Removing Textured Paint Because of damp issues | Dustless Blasting Doncaster sandblasting wet water

[@joginns778]

I can never understand why people destroy these wonderful old Victorian houses with paint, brilliant work and video,

[@Mobileblaster]

@@joginns778 😊👌👍

[@dwnxdw]

I agree, the reckless and inappropriate use of paint has ruined the aesthetics of thousands of houses and retail properties all over the country. Masonry and brickwork provide their own individual architectural beauty and are not meant to be painted. I sincerely appreciate the splendour of unvandalised Victorian and Edwardian architecture. Great video showing the tranformation of the property to its former glory.

[@shiralleehaggart72]

Judging by the colour of the paint unfortunately the 'follow the herd' brigade have to copy everyone else more so with this trend with this awful colour. Glad they got the house looking like it originally did. Well done to these men for making this house look nice again.

[@Mus-Doc]

It's the same reason why people wear makeup 💄

[@glasir555]

​@@dwnxdwyeah god forbid ppl do something to the property they own and you dont. Morons.😂

[@jimgeelan5949]

It’s nice to see owners that want to get the building back to as it should be 😊

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@John-c4r1o]

Added value back to it.

[@friesm2000]

I will never understand why people paint beautiful brick.... Let alone the headache of maintaining said brick.

[@Mobileblaster]

Keeps me in work 😂

[@friesm2000]

@@Mobileblaster indeed, can't complain about that. It's the same thing here when people hit curbs and bend their suspension.

[@Mobileblaster]

@@friesm2000 😂

[@BeasleyStreet]

And to top it, those who paint them brick colour...😵‍💫

[@DaddyBear3000]

Saved me writing it!

[@wcsd9577]

Fantastic work, you're preserving history. Also nice to see the end result after the repointing.

[@Mobileblaster]

@wcsd9577 😊 I don't normally get chance to go back to jobs but I held off with this as I knew I was back in this area weeks later I'm glad I did as it adds so much value to the video 😊👌👍

[@tomphillips1746]

Not aware of damp being like that in NZ but the job you did absolutely transformed the building. Wonderful work!👍👍

[@Mobileblaster]

The damp is coursed because most of these type of houses was build over 100 years ago. Over the years things change window doors get better they get fitted with showers gas heating and cooking better insulation doing away with coal fires all of these contributing to more condensation on the inside. So instead of keeping the original air flow of the house wich a coal fire would do naturally people have bad information thinking the water/damp is coming from the outside try to seal this(with none breathable paints) and inturn make the problem alot worse when infact its lack of knowledge on how to use venting systems on new upvc windows (in most cases) not all because alot of different factors cand course damp ie bad roof/gutters/cement/etc

[@craiggillett5985]

I’m in Auckland New Zealand- I’ve seen a brick and tile 60’s era home painted and sealed with rubber texturised paint and within 24 months there was an explosion of mould, dampness etc. all caused because some home flipper thought they would modernise the exterior. The new owners had to do exactly what this video shows, the whole thing had to come off and what’s really amazing is that when the original surface was exposed and clean the house looked beautiful

[@schlookie]

​@craiggillett5985 yup, I'm in NZ too, lower North Island. Witnessed the same thing in my neighborhood, a 60s red-brick and tile house fully painted in the same grey, as the British house in this video. I thought that the grey doesn't suit that house. Had no idea painting brick houses could lead to other problems though.

[@john_smith1471]

When you travel around Britain it’s amazing how local architecture & colour of Victorian and Edwardian brickwork changes, from at the time local brickworks, clay and variations in materials.

[@Mobileblaster]

@@john_smith1471 😊👌👍

[@woody9052]

Nice to see the old girl with her new dress 😊

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@markbrooke4100]

She has the nicest house on the row , good job 😊

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@PuraVetus]

Why do so many people feel the need to slap paint on everything? Furniture also, you have a perfectly nice (antique) piece of furniture and here they come with the chalk paint...to make it "shabby-chic"...

[@shiralleehaggart72]

Wish I could upvote your comment 100 times. I totally agree with you I have seen many youtube videos where perfectly good wooden cupboards and any type of furniture are painted grey or white because of this ridiculous trend and it completely spoils the cupboards, furniture etc.

[@Mobileblaster]

😬 I will be honest I'm glad folk get board and get the paint brush out keeps me in work 😂

[@Mus-Doc]

It's the same reason why people wear makeup 💄? ???

