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Hi there! Just wanted to report back. We've taken off more of the cladding along with some more unavoidable damage to the brick (see attached). We had a brick restoration guy round today who says all the bricks are damaged as the faces have come off and the black stains are due to what's been...

Yes we are mid terrace. We'll continue taking down the cladding and see how if weathers for a while. Would it be a good solution to proceed with all but step 3 to get the best possible brick? I'm so annoyed to be taking off essentially what was essentially fashionable cladding and damaging the...

Thanks Tomfe! With the slight surface chips you see, with these types of brick can I expect the chipped areas to match the face of unchipped bricks with time? I.e. are the face of these bricks a different colour to the inside when made?

Ideally I want to keep the brick as this would be in keeping with the rest of the street.. in terms of it looking blotchy, is there no fix for this?

Hi! Reposting in the correct forum this time. We recently set about removing the stone cladding on our house and this has revealed textured brick which has now been chipped in a few places and generally looks cementy and too red. We were planning the below: 1. Remove the larger mortar patches...

I can't tell if you're joking or not...

Thanks Matty! Can you advise of any possible pitfalls?

Hi! We recently set about removing the stone cladding on our house and this has revealed textured brick which has now been chipped in a few places and generally looks cementy and too red. We were planning the below: 1. Remove the larger mortar patches with hammer and chisel 2. Use muriatic acid...

Should I worry about there being a lintel there to support the wall above or can I hope to find this further under the plaster?

Hi all, we have moved into a 1950s house and want to square off an archway. However I can't work out how it's constructed. Having exposed the plaster as best as I can I can see a rounded tile (?) structure that's then been shallowed out giving a smaller archway. The bit in between that and the...

Is there anyway to tell without stripping all the plaster? I have tried to lift the floorboards but can't quite manage it

I believe the upstairs is a brick wall. The depth of the beam is 110mm. I've just inspected further and can see that this isn't on top of the tiles

It's 320 long which corresponds with the 320 long wall on the first floor and then 16 cm wide

Seems to be solid wood, not hollow at all! Polystyrene tile removal in progress

Just to add to this, if you look at the picture of the beam you can see it's on top of the polystyrene tiles. Not sure what this means..

Thanks for the quick reply. On initial inspection we quite liked the chimney but have since dramatically changed our mind. We plan to take off the cladding ourselves hopefully If the beam does support a load bearing wall upstairs does that mean there was originally a wall downstairs too?

We've now moved in and have removed the fake ceiling in the front room to reveal what looks like a beam going through the chimney breast. I think this is directly below the wall separating the bedrooms upstairs. I attach a picture of the beam and the floor plan. Can we assume this is supporting...

That's correct yes- conveyancing solicitor

Would I still need to invite someone round to sign off that this has been checked? If not, will this affect us when we try to sell? The indemnity was suggested by my lawyer just in case

Hi all, We are currently in the process of buying a house that has an indemnity policy for planning permission and building regulations for the front porch and also the extension. However, we are now also considering internal walls that we want to knock down such as that containing the airing...