Hurrah, and Thrice Hurrah!

[andrew gayton]

Moo

so, london stocks?

bed and perp joint width?

this will dictate aggregate selection and lime content (see above methodology)

I would always use non hydraulic lime, but this needs more operator input and aftercare than using hydraulic, so working on the assumption that your stocks are quite dense, perhaps your builder would be better off using a feebly hydraulic lime (NHL2) .............

 

[Moo]

Pictures:

Before:

 

[Moo]

Oops - double post.

 

[Moo]

Summat's gone wrong.
Will try again

 

[Moo]

Third attempt:

 

[andrew gayton]

I can't see the picture. will try later.

 

[plasticpigeon]

Ahh, much better. No joke, I actually feel more at peace looking at the second picture!

 

[LadyArowana]

So much nicer without that ugly blue stuff on the outside. Just brilliant that it all came off easily.

 

[plasticpigeon]

Actually, looking at your house, it looks very similar in size and shape to mine, I guess a similar age, maybe yours is a little older and a bit more fancy with the grand porch and stone (or is it stucco) bay window. Yours is looks typically London to me and mine typically Brummy red brick. I know mine was built for railway workers. I'll be very interested to follow your progress!!!

 

[Sonyaclegg]

Wow. What a difference that makes!

 

[Schoolmarm]

Well it looks gorgeous now!! And it doesn't look like a poor person's house. :shock:

 

[Moo]

Actually, 'Marm, by the time the builder has been paid it'll still be a poor person's house!

 

[JoceAndChris]

That looks wonderful, and what a lovely house! well done!

 

[DJH]

Looks very well. Good job there!

 

[angrybird]

I cant believe the transformation, it looks gorgeous x

 

[Moo]

As you can imagine, we're thrilled to bits. We'd assumed that it was going to be a massive (and expensive) job and therefore we were going to have to live with it for at least another year. But as it happened, our lovely Albanian builder had it all off in one afternoon.
Father Christmas is going to have to come up with something über-sensational to beat that!

 

[jocelyn plummer]

But as it happened, our lovely Albanian builder had it all off in one afternoon.

what did you put in his tea Moo?
Seriously though, just goes to show how some paint products are just usefully cosmetic, now, your bricks can breathe again.

 

[agbagb]

Father Christmas is going to have to come up with something über-sensational to beat that!

You'll have to remind him where you live, he won't recognise the place! Looking great.

 

[Moo]

Dear old Father Christmas. We've been so miserably cold this week that this morning he took pity on us and gave us another early Xmas present. Our builder unwrapped it for us, and we weren't sure there'd be anything inside it, but under the four inches of concrete and bitumen was .........................
The original cast iron coal- hole !!!!!!!

 

[Jellyfire]

Ooh lovely. Needless to say pictures please