These are pics of the front of my existing house (built 1902) Parts of the mortar are black and parts are orange (like the bricks).
This is only the case for the front elevation, on the side elevation (third pic) the mortar is the usual yellow/sandy colour.
Is this a coloured mortar or has the mortar been painted over? I ask the latter because the bricks on the front are also far more of a bright orange than the ones on the side. So could the bricks be painted over as well??Btw my attached neighbour (property is semi) has exactly the same.
This is only the case for the front elevation, on the side elevation (third pic) the mortar is the usual yellow/sandy colour.
Is this a coloured mortar or has the mortar been painted over? I ask the latter because the bricks on the front are also far more of a bright orange than the ones on the side. So could the bricks be painted over as well??Btw my attached neighbour (property is semi) has exactly the same.