Cleaning Brickwork
 

Hi. I've recently bought a new house with red brick exterior.
However there is a lot of cement stuck to parts of the brickwork due
to an untidy bricklayer. Is there any way I can clean the cement off
the red brickwork using some sort of cleaner solution / wire brush
etc?

Thanks

Craig

CA wrote:

Hi. I've recently bought a new house with red brick exterior.
However there is a lot of cement stuck to parts of the brickwork due
to an untidy bricklayer. Is there any way I can clean the cement off
the red brickwork using some sort of cleaner solution / wire brush
etc?

Brick acid... designed for the job, from a builders merchant.

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"CA" wrote in message
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Hi. I've recently bought a new house with red brick exterior.
However there is a lot of cement stuck to parts of the brickwork due
to an untidy bricklayer. Is there any way I can clean the cement off
the red brickwork using some sort of cleaner solution / wire brush
etc?
Depends how soft they are. Here in SE London the reds are usually easy to
clean with just a 4" scraper. A wire brush would ruin the surface. They're
also very absorbent, and acid soaking into them wouldn't be a good idea.
Then again, some of the other colours are like granite.

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"CA" wrote in message
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Hi. I've recently bought a new house with red brick exterior.
However there is a lot of cement stuck to parts of the brickwork due
to an untidy bricklayer. Is there any way I can clean the cement off
the red brickwork using some sort of cleaner solution / wire brush
etc?
Depends how soft they are. Here in SE London the reds are usually easy to
clean with just a 4" scraper. A wire brush would ruin the surface. They're
also very absorbent, and acid soaking into them wouldn't be a good idea.

Those are common bricks. Finishing bricks should be harder and less
permeable. Having said that I think a lot of cheap houses were built
using common bricks where there should have been facing bricks.