[@le7456]

I recommended wearing earmuffs even for waterblasting. You'd be surprised how much less stressful it is without so much noise.

[@neilmurphy3239]

I’ve just found this out I’ve just lost hearing in one ear and other only quarter legt only 51 and it’s come as a shock past few weeks this news this noise catches up with you this certainly merits ear muffs on plus keep the dirt out off ears too and I was only a commercial floor layer thow using sanders grinders drills other tools most days plus other trades noises on job 30 plus years yep it’s came back too haunt me straight out off the blue it’s worth putting them on 👍

[@Mobileblaster]

I have earplugs in and a full air fed blasting helmet on (nova 3) 😊👌👍

[@stevekirk6399]

@@Mobileblaster as i've lost 50% hearing in one ear when I only did blasting for a year. 30 years ago. I would wear plugs and balaclava even tape up my ears. as the ringing never stops once you get it.

[@Niels88]

Faboulus Job i would say Mate. definitly deserves a comment also :D can't wait for the next one..😍😀❤

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@davidclarke3643]

blasted a load of value into that property Mick, looks brand new. awsome work👍

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@carolinecollett4349]

What a satisfying job you have Mick.

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@ringstinga]

Good work out on this one Mick !!! What a difference with all that paint gone !

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@john_smith1471]

A fine result, back to its original Victorian splendour, I’m pleased the splendid tiles in the porch weren’t painted.

[@Mobileblaster]

@@john_smith1471 😊👌👍

[@SonofChurchill]

Big job looks great.

[@Mobileblaster]

@@SonofChurchill 😊👌👍

[@janetbuckley9993]

Its very therapeutic watching you do what you do.

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@nickjanssens]

I was born in a West Yorkshire mill town every other house and mill was red brick, great watch.

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@karenheartoriginal3783]

OMGosh! What a beautiful difference you made. I absolutely love watching you work…really relaxing! Probably a bit less so for you though. Really appreciate your channel. 👏👏👏👍👍👏👏👏

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@ThePeterfrancon]

You've restored the house to new! Beautiful job!

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@kape9004]

You've done a great job. Loved it. And it sets the pointing off as well. 👍

[@Mobileblaster]

Yeah definitely goes hand in hand with jointing but dont take that the wrong way blasting will not remove good cement joints only loose and soft joints just that once a job has been blasted and jointed it will look as fresh as a new build 😊👌👍

[@lazylad8544]

Looks a million times better at the end.👍👍

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@QPRTokyo]

👍🏼 Great work.

[@Mobileblaster]

@@QPRTokyo 😊👌👍

[@snolds]

Really appreciate the follow up look after the repointing!

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@Falstaff1893]

Old houses never die they just get some TLC 👌👌👍👍👏👏

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@peterantonic5216]

Hey Mick you did an amazing job cleaning up all that paint. It looked great with the sun shining on it at the end. Well done mate.👍😁🇦🇺

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍 was lucky to see the sun haha

[@christopherwelford8401]

Chuffin brilliant hearing a proper Yorkshire accent.

[@Mobileblaster]

😏👌👍

[@shenolrdezhebov528]

thank you for sharing this with us beautiful video 👍

[@Mobileblaster]

@@shenolrdezhebov528 😊👌👍

[@aye3678]

Looks a million times better. Nice job lads

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@alexeome]

you just raised the price of this house and next door 😍 gorgeous brick

[@Mobileblaster]

@@alexeome 😊👌👍

[@cindzz47]

😳 what a mess to clean up…but so much better looking 👏👏👏❤️

[@Mobileblaster]

Yeah its the worst bit of the job 😬👌👍

[@hydorah]

What a transformation! Went from cheesy grey rubbish to beautiful! And more importantly the walls can breathe

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@trucker5722]

Great result. Why would anyone even think about painting a lovely house like that.

[@Mobileblaster]

I'm glad they do keeps me in work haha

[@hughmarcus1]

At a time in the past, some smart salesmen convinced the owner that painting the house would protect the brickwork

[@PaulRansonArt]

Wow what a difference. This is how it should have always looked. Those terrible textured paints are the cause of so many damp problems. Same with some of those clear brick sealants. Folk don't know that buildings need to breath.

