I WET BLAST 117 Year Old Bricks, Restoring Them To Their FORMER GLORY | STUNNING RESULTS. 

So I need to address something that keeps coming up, that in hindsight, I wish I had included and explained in the video. WHY did I start at the bottom and work my way up, instead of starting at the top?? So there's a couple of reasons that I choose to do it this way. 1. When you're working on a 2 storey building, if you start at the top when wet media blasting, by the time you get to the bottom there's a big pile of blast media to get through to get to the last few rows of bricks, fighting through that is time consuming and makes an even bigger, unnecessary mess, especially when it splashes back at you, all over your clothes, down your boots and covers your face mask - not nice. 2. Again when starting from the top, by the time you get 5-6 feet down the wall the blast media and grime you're removing from the wall starts to build up into a gloopy slop that sticks to the wall, getting in your way, and obstructing your view of the working area. Working from the bottom up, gives you a completely clear view of the next row above where you're working. There also seems to be a misconception that the bricks are clean once i've gone over them, they're not, yes the carbon staining has been removed, but there is loads of blast media all over the bricks that can't be removed by spraying/rinsing it with yet more water full of blast media from the nozzle i'm using, the nozzle i'm using is completely ineffective at rinsing down, so regardless of working up, down, left, right or vice versa, the bricks have to be gently pressure washed down at the end, or they will still look filthy. Sorry for the long explanation, but I felt I had to explain this in detail to clear this up. Cheers, Nick 🙂

I love the level of craftsmanship that went into the brickwork of the house - you won't find it in modern buildings. And the bow windows are wonderful. You did a brilliant, pain-staking job of cleaning all those beautiful bricks - somewhere the original builders are smiling at you.

Talk about STUNNING...! What a difference! The homeowners must have been thrilled when they saw the result!

Sir, I just know that the homeowner is so happy and proud to have chosen you as the professional who could bring back the beauty of that house!!! Bravo sir!!

This is so labour intensive work 1 brick at a time ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Nick, that looked like a LOT of work! Amazing result though, brilliant job. Thanks for the upload, have a great week :)

So nice to see a beautiful❤ old house get some love. It will be amazing when the restoration is complete

I love how they made older homes. Great job!

Would love to see this house when it's fully restored on the outside. Great job!

Such beautiful brickwork - does anyone still do this today?? And the effort that goes into cleaning it brick by brick ... I've been following your work for a bit now and you have my deepest respect for what you do. Kudos! ❤

That’s my dream house! Sigh A proper ‘Play School’ house ( the oldies amongst us will get this reference lol). I do hope they put the balcony back. It looked wonderful all cleaned up.

Nice brick transformation! You cleaned brick by brick, to remove the dirt and grime. That must have taken you a while. Funny place for a door on the second level. Someone might not pay attention, open it, step outside, and "Oops".

That looks amazing. You did a fabulous job - and left a nicer place for the stone restoration folks to work on later. Congratulations, sir.

Wow, looks great. You always do the most interesting cleans, just such a variety. I enjoy watching!

Beautiful house but such a big job for you! Amazing work again, Nick! It is also ok to have an "off" day sometimes!😊

Did you know "Knight House" is where Knight Rider used to live before moving to the US. The carbon on the house is from KITT. The top door of the property is where Micheal Knight used to jump down through the sunroof into KITT.

Gosh, what a result. A huge amount of work but the bricks look like new now! It’s amazing how much difference you can make just by blasting the years of grime away. Great job Nick!! Have a fab week x😊

Thank you for cleaning up this grand ole dame of a home! She is looking fine now that you took care of her!

You did a fantastic job. I love brick houses, and this one, with its two colors of brick is a beauty. You should be proud of your work!! I love watching your channel, and have recommended it to several people. Keep up the GREAT work. God bless and have a great week!

Ohh, I love this one ❤ Media blasting is one of my favorites anyway, but on such a pretty house it's even better!

Absolutely Beautiful!! I love the final rinse down!!

What a lovely guy , I wish he were closer as I would have him do works on my property. Excellent video and really interesting to learn about what happens in restoring those antique bricks. Much love and blessings to you ❤

Great work! Don't be so grumpy. Be happy. Great video!!

Love the contrast of that red and white brick after cleaned. Pre-treat with bleach? As you Brits say, brilliant !

There is something I love about pressure washing. So much so I got my own, I love how it transforms my little world every Spring do thanks and it looks great

It looks wonderful. In 1907 approx. my grandfather 27. Because he was the last child of 10 and my own father was born when his father was 49 we have such a close connection in 2 generations only rather than the usual 4 back to those days that I feel I know so much about that time in England. It is lovely that this house is still standing.

Thanks for restoring that house! Beautiful

that is one heck of a transformation! nice one Nick!

Great work Nick as always..

Looks fabulous!

Wow ! That's seriously labour intensive !! Great job ! It looks amazing !

Once a King always a King, Once a Knight’s enough! Great job Nick!

W🤩W!!! That looks amazing! ❤

Great job again mate!

You had an instant Grime Line at 2:57. What a remarkable change on the whole front at the end. Glad your long pole was great for rinsing a two story building. (Under "What were they thinking?", the front wall wasn't done (yet). That sets-up the the view of a home.) Nice you got to do an impressive restoration on the facing bricks.

Beautiful transformation 👍😊🌷

Fabulous job Nick. She’s a looker now. Greetings from Niagara Falls, Canada.

What a painstaking job! Kudos.

Awesome job. It looks amazing amazing. I just wish the wall had been done as well. There to finish it off to look really awesome

Well those bricks are as clean as the day they came out of the kiln. Lovely job mate!

Your diligence honors the craftsmanship!

Another brilliant transformation. Well done.

such tedious work but it paid off. looks so much more yellow. amazing what water blasting can do. good job.

