you could so successfully renew the brick on that home. Thanks for the explanation that the brick and mortar were so solid that a turbo nozzle was possible.

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Hey Robert, many thanks 😊

[@drewwhy5541]

I think they spilt something on that wall. And had a go at cleaning it off ( with a grinder ) hoping no one noticed. Great work mate. 👍

[@robinharrison3907]

Great Work again Bud 👍👍Another Job under your belt looks really good 👍👍

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Thanks so much Robin 🤜🤛

[@buffalocontracts]

Great work as always Nick!

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Awesome, thanks mate 🙂

[@andrewpowell6457]

Lovely job Nick, I'm glad we dont see much ivy here in NZ

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Cheers Andrew ☺️👍👍

[@alinaCatwatcher]

Have to admit I thought the job would be harder. Great job Nick!

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Many thanks 🙂

[@paudielyons3918]

A class act as usual, Nick. You make it look easy. Great kit makes all the difference. Hope all is well. Best regards, Paudie

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Nice one Paudie, really appreciate that mate, hope you're all good too 🤝

[@paulaharris4667]

Hello from Oklahoma USA you have a new subscriber! 👋🏻🇺🇸

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Hey Paula, awesome, thank you, welcome on board 😍

[@RandiG63]

I always loved the look of a little cottage with ivy 💕 What a mess it makes. As always you did an awesome job making the house beautiful again 😊👍

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Hey Randi, I hope you're well. Me too, I love that look. I have it on my house in places, needs a lot of maintenance, but I think it worth it for how pretty it looks. Just unfortunate that it looks so bad once it's been removed. Thanks som much for you kind comment as always ❤️

[@RandiG63]

@@PrestigeExternalCleaning I bet its lovely. I only comment the truth 💕

[@coppertopjohnson9782]

I was so hoping they were getting the driveway and patio done. The total package. I had a neighbor who always said, don't plant ivy close to the house, or let it climb. And this is proof. Excellent music, Nick. Beautiful results. Always the perfectionist. Thanks for sharing, and have a great week. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@colleenisaac6647]

Those bricks cleaned up beautifully!

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Aw thanks Colleen 🥰

[@barbarellamaclure8382]

Gorgeous weather, great job Nick, love your videos!

[@williamhiggins2263]

Hey Nick long time no hear, started this video about 3 months ago and this is me just getting to finish it. Nothing better to do than watch your AWESOME VIDEO'S and AMAZING work while im stuck in bed with Sciatic nerve pain, couldn't think of a better thing to watch when im goosed. Now onto the rest of your collection!

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Nice one mate, hope you feel better soon. Top man ✊

[@williamhiggins2263]

@@PrestigeExternalCleaning cheers Nick hope so, nothing worse than having Sciatica as you probably know

[@nancythomas1954]

Nice work Nick! Power washing is the only way to get those off of almost everything. This house looks so nice. They should hire you to do the drive and patio too.🤭 You took a soaking today! Be careful not to catch a chill! See you next time

[@cleopatracatra2097]

He takes a soaking and keeps on joking (sorry Timex commercials)

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Thanks Nancy ❤️. Yeah I always seem to get soaked and covered in dirt when cleaning walls 😃

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

😁

[@marktrower2267]

Another fantastic job Nick

[@user-qp2ec2od3y]

Another enjoyable project Nick. Really melted away those tendrils.

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Many thanks. Glad you enjoyed it ☺️

[@Lucinda_Jackson]

Hey, Nick! This was yet another first - ivy tendrils! I know it's damaging, but I love the look of ivy on rosy red brick. I'll bet that house was really pretty covered in leafy green, waving in a good breeze... I think that spot over the door was probably originally spilled paint and they ground the paint off of the bricks. It makes me wonder if he doesn't know that, perhaps because he's the one who spilled it and thought it was residual paint rather than just the gleam of a smooth surface and some color removal. This was a nice, no-drama job for you again! Steel yourself - just means there's another angry neighbor in your near future! 😂 Hope your week is a lovely one, Nick! 🩷

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Hey Lucinda. I'm the same as you, I love ivy, I have English ivy growing on one wall of my house, and Virginia Creeper on the other. They can easily grow out of control as i'm sure you know, so every 6 months I trim it back and shape it. People are always saying to me "you should rip that out before it takes over and damages you bricks" my response is always "nope, I like it there or I wouldn't have planted it " 😆. Have a great week too 🥰

[@Lucinda_Jackson]

@@PrestigeExternalCleaning I'm delighted to hear that you love the vining plants, too, and refuse to cave!

[@Ironbuket]

I had some of this on our house when we moved in. I got it off with a wire brush, didn’t even consider a pressure washer might be able to tackle it. Using water I would worry some of it would become invisible until it dried out again after - a lot easier though

[@jeremy1350]

Hello Sir Nick !! The house looks fine with the cleaning. Now they need the brick pavers pressure washed, yes? I guess that might be a later job. Sunday afternoon in Montreal.

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Hey Jeremy, I hope you're well. Thanks for the great feedback. My customer was planning on cleaning the pavers himself at some point, they could definitely do with a clean for sure 👍

[@ched999uk]

Great job as always. I like the outside tap on the garage roof - must be so useful 🙂

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

🤣🤣 Cheers Ched 👍

[@BoppaGram]

Looks nice and crispy clean!! Think they need you back to do the drive, yes?!

