Can anyone help me?
I have recently purchased a property which is 18 months old in Perth Scotland. The problem is that patches of whiote powder are appearing o the bottom few rows of bricks around the house! Any idea as to what ca be causing this?
Thank You,
Les Johnson
-- lesjohnson
Can anyone help me?
I have recently purchased a property which is 18 months old in Perth Scotland. The problem is that patches of white powder are appearing o the bottom few rows of bricks around the house! Any idea as to what ca be causing this?
Thank You,
Les Johnson
-- lesjohnson
Efflorescence of salts from the bricks, due to water allowing the salts to migrate. I believe it will cure itself in a few years.
Andy.
a few winters will get rid of it, its just the minearals leaching out.
You can encourage it away by waiting until the bricks are bone dry this summer then brush off the salts
Anna
~~ Anna Kettle, Suffolk, England |""""| ~ Lime plaster repairs / ^^ \ // Freehand modelling in lime: overmantels, pargeting etc |____|
Or you can slosh brick acid over it, but it will return until the stuff has all gone.
Possibly not. There's often an almost infinite supply of the mineral in the ground.
Thanks very much for that! I am sure that this Scottish weather wil
wash it away
-- lesjohnson
Yeah but as long as the DPC is intact it's going to find it difficult to get up to the bricks.
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