Wow Nick what a good job you have done tedious i know doing it brick by brick but hey great job once again !

Thats a beautiful house. It looked great when you finished. The cream color looked new!

That looks amazing

Wonderful, well done!

Mega results Nick well done 👏👏👏

Lovely house flemish bond ,corbeling,dental course and a plinth some lovely features on older properties. You no your stuff Nick beautiful transformation mate 👏 👍

Wow! Looks really nice ❤

Fantastic job Nick, but so time intensive Greetings from an Autumny New Zealand.

Wow!

Guessing this will be a repeat booking so close to a busy main road. Great video as usual

That is beautiful - that’s one heck of a job to tackle 😊

Stunning Mate....now for the sides and back 🤣 Hope you're well Stu

Beautiful old house.

wow very nice job!!

Great work on the brickwork.Did you do the whole house or just the front?They should have them clean the front wall and the walkway to the front door also to complete the picture.

Good result, well done - second story door interesting, no handrail? maybe melted down for the war effort many years ago???

Hard job great work looks absolutely amazing 👏 👌 👍

What a great job so satisfying, may i ask why the door on 1st level?

Awesome job...what a difference

Nice work... glad the owners did not just render or paint the building... years ago, when I visited the UK, and admired all the classic architecture in London, all the sandstone and marble places, the amount of staining and grime from the buses, taxis and atmosphere over the many decades was an eye opener for me... it adds character I suppose, but I wonder what they looked like in their prime... the churches, the government buildings, the terraces and houses in the posh areas... It took the stonemasons decades to build them, I wonder what it would take to clean them, even with a huge crew of experts...?

Damn that came out nice!

Hello Sir Nick. I'm sure a microbiologist would have a hey day, with samples of the grime coming off that little house, yes?? 117 years of grime and atmospheric dirt !! Well, horse carriages, soot from coal burning stoves, a growing population of vehicle types over 117 years, if that little house could talk !!! Oh Nick, that came out beautifully !!! It's amazing, really. She can breathe again !!!

Can't help but wonder if that balcony originally gave views over open countryside. Nice work 👍

Amazing ! I could watch you media blast all day! Fun!

Stunning work as usual. Beautiful result. Don’t worry you are still cute when you are grumpy 😘🤭😂

Looks good

I was curious about your machine so I went on line to learn about it and then ... I saw the price ! Holy cow it is no joke 😳

Very labor intensive but looked great after!

Good job , hard work though 👍

I know you have your own reason why did you not start at the top first .amazing transformation well done ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

You must have the patience of a saint ! That looks a very hard job and so slow to do . Fantastic job to watch but I would not like to be doing it. Good luck.👍🏻😎👍🏻

Damm that looks like new brinks nice one bud, id hate to see how long it would take to do the whole house.

Hello mate just a quickie what leaf blower do you use for after sanding ?

May I ask why you use that type of sprayer? I would think something like what's used for sidewalks and driveways would be faster, so I assume there must be a reason to use this one. I watch without sound so I apologize if you explained this already.

Enjoyed the video! Curious, did the red bricks not get the same treatment?

Random question- why aren’t you going “top down” - why do you clean from the bottom up?

The order of work needing to be done is intriguing to me. Garden first, window frames and sills, last is the brickwork. Yet the brickwork is first. Which is not shown in its true light because of the garden and window sills not being done.

wooooow

That must have taken ages mate. Great job

Hi Nick sorry I am a bit late you caught me watching Doctor Who related stuff 😂😂 Wow what a difference that made to the front of the house. I do have one question that I may have missed the answer too so sorry if I did but I noticed you only cleaned the white/yellow bricks and not the red just curious as to why? Hope you are all well and your day did improve that day 😂 Hugs to you all 🤗🤗 Sorry going back to Doctor Who now (only for you did I interrupt it 😂).

Night and day difference. Whats with the door upstairs? Was yhere a railing at one point onbthat open balcony ?

That one red brick put in the wrong place so destroying the effect of the pattern must have been an FU from the bricky back in the day 😂

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What make is that machine for blasting it’s amazing what a finish 👍👍

Awesome. Is there a specifc reason to go from bottom to top rather than top to bottom?

Damn Ely has gotten busy since I lived there 😬

nice

So you are running air driven wet sand blasting? I assume that the air and the media feed are inside the outer hose. This would be much gentler than high pressure water driven wet sand blasting. . i'm interested in what media you are using. . i do quite a bit of in cabinet dry blasting and use a variety of media ranging from gatnet to bicarb soda. . In my high pressure blaster i use ordinary dry sifted sand, because it is wet and single trip blasting. A lot of guys here use crushed glass for single trip blasting. It's cheap and comes in medium and fine grades. The fine grade is similar to glass bead, but cuts more agressivly. In a recurculating application glass breaks down pretty fast, but in single trip it does not matter.

I thought Cambridge was in Massachusetts.

Nice job, what equipment & media are you using?

Why does it have Knight House on it?

Is there a reason why you don’t begin at the top so when all the grime is dripping down as you go lower you rinse off the mess as you go? Curious Edit: Oops. Forgot to say WOW beautiful result

A question for you about media blasting, would CO2 blasting be more effective or is there mitigating circumstances that it would damage the bricks more? The reason I ask is I use it to clean the bottom of cars and there is a lot of tar and oil that just falls off with CO2 blasting.

If your ever down Hampshire way and need a hand let me know. Would love the opportunity to learn a few things from you to increase my knowledge in the industry

Why didn't you just you a standard Pressure Washing kit?

Great work as usual Nick, I want to do this to my house. Have you rented the blaster or u own if? If rented where do you go for such an item? I can’t see anywhere near me where I can rent one from.

I would share, but I don't have any friends! #Sigma