[@binflynn1]

Great job mate fantastic work and all went to plan love it

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Many thanks mate 🤜🤛

[@Rodfathers]

Loving these videos would actually love to do this as a job to be fair it looks so satisfying

[@luannvondracek439]

What a different kind of video Nick. You're jet washing but its purpose is so different. Was super impressed when you transported the tower up to the roof. Lickety split and it was done. The house puts the "G" back in gorgeous! Have a good week.

[@polgarauk5606]

Hi Nick hope you and your family are doing well and the kids are enjoying being back at school (no need to say Mum and Dad are enjoying it 🤣). I was actually child free for my birthday night this week (and partner free as he was on a late shift) so restful, all the 5's 55 getting old 😂 The brickwork looked lovely and was probably breathing a sigh of relief at finally being clean and rid of every scrap of ivy. (Looks like his driveway needs a clean tho 😂). Take care and hugs from oop North

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Hey Polgara, we're great, thanks for asking 🙂, I hope the same for you and yours too ❤️. Ooooh isn't it lovely 🤣. Oh and a massive happy birthday from me 🥳, I hope you had a lovely day. You're not old, life begins in your 50's didn't you know 😆. Thank you for your lovely kind words as ever, big hugs from down south 🤗❤️

[@jillberry2802]

Just a thought that maybe someone split paint on it and used a grinder to remove it. Nice job.Nick.

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Yes possibly, many thanks Jill ❤️

[@colingray7107]

Beautiful work Nick seemed you had a forgetful day first the water then the phone wire are you getting old like me😂

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

🤣 thanks mate. My memory is awful bud, God knows what i'll be like at retirement age 🤪

[@Pete.Ty1]

👍👍👍.Thanks

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Thank you too

[@bongopongo6206]

paint spilled / thrown below the window has been ground/ sanded off ?

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Possibly 👍

[@cleopatracatra2097]

Another great video Nick and once again I am in awe of that scaffold and how you manuver it. 🪜

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Awesome, thanks Cleopatra ☺️

[@tatjanadosch1583]

Nice work, Nick! Ivy tendrils can be so nasty... Is it very different to remove them from render than from bricks? We don't have much brickwork in my country, most tendrils are on render. Though it's getting rarer since people seem to not like Ivy anymore. The trend goes towards very colorful render instead, I recently saw an extreme case: Two apartment buildings with four colors at the front.

[@tsulkalu4589]

That one part looks like sanded with 80 grit sanding paper on orbital machine.

[@rodp2310]

Great job as always Nick. 👍 My guess would be a spill of paint or maybe the bitumen when the porch roof was done and wire wheeled off. Once it’s smooth it will always look different. Could maybe mix some brick dust with something sticky or brick dust in brick paint to rematch the finish but probably on a loser.

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Could be Rod 👍, thanks for the great comment as always 👍

[@adambradley8645]

Someone might have dropped a can of paint over it, then in desperation ground off the surface to try to clean it up, like a carberundem stone. That would explain the smoother surface. Great little film, atb to you 👍

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Could be 👍

[@datsunruss]

Looks like they have spilled something and maybe wire wheeled the brick to get it off. Great finished result though.

[@JJ-sx6di]

Tree limb rubbing against it loose vines rubbing?

[@aaronadams6774]

My dad has this all over the sode of his house, so i think I'm going to gove this a go for him. What bar preasure and heat were you using mate? Obviously if pointing of the brickwork was iffy you'd lower bar and turn up heat?

[@lynnew5619]

I wonder if they used an angle grinder on those bricks to try to remove the Ivy tendrils? Just a thought. Great job. 👍

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Could be

[@tidalwavecleaning]

Hi What temp u run hot box at for steam cleaning bricks looks effortless in video

[@sheilarowan8664]

Looks like they might have got tar on it and cleaned it with a wire brush. Great job

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Yeah maybe 👍, many thanks 🙂

[@user-cu6cv2lf6r]

Does the hot water not damage the o rings in your lance ,nozzle etc ?Is it a special hose for hot water ?

[@moose64]

Can you use the driveway sweeper to do this or is it too heavy/awkward? As for the light brick...it's been like it since at least 2009...according to Google Street View.

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Yeah to big and awkward 👍, i've got a 12" and 14" disc cleaner, but they don't take the tendrils off well enough, so really needs a fan nozzle of turbo for the best results

[@regfin6855]

Maybe when they repaired the small roof, they got some sticky tar on the bricks and rubbed it of with a orbital sander. (Had to look up that word. Doesn't really sound like what I mean. But I hope you'll understand anyway...)

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

I understand what you mean ☺️, yeah that's a possibility 👍

[@monkeyonthebranch]

How would you go about quoting for a job like this, Per Sqm?

[@GazChadwick1983]

Do you come up north to Preston? 😊

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Sorry, no 🙂

[@TheGramophoneGirl]

Had someone spilt paint on the bricks and then tried to remove it with paint stripper and then when that wasn't getting it all out of the tiny cracks they went at it with a grinder to rub the bricks down past where the paint had seeped?

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Yeah that could be what happened 👍

[@janebottomley6852]

Hi Nick, where are you situated in the country ?

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Hi Jane, i'm in Cambridge 👍

[@frankday1234]

Perhaps someone spilled some paint and ground it off?

[@CherylMcGregor]

Looks like some bad brick work in a couple of places. That closed in area doesn’t match on rows and the bricks don’t match in places.

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Yeah it's not the best is it 👍

[@Rapha2587]

Probably the person who did the job on this ledge, spill whatever product this is on the wall, and skinned the brick trying to clean it...

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Possibly 🙂 👍

[@remyferrari8501]

Maybe the patch is a poor attempt at removing graffiti…..

[@PrestigeExternalCleaning]

Possibly 👍