Removing Render from brickwork

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Thankyou for your responses.

I think the best thing to do is to speak to whoever regulates building control. Does anyone have idea who that is? (is it my local council?)

Also, if I get the go ahead to remove it, would I need to do anything to the brickwork afterwards (for waterproofing or alike?)

Thanks again

No real need to get anyone in to be honest.

You should have info about damp proof and cavity wall insulation since you have just purchased the house. All you need to do is find out for sure if you have cavity insulation, The removal of external plaster and it's u value is nominal and if the wall has cavity insulation this will far exceed what you are removing.

Equally if you know the u value of the house and it exceeds the recomended minimum you wll win again because the u value you are removing is not worth bothering about..

Save you time and money and let's face it, the odds that you will get a visit is very very low indeed but if you have done your home work and they do you are on the right side.

You have another way also, just remove 23% have a rest then remove another 23% give it another week or so, the remove another. This way you are in the guid lines, Each removal is another job

Do it from top to bottom keeping an even line around the top of the house to make it look good. Just keep dropping the line of render every couple of weeks. Longer way around it but it's a tryed and tested method of getting around it

 

[Richard C]

Beware a simplistic approach to regulation Lewjt, just make the phone call. It won't cost/commit you to anything; you know it makes sense