Any tips for removing dead ivy from house walls?

[greyvix]

Very boring question: I have removed the ivy roots, but not the ivy on the walls. I thought it would be each once it was dead. Big mistake-it now appears to be glued to the walls. I don't want to scrape it off in case it damages the bricks (Victorian house). Any top tips?

bumping as i have same prob, but on crap, badly built 70's house!

Just out of interest, when did you remove the roots? I'm wondering if you did it recently, just wait for the whole lot to shrivel and dry out, and would it come off then?

Use a crevice weeding tool and gently tease the roots away from the bricks. Use it like a wall paper scraper.

A long and boring job!

Probably not the time to say it, but it comes off much more easily if it is still green .....

Ah, that blows my theory

Ah no. That's not what I needed to read.

Semi-detached 1970s. Neighbour has cut the ivy at the roots (their side). At least half of the now-dead plant is on our side.

Argh.

Well, you live and learn. Thanks for the replies. Some of it did come off easily when green, and I wish I'd persevered!

It will come off even when dry and brown. You need to tease out a chunky bit from nearest the bottom and pull from there.

Any tips for how to kill the stuff?

I have two vast ivies growing up a fence

i also have annoying ivy growing and taking over a wall where a clematis is.
how do i keep the clematis and bin off the ivy?

To kill ivy off I would cut out a section of a few inches as low down as feasible and then brush on stump killer or SBK brushwood killer. This has to be done immediately, not hours or days later through. I then wrap the top of the stump in thick plastic and tie it on (rubberband or similar). This stops any rain getting in and diluting the product. Same method works also for killing off shrubs and trees but for these I always use stump killer.

It will take some time to work and the dead bits can be picked off once the stump is dead.

If you have the clematis and ivy entangled big way you may be better off cutting back the clematis even if you miss flowers for a year, following usual pruning advice for clematis, ie if it is a montana it can be cut back quite hard soon after it has flowered and you should have flowers again in spring next year.