Brickwork Cleaning & Masonry Paint Removal
Restore Original Beauty With Our Paint Removal Services
When it comes to exterior paint removal, particularly from delicate brickwork, there’s no room for error. Our brick paint removal service is spearheaded by a team of experts who are skilled at removing paint from brick while preserving the property’s original features. We offer you a seamless, effective way to strip away old paint and breathe new life into your building.
Our Brick Paint Removal Process
We don’t offer a one-size-fits-all solution. Each property is unique, and our service is customised accordingly. Our paint removal experts employ the Doff superheated steam cleaning system, a method that is non-abrasive and causes no damage to brickwork or adjacent pointing.
For every exterior paint removal job we take on our team will always carry out a small test patch in an area chosen by you this will let us know exactly what type of paint is on the bricks and what is the most effective and efficient way to remove it, this can be carried out on the day of the service or we can provide a test patch beforehand to demonstrate the results before providing our quotation.
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Masonry Paint Removal Benefits
- Allows brickwork to breathe again
- Minimises the risk of damp mould and structural damage
- Increases the property value
- Reduces long-term maintenance costs
- Can restore original brickwork appearance
There are many types of exterior paint, however the vast majority fall into 2 main categories. The 2 main categories of brick paint are brittle coatings and flexible coatings. Common problems to occur when painting exterior brickwork mainly arise from the use of flexible coatings, as flexible coatings trap moisture. Bricks and mortar need to breathe as moisture is constantly absorbed. When left over time moisture in bricks can cause considerable damage to your property both inside and out.
Water trapped behind paint on bricks will always find its way out through the weakest points. Usually, this will be on the inside of your property, commonly causing problems including penetrating damp which causes mould and the deterioration of interior surfaces.
Another common problem with moisture trapped in bricks is frost weathering, which also causes considerable amounts of damage. When water in bricks freezes there is around a 10% expansion in volume. Expansion in brickwork causes great stress often resulting in the face of the brick to crack or crumble. Damage to bricks that have been painted can easily go unnoticed until the paint is eventually removed as paint on the brick will help hold the brick together and disguise damages.