Removing render

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I have just finished repainting the windows and window sills on a job that had previously been rendered, it had the same render as the property to the left).

My friend, Colin (Aspen Pointing, NW10) got me in to angle grind a straight line between the semi-detached properties. I screwed my festool guide rails to the wall and ran my depth set Festool angle grinder down the party line (connected to a dust extractor).


He, Wayne and Nathan spent weeks slowly hacking off the render.

colin-render.jpg

Most of the red rubber bricks had to be replaced because the faces ripped off. The yellow stock bricks had to be ground back to make them flat.

I finished painting today. Now it looks like this.

colin render 2.jpg

I can walk around Ealing (West London) and with a 90-95% certainty, recognise his work. Before meeting him, about 7? years ago, I had not understood how impactful decent pointing is.

If anyone in west London is looking for a really good brick pointer, specialising in weather struck pointing, PM me for Colin's details. As a decorator, his work enables me to generate straighter lines when painting cills and sash boxes/windows.
 
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