Dear Jennifer:
My office is in a building which was constructed of hand made brick in
1915, and the bricks are held together by a mixture of horse-hair, lime and
sand. These bricks are not fired like modern bricks and they are
deteriorating as a result. Before I bought my building in 1982, the previous
owners had painted the back wall, and covered the remaining exterior walls with
stucco, I assume to stop the deterioration and to make the wall look better.
Inside, I uncovered these brick, which were covered with plaster, and a lot
of folks think the walls in the office are beautiful, but I am still having to
deal with the deterioration, although at a slower rate.
If I owned a modern brick building, I would not let paint near the brick,
as that begins a recurrent battle to keep them looking good. Cleaning brick is
all that I would allow, unless some repointing became necessary.
My next home, if there is one, will be brick with vinyl trim and a metal
roof. The only maintenance will be with a pressure washer.
Yours Truly,
Clifford Wilson
----- Original Message -----
From: Jennifer Jackson
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 8:23 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] painting over brick
So, why do people paint over brick? Isn't one of the good things about brick
that you do not have to paint it? I don't mean inside like on fireplace bricks,
that I can understand for the purposes of decorating even if I would not do it
myself.
Has anyone here ever done this? Is there a reason besides color to do it?
Jennifer
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