Brick Cleaning Clapham
People may perceive brick cleaning to be a very easy task. However, we understand how difficult bricks are to handle. It is most crucial that one does not damage the brickwork or cause any sort of chipping. Not only this, if the necessary precautions are not taken, damping may be caused to the bricks as well as the brickwork while cleaning. This is most common in cases where people use their own hacks to clean the bricks. As easy as it may seem, we advise our customers to not try any hacks they see over the internet on their walls as it may cause further damage that may not be repairable.
Another major concern for the customers is the reason for the cleaning of the bricks. Contrary to popular belief, bricks need cleaning as soon as they are laid. This is important to remove any cement etc that has emerged from within the bricks. Furthermore, many types of biological organisms along with dirt can cause your brickwork to lose its beauty.
Another important need to acquire our services is the fact that we offer pointing and restoration of your brick walls. Pointing and restoration is required for the maintenance of the bricks. Whether the bricks need cleaning or changing, we at Brick Cleaning have all the solutions for you.
Pebble dash removal Clapham
Before getting into how to remove pebbledash, it is pertinent to understand what it actually is and how it can harm your structure. Pebbledash is a plaster surface used on walls made of lime, mixed with sand and gravel. The mixture also known as roughcast is mixed together in a slurry and thrown on the surface with a shovel.
It is clear from the description that pebbledash is a hardcore material and its removal may be a very bumpy ride. It is for this reason that removing pebbledash should be done with proper measures. Our employees use manual tools to remove any pebbledash that is visible to the naked eye. They remove the pebbledash with great care so as to not harm the brick underneath.
After removing the pebbledash, we may begin the pointing and restoration of the bricks if needed, that is to say, if the bricks have been chipped or if the customer wants us to. Furthermore, if consulted and if the condition of the wall allows, the brick wall can be repainted and changed into what the customer desires.
We have had the pleasure to deal with customers who believe in changing the looks of their homes after a while. Sometimes a customer who has had the pebbledash removed wants to leave it like that, giving an antique look. While many ask for painted brick walls. Likewise, there have been instances where we need to remove paint from bricks that have gone bad, eroded the brick or the customer does not like the colour.
In either of these circumstances, most often than not, the customers ask for the removal of the previous paint. We always advise our customers to not try to remove the paint themselves as that may ruin the brickwork. We dissolve the coatings or dirt by softening it and then washing it off. Regular water is perfectly good enough to remove dirt and other soft particles. However, we use harsh chemicals to remove stubborn sulphated dirt from the bricks if and needed.
If paint is tried to be removed by hacks, it will only cause the bricks to become eroded or chip away, which is why we offer our services so that our customers do not face complications during renovations.