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The previous owners seem to have liked ivy covered walls. I don't, so what is the best way to remove the mess left behind: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B08...ew?usp=sharing Picking it off strand by strand will be a lot of work, a scraper will probably do on the brickwork but the render looks more challenging. -- djc (–€Ì¿Ä¹Ì¯–€Ì¿ Ì¿) No low-hanging fruit, just a lot of small berries up a tall tree. |
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DJC wrote:
The previous owners seem to have liked ivy covered walls. I don't, so what is the best way to remove the mess left behind: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B08...ew?usp=sharing Picking it off strand by strand will be a lot of work, a scraper will probably do on the brickwork but the render looks more challenging. Blast it off with a pressure washer |
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On Monday, 5 September 2016 21:40:30 UTC+1, DJC wrote:
The previous owners seem to have liked ivy covered walls. I don't, so what is the best way to remove the mess left behind: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B08...ew?usp=sharing Picking it off strand by strand will be a lot of work, a scraper will probably do on the brickwork but the render looks more challenging. Dead ivy removes itself. It takes a couple of years. A scraper on brickwork is not a great idea. NT |
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On 05/09/2016 21:16, DJC wrote:
The previous owners seem to have liked ivy covered walls. I don't, so what is the best way to remove the mess left behind: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B08...ew?usp=sharing Picking it off strand by strand will be a lot of work, a scraper will probably do on the brickwork but the render looks more challenging. Paint it white. -- mailto: news {at} admac {dot] myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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On 05/09/16 21:44, Bob Minchin wrote:
DJC wrote: The previous owners seem to have liked ivy covered walls. I don't, so what is the best way to remove the mess left behind: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B08...ew?usp=sharing Picking it off strand by strand will be a lot of work, a scraper will probably do on the brickwork but the render looks more challenging. Blast it off with a pressure washer IME it will eventually dry and fall off. -- Future generations will wonder in bemused amazement that the early twenty-first centurys developed world went into hysterical panic over a globally average temperature increase of a few tenths of a degree, and, on the basis of gross exaggerations of highly uncertain computer projections combined into implausible chains of inference, proceeded to contemplate a rollback of the industrial age. Richard Lindzen |
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On 05/09/2016 21:44, Bob Minchin wrote:
DJC wrote: The previous owners seem to have liked ivy covered walls. I don't, so what is the best way to remove the mess left behind: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B08...ew?usp=sharing Picking it off strand by strand will be a lot of work, a scraper will probably do on the brickwork but the render looks more challenging. Blast it off with a pressure washer +1 I've done it, works a treat. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman |
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In message , alan_m
writes On 05/09/2016 21:16, DJC wrote: Picking it off strand by strand will be a lot of work, a scraper will probably do on the brickwork but the render looks more challenging. Paint it white. Paint it black, Shirley? :-) -- Graeme |
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On 05/09/2016 22:39, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
IME it will eventually dry and fall off. I've tried that. Two years later it's still there. How much longer should I wait before buying a pressure washer? |
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On 05/09/16 22:41, David Lang wrote:
On 05/09/2016 21:44, Bob Minchin wrote: DJC wrote: The previous owners seem to have liked ivy covered walls. I don't, so what is the best way to remove the mess left behind: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B08...ew?usp=sharing Picking it off strand by strand will be a lot of work, a scraper will probably do on the brickwork but the render looks more challenging. Blast it off with a pressure washer +1 I've done it, works a treat. Oh good, I was just waiting for the justification for one. Is this one good enough? Nilfisk E 140.3-9 -- djc (–€Ì¿Ä¹Ì¯–€Ì¿ Ì¿) No low-hanging fruit, just a lot of small berries up a tall tree. |
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