Forum: Exterior
February 28, 2008
Stripping brick facade
The back of our house is brick that's been thorosealed. I've read all the comments saying thoroseal is awful,and brick needs to breathe, etc, but it seems mostly OK in our case, so far. However, when we moved in, we pulled down an extension/shack attached to the first floor. The portion of the brick facade inside that shack area was painted, many times. Definitely with lead paint at some point. When we exposed it, our workman thorosealed over the paint, and it's since been chipping off that area. We now have a baby, and want to make the back deck area safe for playing, so want to get that wall stripped, and not have all the paint run into the garden. Any recommendations for clean and tidy facade guys? I've seen several noted here--any experiences of this type with:
1. Malek
2. Metro
3. CBI Breeze
4. Roy D Construction
5. Saga
6. Aziz
7. Cecil King
--would be appreciated. As would other recommendations.
(all found in comments somewhere)
thanks!
Wooden trash bins?
Does anyone know where I can purchase a wooden bin for neatly storing garbage cans outside? I'd like something similar to the ones in this picture (although it does not need to be as fancy).