My house has developed penetrating damp and I want to fix it.
I called builders and the typical advice was repoint, fix cracks, seal and paint.
While I would love to paint those tired looking bricks (yellow clay) with bright light color, an internet advice is screaming to use lime mortar, no sealant and no painting bare bricks as it would damage breathing ability.
So should I paint? Or perhaps render and paint? Or just repoint and leave it?
For me painting would be lovely, but again I dont want any problems later.
Which is nicer by the way?
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Victorian house, exterior bare brick walls: should I paint it, or render, or leave it?
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littlecrystal · 24/03/2014 16:31
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