Cleaning Brickwork

[Niallg]

Has anyone had any experience with companies who clean brickwork in the London area? A bit like the sash-window restoration game, there seem to be quite a number at it (although to a lesser extent, it seems, than the windows).

I'd be looking for a company who can safely clean paint from bricks (and overall clean as well), do some lime mortar repointing, and some tuck pointing above windows as well.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[PeterI]

I am fairly happy with the work the guys at London repointing and restoration did (and they are happy enough to work with Lime mortar). They successfully removed some paint from our window arches and did a really nice job of tuck pointing them. Sadly they're now VAT registered (which was annoying as when they originally quoted they weren't)

http://www.londonrepointingandrestorationltd.co.uk/

However they seem to like to work in south east London so it may depend on your location if it's something they're interesting in doing.

Here's the finished result from above the front door

And here is a sample we did for the conservation officer.