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@xRepoUKx]

Nice to see you turning up on my feed again Mick🤟 YT one day decided to change absolutely everything 🤬

[@Mobileblaster]

@xRepoUKx 😂👌👍 ding the bell and you will get notifications when I upload 😊👌👍

[@pw601]

I can't understand the appeal of painting bricks, let alone in the ubiquitous "on trend" battleship grey. Nice job cleaning the building.

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@Wriggs74]

Thanks for the video. This has just probably saved me a couple of grand. I thought painted brick looked nice but how wrong am I, hahahaha. Great video and very therapeutic. 👍

[@Mobileblaster]

😊 definitely do it if you like painted bricks just make sure it's for masonry 😊👌👍

[@mhhigher]

@@Mobileblaster Skip the paint just get your good self back to refresh

[@YenniBunny]

Great job mate!

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@richardmorgan8840]

Good job, well done😀

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@solskengroupllp2758]

Mick, can you use paint shields around the windows to protect the glass? That's what painters use when they spray. It has a handle and they hold it in their other hand as they spray. I'm sure you know what I mean. Oh dear, grinding is a lot of extra work. Another great episode as usual.

[@Mobileblaster]

It's the angels required that even by putting something along the edge would be very hard to hold although it's low pressure it's very high volume I've tried alot of different methods even fully masking off windows but this can be worse as if 1 peace of grit gets behind it will vibrate behind the board hitting the window. What works for me may not work for others I have a very good understanding of what's happening same with truck pipes etc its all todo with hours under the hood

[@jeffl3205]

Brilliant!

[@Mobileblaster]

@@jeffl3205 😊👌👍

[@Shinken69]

What a satisfying job!

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@johnrimmer5955]

Another good job done Mick 👏👏👏👍

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@richarddavies4322]

It looks fantastic.....I've painted many a house with similar gunk but I've certainly never painted over old red bricks.... get them re pointed and damp proofed

[@Mobileblaster]

@richarddavies4322 did you watch the video to the end? It was jointed up 😊👌👍

[@TheNorthernmunky]

Really satisfying to watch 👍🏼👌🏼

[@Mobileblaster]

@@TheNorthernmunky 😊👌👍

[@Barnsley_brev]

Woz in wow mode mate dint know wot to say couldn't belive it. You make good content and do good work koker WOW made my day

[@Mobileblaster]

@@Barnsley_brev 😂 will have a pint 1 day 🍺

[@johnvaluk1401]

Doesn’t the blasting remove the outer hard layer of the brick exposing the softer under layer? There seems to be a lot of red in the run off from the blasting. I don’t do this for a living but have always heard this about blasting brick?

[@Mobileblaster]

In this instance, I have to hit it harder than I would like saying that I had to so I could break through the textured paint if I did turn it down the extra time needed would be around the same finish. Yeah, it's abrasive and it will remove a microscopic layer off the face of the brick but it is still a 4" clay brick it won't affect the performance of the brick. If correct paint was used it's not only designed to let the brick breathe it is also designed to be removed easier so in practice I could have made this microscopic layer even more unnoticeable.

[@Mobileblaster]

4" clay brick is as hard on the inside as the outer layer the face is for decoration not to protect against weather it will still repel water the same as a brick that's not been blasted as mentioned in the video bricks also weep damp out 👍

[@lesleydickson7746]

I love that that hideous, boring paint can be removed. I thought it would be impossible. ❤

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@michaelwest6238]

Amazing work

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@catabaticanabatic3800]

Like night and day. Fantastic work.

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@TheMdog8]

Your job satisfaction must be off the scale

[@Mobileblaster]

@TheMdog8 it was when I first started now I look at jobs a know how it's going to look especially when they mention having it repointed after 😊👌👍

[@ginak921]

That house looks so much nicer now without the paint work on it and its probably going to be easier to maintain too.

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@deltajohnny]

Great work! 👏👏👏😍😍😍

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@keithrimmer3]

That's better now Mick great job mate

[@Mobileblaster]

@@keithrimmer3 😊👌👍

[@dav1dsm1th]

Looks great after repointing. Thanks for the videos.

[@Mobileblaster]

@@dav1dsm1th 😊👌👍

[@carlj3515]

Great job done,Sir.❤❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@juliemcleod1119]

Sadly, lots of landlord's, think more paint means no Damp. But when they paint in the winter, it trapped the damp in the wall, with only one way out, inside to the rooms.

[@Mobileblaster]

@juliemcleod1119 also condensation from cooking showering etc all play a massive part 👌👍

[@elizabethmcpherson-lt9vh]

Fantastic job. Looks so much better. Im not a fan of Victorian properties but this one looks good.

