Extreme Makeover: Brick Bungalow Edition - Sandblasting Paint Removal! 

Painting brickwork is a fatal mistake. Once you do it, you are committed to redoing it every 5-10 years as it never lasts.

One word, WOW!! 👏 👏 👏 😁

Nice work, what ever possessed us to start painting brick work 😮

Moaners are always gonna moan anyway. You did a brilliant job. Dwelling is looking 100 times better already.

That machine is a beast. Gorgeous house after you removed all that paint.

A vanishingly rare example of somebody using their stepladder in the correct orientation. Well done. Nice work.

It is incredibly relaxing to watch the fine masonry being revived.

What a difference that makes ! Nice 1 again Mick.

Awesome job Mick very much appreciated 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇺🇲🇺🇲👍😎🤠

I always respect your work and your pride in the result. Always a thumbs up from here in Aus. Loved the intro driving down wet small English country roads. A real trip gown memory lane.

OMGosh! I am so excited to have just found your channel...am a new subscriber. This home turned out extraordinarily beautiful. I grew up in a red brick home that was never painted and loved it. Look forward to watching many of your old posts as well as all of your news one coming up! 👏👏👏💯💯👏👏👏

Fell asleep first time....very therapeutic

Bloody hell, amazing job and transformation. 👍

Another day another good job mate looks good!!

Looks a load better with the red brick! 👏

hello Mick & it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool & Thanks Mick & Friends Randy

Good job!!!

Great job Mick. Huge improvement.Note the correct colouring of mortar on the extension to match the brick which continued for the re-point should improve aesthetic further .

Nice job, well done

good see the PSI didn't know was so low. 😎 Place looks good and the clean up spotless

Cracking job that Mick , a dab hand with that blaster 👍

Looks so nice 🙂

Nicely done 🎉🎉😊

Nice satisfying time lapse

Nice job 👏 👍. Green country side 👌.

Woo Hoo!!! First comment LOL Looking forward to this transformation, but you messing with my OCD by leaving paint on that air-brick though Mick

Give it a Nice touch of Tuckpointing...and that house will look brand new !!!!

Thums upp !!! looks nice !!

Haha yeah you said at the end of the video. I had a feeling that was going to be the case, same with the joints when you leave the as they going to be repointed.

magnifique.

New sub here that's a big difference it looks so much better already when his hade it repointed and new grates it will look a million pounds

This is a very risky process. In the first instance I would strongly recommend that a full condition survey is carried out, including moisture readings to all the internal faces of the external walls and ceilings, which will be the basis of assessing any water penetration and damage. Traditional standard British construction has evolved to cope with rain falling out of the sky and not a pressure washing with c2000psi jets, whether on not sand is mixed in. I would be concerned that the brick facings have been eroded that will considerably shorten the life of the brickwork. As indicated, all the brickwork will require raking out and repointing, making the on-costs considerably more than the jet and water/sand blasting. I don't see any obvious signs that the cavity has been insulated, but if so the pressure washing will have soaked the insulation that will dry out to both the inside and outside over a protracted period. There was probably a reason for painting the walls in the first place and most of the time its in the vain attempt to cure a penetrating damp problem - that hasn't gone away but will be highlighted by pressure washing. If the intent was to improve the aesthetics then I would have considered overcladding with render or an actual,cladding system, which would have given the opportunity to add insulation.

That's a lot better than the ugly paint on the beautiful brick and stone work. Never understand why you would paint bricks and stones. You do amazing work.

Shoutout to the gutter man who put clips every 500mm 😂

Was the white paint checked for lead content prior to its dispersal about the property? Results looks great.

Ayup Mick good job. Is your compressor ok now.? Do charge by the hour or job or by the square mt.

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cracking house

WOW! What type/model of wet sandblaster do you use?

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Fired brick has a hard exterior face. It provides a waterproof surface. The interior material is softer. Sandblasting can remove that surface and expose the softer material to weathering. Sandblasting will remove the structural mortar. This then requires laborious hand repointing of all the joints. Sandblasting is a really bad idea. Chemical stripping is best but far more expensive.

Great to see stepladder being used correctly, not sid3 on.

People started to paint, or render, bungalows because they thought red or yellow brick looked old-fashioned. Rendered walls show any dirty stripe from the leaking guttering, just looking at my neighbour's bungalow now.

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Looks much better but still needs some character. Maybe some shutters and landscaping.

I suppose, now all bricks require a good protection since the blasting removes the slick surface and opens pores?

Just asking pressure wash on old brick wall to remove paint will not cause sepage issue?

house can breath now

Would it need re-pointing afterwards?

I wonder if removing the paint helps the house to breathe better? Moisture wise?

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Please tell us what abrasive and what grit size you used on this job.

What area do you cover?

What would be the average cost for this to be done on a bungalow?

It doesn't look like you are using any medium just very high pressure water OR am I missing something?

What’s all this driving to the job to do with sand blasting?

When you fill in the joints,which is the mortar between the bricks. Itis called, "Chinking them".

no masking of the door/windows?

Didn't realise that sandblasting could use water. Ive seen other RU-vid videos where it's dry

Cover glass?

🤩Lovely !🤩 This should have 10k likes already .. 😇❤

Здравствуйте. А кто подрезает кусты вдоль дороги вначале видео? Владелец земли или администрация города?

this only works on very hard bricks, believe me I've been in the industry for 40 years

Missed a lot of paint in the grout, wouldn’t have to grind if you got it all

One thing that never looks good ...is painted bricks Nice job

I personally don’t like the orange colour of bricks, so I let my house be painted. And I’m willing to let it repaint every 5-7 years with special paint for breathing purposes and pay for it. Personal choice and I like it. So no mistake, fault or fatal error here.

Soda blast instead

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Wasting a large amount of water

There should be jail time for anyone painting brick

Oh what a fudging mess

Считаю бессмысленным со строительной точки зрения

As that is in a rural location; that would be more likely referred to as a cottage and less a bungalow 🤨

Still does not look great. At least now they can render it.

Old brick comes out extremely pocked when you sandblast it, better to just repaint it.