How to tackle this?

[Bewdy]

I’m looking at this property as a development opportunity. It looks like some time ago someone has painted all the Accrington brick, with textured masonry paint and it is starting to come off.

The property is by the sea, so presumably it was painted to rectify spalled bricks, I’m thinking it will need rendering, but I’m concerned about the surface adhesion with all the loose paint. Additionally the front of the property has a lot of decorative moulded brickwork which has also been painted, so I’m not sure how best to rectify that. I’m not sure that could be rendered over.

So I’m looking for opinions how best to approach this?

 

[KenGMac]

Can I suggest "Soda Blasting" will remove paint, but nowhere as damaging as Sand Blasting.

Drawback it is messy, suggest you look at a closed cycle system ?

 

[Bewdy]

Soda Blasting? That's' a new one for me, I'll check it out thanks.

Is the Soda typically carried out by a water solution or is it a powdered pellet?

 

[KenGMac]

Both "carrying" mediums are used

Ken