Can anyone help me?

I have recently purchased a property which is 18 months old in Perth, Scotland. The problem is that patches of whiote powder are appearing on the bottom few rows of bricks around the house! Any idea as to what can be causing this?

Thank You,

Les Johnson.

"lesjohnson" wrote in message
...

Can anyone help me?

I have recently purchased a property which is 18 months old in Perth,
Scotland. The problem is that patches of whiote powder are appearing on
the bottom few rows of bricks around the house! Any idea as to what can
be causing this?

Thank You,

Les Johnson.


--
lesjohnson

Efflorescence of salts from the bricks, due to water allowing the salts to
migrate.
I believe it will cure itself in a few years.

Andy.

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:11:07 +0100, "andrewpreece"
wrote:


"lesjohnson" wrote in message
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Can anyone help me?

I have recently purchased a property which is 18 months old in Perth,
Scotland. The problem is that patches of whiote powder are appearing on
the bottom few rows of bricks around the house! Any idea as to what can
be causing this?

Efflorescence of salts from the bricks, due to water allowing the salts to
migrate.
I believe it will cure itself in a few years.

You can encourage it away by waiting until the bricks are bone dry
this summer then brush off the salts

Anna

~~ Anna Kettle, Suffolk, England
|""""| ~ Lime plaster repairs
/ ^^ \ // Freehand modelling in lime: overmantels, pargeting etc
|____| www.kettlenet.co.uk 01359 230642

Anna Kettle wrote:
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:11:07 +0100, "andrewpreece"
wrote:


"lesjohnson" wrote in message
...

Can anyone help me?

I have recently purchased a property which is 18 months old in Perth,
Scotland. The problem is that patches of whiote powder are appearing on
the bottom few rows of bricks around the house! Any idea as to what can
be causing this?

Efflorescence of salts from the bricks, due to water allowing the salts to
migrate.
I believe it will cure itself in a few years.


You can encourage it away by waiting until the bricks are bone dry
this summer then brush off the salts


Or you can slosh brick acid over it, but it will return until the stuff
has all gone.

Anna

~~ Anna Kettle, Suffolk, England
|""""| ~ Lime plaster repairs
/ ^^ \ // Freehand modelling in lime: overmantels, pargeting etc
|____| www.kettlenet.co.uk 01359 230642

"andrewpreece" wrote in message
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Can anyone help me?

I have recently purchased a property which is 18 months old in Perth,
Scotland. The problem is that patches of whiote powder are appearing on
the bottom few rows of bricks around the house! Any idea as to what can
be causing this?

Efflorescence of salts from the bricks, due to water allowing the salts to
migrate.
I believe it will cure itself in a few years.

Possibly not. There's often an almost infinite supply of the mineral in the
ground.

Mike wrote:


Possibly not. There's often an almost infinite supply of the mineral
in the
ground.

Yeah but as long as the DPC is intact it's going to find it difficult
to get up to the bricks.