Painted external brick - options?

okedoke

Bought a house recently and the external finish is mostly render with the ground floor and corners in brick. The previous owners painted the brick and it looks terrible. I wondering what my options are to remedy this.

I presume the brick could be rendered/plastered? Is it feasible to get the paint off the bricks (could me multiple coats over years - i don't know)

Attached pic is not the house but similar type finish

antiskeptic

okedoke wrote: »

Bought a house recently and the external finish is mostly render with the ground floor and corners in brick. The previous owners painted the brick and it looks terrible. I wondering what my options are to remedy this.

I presume the brick could be rendered/plastered? Is it feasible to get the paint off the bricks (could me multiple coats over years - i don't know)

Attached pic is not the house but similar type finish

You could have it dry ice blasted to remove the paint. Got my own brick sandblasted but had to wash all the cars on the street afterwards. Dry ice would be cleaner.

Or it can be rendered. They hilti-nail expandable mesh sheeting to the wall first then render on top of that, rather than try remove the paint.

okedoke

Thanks - was it a plasterer did it?

wildlifeboy

some proper idiot painted our red bricks purple before we owned the house and i got it removed and if i remember it wasnt too bad. maybe around 400, think they used chemicals and sandblasted it. i wouldnt paint them, originality wins imo

okedoke

thanks - that's another option alright

antiskeptic

okedoke wrote: »

Thanks - was it a plasterer did it?

Yup