[@Mobileblaster]

@@elizabethmcpherson-lt9vh 😊👌👍

[@jamesgreen3417]

Why a fantastic job mate. Where I live so many people have put a thick texture like pasture on some beautiful Victorian houses. Heartbreaking to see

[@Mobileblaster]

Sounds like a job for a blaster 😂👌👍

[@CharlesStevenage]

Nice one ! Well done ❤

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@JakezUK]

looks mint that 👍👍

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@queenlip6152]

Woa! They covered up the brilliant red brick with 'damp' grey? Someone must've been feeling really down!

[@Mobileblaster]

@@queenlip6152 😊👌👍

[@alibali193]

What's the chain on your wrist for?

[@Mobileblaster]

@alibali193 deadmans ball that holds the trigger on if I drop the pipe it shuts it down 👍

[@joeroad6618]

Do you have a water tank or do you hook into the customers water supply? Shame they didn't have you dust the garden walls to even it all out.

[@Mobileblaster]

Yeah I would be over my classification if I bring the water needed. The garden wall isn't a quick and simple job though admitted it would look loads better but it would be quite alot of work 👍

[@royshaft]

Nice !

[@Mobileblaster]

@@royshaft 😊👌👍

[@WilliamBurns-q8r]

Well that was a BLAST.

[@Mobileblaster]

@@WilliamBurns-q8r 😂👌👍

[@lpsowns]

Looks like an entirely different house! I'm sure it cost a pretty packet, but damn if it wasn't worth it!

[@Mobileblaster]

I can almost guarantee its nothing near the cost people think I would say the scaffolding or repointing is the most expensive part and I didn't do that haha 😅

[@thomasschafer7268]

Tolles Ergebnis. Schöne Steinfarbe. Gibtcdem Haus seinen Charakter zurück!!👍👍🇩🇪

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@scottkenzig5144]

Had your work cut out for you there mate with people traffic 😆. Great job mate 👍 definitely needed it 👌😉👍

[@Mobileblaster]

Was a busy little area with the school just at the end of the road. The owners are really grateful 😊👌👍

[@scottkenzig5144]

@Mobileblaster beautiful work mate 👌 👏. Lucky your still a young fella mate 👍. I'm stuffed if I could go up them scaffolding like you legend. Especially holding on to a blast hose 🫡

[@Mobileblaster]

@scottkenzig5144 the last little square at the top really pissed me off I had to go all the way down just to put 5 minutes worth of media into the pot to climb all the way back up do 5 minutes and climb back down to set the power washer up and get back up haha

[@scottkenzig5144]

@Mobileblaster bloody hell mate 😳. Stuff that. I must say but the brick building's are so different to hear in Australia. They just seem to be everywhere 😕 😆🤙👍

[@Mobileblaster]

@scottkenzig5144 most to all building in the UK are built with brick block or stone definitely built to last as this would have been built pre 1900s after 1900s they decided to that a 100mm air cavity was they way forward to insulat so 100mm of brick or block then 100mm air cavity then 100mm of face brick or stone really old built building have 450+ stone. That's mainly why the UK comes to a stand still when temps get over 25° as our buildings are built to keep heat in and aircon isn't really worth the investment as it basically only gets over 25° probably 3x a year haha

[@vac91]

nice job

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@marcushull12]

Looks great now and the stone window sills look so much better bare . I hate to see brick painted and nothing worse than brick painted brick colour !!

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@indiosveritas]

It looks as though the beautiful brick was painted in contempt .

[@Mobileblaster]

@indiosveritas it had a light red paint coat then a cream santex texture paint and then gray but the gray was the main reason for damp in my opinion 👍

[@steadfastandyx4947]

I have a feeling the builder has re pointed with sand and cement. I hope not. Excellent blasting/removal job.

[@Mobileblaster]

@steadfastandyx4947 sand and cement is totally fine with this type of brick so long as it was mixed 4 to 1 or 5 to 1 any stronger may course issues but I've refilled this type of brick lots of times for the council and they had silo ready mix powder 4x1 with plastersizer a tub would stay workable for approximately 5 hour before setting 👍

[@FulhamsEvo10]

Cracking job 👏 Torbo?

[@Mobileblaster]

Thankyou 😊 no dry with win 👍

[@dh2032]

much better? but the look brick lost some semi gloss lustier, and just wondering how it will effect damp which reasing paint removal, ?

