Brick Facade Cleaning

Jabara Fractus's picture

I'm doing some work on the front facade of my house and need to get the brick cleaned. Any contractor recommendations?

__________________________
“Architecture is a social act and the material theater of human activity.”
Spiro Kostof

www.thelawrencegroup.com/ny

Comments

Check your inbox. I sent

Jabara Fractus's picture

Check your inbox. I sent you an email.

Thanks to everyone for the recommendations.

__________________________

“Architecture is a social act and the material theater of human activity.”
Spiro Kostof

www.thelawrencegroup.com/ny

I LOVE the job my brickman

MK's picture

I LOVE the job my brickman did on my house. He also did the yellow house that neilpuck mentions if it's the one on Oxford st. I am on the corner of Thompson & Oxford if you want to check out his work. My house used to be covered in the silicone based red paint that the city gave out years ago. He removed it and power washed the bricks. He also pointed and faux painted new bricks to match existing bricks. If that weren't enough he replaced damaged footers and headers, faux painting them to match the remaining marble headers and footers. I can't sing his praises enough. If I am not mistaken, Stock uses him as well. Shoot me an email to mkmpk [at] aol [dot] com and I will give you his info.

Bill Dolan has done most of

kwhln512's picture

Bill Dolan has done most of the house in Fishtown most likely .

You can rent a pressure

netable's picture

You can rent a pressure washer and do it yourself cheaper, not that difficult =)

__________________________

"I am NOT Genuinely a Nice Person, However I Genuinely try every day to be Nice" (and I definitely struggle)

I called Bill Dolan in the

Pure_Fishtown's picture

I called Bill Dolan in the spring and I'm still waiting for a return call.

__________________________

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

"Let Jesus be the salami sandwich in your life." Dan Roth

Bill Dolan did ours back in

Larry99's picture

Bill Dolan did ours back in the late 90s (cleaned and repointed). I thought he did a nice job and it still looks pretty good, i think. pretty sure the neighbors on my entire block used him over the last 10-15 years. He just did the entire corner property about 5 yrs ago.

pretty sure there were a few threads about him here before, if you do a search.

I'll ask my contractor who

Pure_Fishtown's picture

I'll ask my contractor who was the guy that did my front. He did a great job getting all the old paint off, cutting out the old pointing and repointing. This spring, I hoping to get my cornice cleaned and painted; its one of those old metal ones with some rosettes on it.

__________________________

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

"Let Jesus be the salami sandwich in your life." Dan Roth

I'll check for the name of

2014 susquehanna's picture

I'll check for the name of the guy who did mine. He removed several layers of pink paint UGGH. Looks fantastic now. Cost me around a grand. Would probably be much less for a simple cleaning. I'll try to post something tomorrow. Be prepared to repaint because the chemicals used to clean brick will ruin any painted surfaces. Might be better at this point to wait until spring.

One of my neighbors had the

neilpuck's picture

One of my neighbors had the front of her house done, they basically stripped off the ugly yello paint to reveal the brick underneath. I'll find out who she used.

__________________________

http://neilpuck.smugmug.com

Nunzio did a power wash

Kat's picture

Nunzio did a power wash once....did you try that? Sorry I didn't see this the first time!

__________________________

Life's Too Short To Eat Bad Salsa!

http://katscaliforniasalsa.com/

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.