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I am not a fan of red brick and have been thinking about painting the exterior of one of my properties that has this. Any words of wisdom from others who might have gone this route?
I am not a fan of red brick and have been thinking about painting the exterior of one of my properties that has this. Any words of wisdom from others who might have gone this route?
Once you do it, there's no going back. Personally, I hate painted bricks.
I am not a fan of red brick and have been thinking about painting the exterior of one of my properties that has this. Any words of wisdom from others who might have gone this route?
Why turn a no maintenance feature of a building into one that will need ongoing maintenance forever?
I don't like the look of brick at all. The question was not "should I?" I would also paint or tear down real wood paneling in an interior. Or cherry kitchen cabinets. So please save your disdain for some other time. There are certain things I just don't like.
Why turn a no maintenance feature of a building into one that will need ongoing maintenance forever?
Brickwork needs to be repointed especially on an older building with older bricks. It's not maintenance free. Again, my question wasn't if I should or not.
Brickwork needs to be repointed especially on an older building with older bricks. It's not maintenance free. Again, my question wasn't if I should or not.
You'll be repainting much more often than repointing.
We bought a small ranch-style brick house and my husband thought we could paint it ourselves. I did a little research and discovered there's WAY more involved than with interior painting. We agreed we would hire a professional. But since it's an "investment property" that we haven't decided what we want to do with yet...it's still red brick for now.
We bought a small ranch-style brick house and my husband thought we could paint it ourselves. I did a little research and discovered there's WAY more involved than with interior painting. We agreed we would hire a professional. But since it's an "investment property" that we haven't decided what we want to do with yet...it's still red brick for now.
Both you and OP bought places that are brick, but you dont like brick. You don't live there, but the brick bugs you. I'm not sure how or why either happened. But that's just me.
I'm open to reading suggestions you get since I plan on painting a cement block garage that was previously painted by the former owner.
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