[@Mobileblaster]

Blasting is abrasive and it will remove a microscopic layer from the brick but a 4" clay brick is still a 4" clay brick after performing the same 👍

[@mattlevy9289]

Lovely job , I would think the house would have been built using lime originally but looks to me like it’s been repointed in cement? Hopefully this doesn’t cause damp issues or damage to the bricks 🤞🤞🤞

[@Mobileblaster]

Ex-coal villages tend to be built up on coal dust of some kind the joints were grey/black I've got a very similar built house and cement has been fine 👌👍

[@cree_VI]

looks much better

[@Mobileblaster]

@@cree_VI 😊👌👍

[@taras_dankov36]

Защитная плёнка на фасад McLaren это, конечно, круто🙂💪

[@Mobileblaster]

😏👌👍

[@cyberhornthedragon]

well didnt she polish up right nice great job gain Mick!

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@mogx2586]

Love brick.

[@Mobileblaster]

@@mogx2586 😊👌👍

[@mogx2586]

@@Mobileblaster 🧱🧱🧱

[@ColliWobblers-d1b]

Ello Mick just a quickie would you recommend using that Thompsons water proofing or does that case breathing issues aswell???? Thanks great job btw the house looks brand new😎😎😎

[@Mobileblaster]

@ColliWobblers-d1b if it says it's good for brick and stone on the tin then it will be fine 😊👌👍

[@chozar]

Does all the old paint go down the drain? Is that ever an issue?

[@Mobileblaster]

@chozar No it sits with the slurry at the bottom and then disposes of in the skip 👌👍

[@USIU-3USIU]

As the years press on, have you ever realized that you under bid a project after you got into it? What do you do different now that keeps you from doing it now compared to when you first started?

[@Mobileblaster]

I've been blasting for quite a long time and in the early days yeah I got caught out with jobs and quotes the more you do the less a job is a surprise. I've always stuck to the original quote never making the customer pay extra for my mistake in pricing 👍

[@andrewhead6267]

So, those Conisborough hard ted bricks survive the paint removal,process. But can this be used on softer bricks?

[@Mobileblaster]

Yeah depending on what needs removing 👌👍

[@dubsydubs5234]

I thought the paint looked okish until you'd finished (I know it had to come off because of damp) but it looks a million times better after and now I think the paint was horrible.

[@Mobileblaster]

@@dubsydubs5234 😂👌👍

[@neiltonks4627]

People painting brick are basically wrapping their house in a plastic bag. Then they wonder why the moisture can’t get out!

[@Mobileblaster]

@@neiltonks4627 exactly

[@iancooke0963]

Great job👍

[@Mobileblaster]

😊👌👍

[@WildBillFlysRC]

Efflorescence. even in dry Arizona we see it. Cheers Mick!

[@Mobileblaster]

Now the brick can breath this should eventually disappear 😊👌👍

[@kierenhudson6331]

Whoever painted that brick should be ashamed only houses to be painted are rendered ones. Not brick not stone ❤

[@christinekesler8964]

And it just looks so weird next to the other half left in the natural brick! I'm not saying a person doesn't have the right to do what they want to their own property but I do think you need to consider existing aesthetics so you don't have such a jarring facade. IMHO 😊

[@Mobileblaster]

@kierenhudson6331 Especially with none breathable paints because it causes so many problems that not many people understand it's due to the paints that are coursing the issue

[@Mobileblaster]

@christinekesler8964 😂 Its lack of knowledge because people try to solve damp thinking it's water getting in so they try to seal the bricks when originally it would have been a roof windows or pointing issue

[@redluck01]

I do not understand. I have seen many brick houses painted. Is it the wrong paint?

[@Mobileblaster]

In this case yes

[@Howt-ooo]

My red brick house was covered in krender. Looks amazing but I could feel the house could not breath. Sold the house.

[@Mobileblaster]

😬 new rendering systems work just as good as brick/stone it depends if the company that put it on did so over old paint systems 😬

[@trstquint7114]

Nice result. Where did all the gray paint go?

[@Mobileblaster]

@@trstquint7114 in the skip 😊👌👍

[@MuddyPigg]

I can imagine some poor folks driving round and round in circles looking for the grey house because their family lives across the road from it.

[@Mobileblaster]

@@MuddyPigg 😂

[@KarasCyborg]

Where was the moisture coming from inside? Is it some sort of Sauna Bath House?

