painted house problem.

[stevie-b]

hello everyone,
I have a 1920's traditional three bed semi brick semi with a 6 m frontage.
the house has been badly painted in the past, with red paint peeling away in several areas around the front sides and back.

I would like to inprove the apearance of the house in the most cost efective way.

The brick work also needs repointing.

would it be more cost effective to render / pebledash or heve the paint removed?

 

[^woody^]

Repainting and repointing will be cheaper than rendering

Rendering will give a completely different appearance, and will still have ongoing maintenance costs - and you will invoke building regulations and a possibility of needing to insulate the walls

 

[stevie-b]

thanks for the reply woody.

is it possible to get the red house paint off?
i am in the northwest and the brickwork is great. with differing colours ,unfortunatly, that is on my neighbours house.

 

[^woody^]

Paint is generally difficult to remove, but sometimes if done poorly with the wrong paint, you can scrape it off with a scraper or maybe a jet wash - you need to give it a go.

Otherwise it is sand blasting or chemicals which can be expensive - but get some quotes