The previous owners seem to have liked ivy covered walls. I don't, so what is the best way to remove the mess left behind:
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Picking it off strand by strand will be a lot of work, a scraper will probably do on the brickwork but the render looks more challenging.
Blast it off with a pressure washer
Dead ivy removes itself. It takes a couple of years. A scraper on brickwork is not a great idea.
NT
Paint it white.
IME it will eventually dry and fall off.
+1 I've done it, works a treat.
Paint it black, Shirley? :-)
I've tried that. Two years later it's still there. How much longer should I wait before buying a pressure washer?
Oh good, I was just waiting for the justification for one. Is this one good enough? Nilfisk E 140.3-9
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