[@Mobileblaster]

As old houses get better windows and doors insulation coal fires removed for more modern gas heating all this contributes to less air flow from what the house was designed to do. Showing and cooking create alot of condensation but it's also reported that a human crates 7L of condensation per person all this needs to escape if the paint skins the building like this was it's going to course damp bricks are designed to let damp out aswell as stop driving rain from entering

[@BigRed-dr6we]

Google maps June 2009. You can see the damp in the brick being the dark patches just above the damp course' already showing through the then very shabby off white paint. Something very therapeutic about about watching stuff get cleaned as well as doing it yourself.

[@Mobileblaster]

They bought the house just as a house flipper painted it gray 😬 I know it had many layers of paint I could see a minimum of 3 layers 😊👌👍

[@gissie391]

It would still get salts forming on brick with out paint woüd it not?have to neutralise acids cause acid plus base equalssalt plus water.?but im not sure its quite right.i do know as beick dries out from rain evaporation draws salts out .look at how clean brick comes even black silt is washed of.

[@Mobileblaster]

Yeah I think give it a few months to fully push the dampness out if the salts are still showing next summer I would advise a salts neutraliser but I would be fairly confident it will push out in a few months depending on the cement etc 👍

[@chris1.2]

is it the actual brick that breathes or the mortar?

[@Mobileblaster]

@@chris1.2 both 👍

[@ep91monster]

Everyone slating painted masonry. There's a difference between your plastic film Sandtex and your fully breathable coatings which cost 4 times the amount, for half the litres! The problem is, people go and buy cheap masonry paints which bubble, peel, flake and trap moisture. Not all coatings do that. And a few of them actually protect the masonry as well as make it look nicer. Because alot of your viewers are seeing something totally different to me.. Even after pointing up, them walls look well rough. Look at the salt staining! So many people are slating the coating, yet i can tell straight away that them solid walls have been pointed up with cement 😂🤦🏻‍♂️ So, You've removed the masonry coating stopping the walls breathing, to only have the walls pointed with a non breathable cement, that'll cause So spalling very soon and damp issues

[@Mobileblaster]

@ep91monster I'm not saying all paints course damp 90% of the time I get a call to remove coatings because rendering companies will not render over the plastic-type coating or they have damp issues and chemical cleaning companies (doff specialist) cannot remove this type of paint well if they can it's not cost-effective as it's a very timely process. The other 10% is for cosmetic reasons. Cement works well with this type of brick. I know very well as my house is fine 5 years on also my dad's house 19 years ago this type of brick. Also, I worked for the council grinding and repointing 20 years back and they said we had to use 4 to 1 ratio Cement on this type of brick. Yes Cement on softer bricks isn't a good idea mainly grade 2 listed buildings and limestone buildings. Ask yourself this if Cement joints was so bad why do new builds use it and they have all sorts of regulations to follow The salts will eventually go as mentioned in the video the paint has held back that much dampness over the years it will weep out eventually

[@ep91monster]

@@Mobileblaster new builds are cavity construction. Not solid walls. Hence the brick bond on this house. Also the obvious damp rod injection holes. Cement shouldn't ever be used on solid walls. Some builders use it because its cheaper than lime, and because they can't use lime. Doesn't mean it should be used.

[@Mobileblaster]

@ep91monster 🤔 I believe you're very wrong mine is sold walled and it's the second time it's been joined with cement so possibly in the 60s then again by me in 2019. My dad's is solid-walled that's been fine My grandad did his in the 70s solid walled and his is still standing and fine. It's the type of brick that determines if lime should be used not under-educated wanna be builders. Normally soft bricks or lime stone prim example some sand stone but some can use cement depending on the stone

[@TheTlangdon]

With the amount of pressure coming out of the hose, how do you do hours of cleaning without fatigue? You must have amazing upper body strength.

[@Mobileblaster]

@TheTlangdon it's not for everyone but you do get used to it 👍

[@paulbarrett7109]

Mick do you cover the West Midlands ? If not can you recommend a decent sand blaster such as yourself ? My house is painted white and I’d like to get it back to brick and repoint it

[@Mobileblaster]

I don't cover your area but I do have a good mate of mine that has worked with me on some projects in the past and I was happy with his work ethic and quality if you could email me your enquiry to [e-mail] I can pass your details onto him 😊👌👍