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…
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!
I’ve used Aziz several times. He is reasonable and his guys did a good job.
Let him be grumpy to his own family.
Roy D. Construction does impeccable work, but he’s a very, very grumpy old man. Buyer beware.
10:39
Obviously he is not interested on the project, move on.
I received a recommendation on Brownstoner for Metro construction. I called Hassan at Metro and asked for a quote for removing the paint and repointing the brick on the front of my 4 story building. Hassan came over on the weekend to review the building, discuss the project and provide a quote.
I never heard back from him. I called him multiple times in the next 2 months. I spoke to him one more time, he said he was out of town and would be back to me with a quote. He never returned any of my calls. The frustrating part is that I am willing to pay for the work and wanted someone to start the job. I have since postponed getting this done. Any recommendations appreciated.
PS – having my bathroom completely demo’d and renovated. I have a couple of excellent contractors who I will recommend when they finish. They’e done everything – electric, plumbing, etc. Good price, honest and hard working.
A few years back I had my exterior wall resurfaced. My building is longer than my neighbors and there is a fence between our yards so it’s very hard for me to see the exterior part of that wall without going into my neighbors house. I think the guy who did it sealed it somehow and now moisture is getting trapped in the brick. I don’t know if it was “thoroseal” but the interior brick in my basement is exposed and painted over in white paint. There is one area in which the paint constantly peals off because of the moisture I think getting trapped in the bricks. Anyone know if this could be a serious problem?
We used malek- his team was good and they did their work really well. He’s very busy- and he’s not the cheapest (but also not the most expensive.) We did stucco and thoroseal – so similar job.
You might be able to remove the paint, but never be able to remove the thoroseal without ruining the brick.