Ivy residue, on house ?

[Guest rfitz]

Just curious about this, I never had this type of job come up.

this lady used to have Ivy climbing her house, they killed it, and tore off

what they could, now there is dead plant life still clingning to brick on

home, and just wondering what or how to remove this, ?

They are having home repainted in future so they dont care if some paint

comes off with the ivy residue..

THX

[ron p 500]

gas and a match.

just kidding,sort of.

[Joel Hawley 14]

My next door neighbor has the same thing and I couldnt touch it. I tried pressure, scrubbing, keeping i saturated for 45 minutes. The only way I could see was to cut the brick out and replace them but they didn't want to do that.

[the_GUNN_man 14]

Ron wasn't too far off. You can burn the little pods off if it is brick. You just have to be really careful if you do it. I worked for a masonry compnay and we did this a couple times. We used propane torches. The trick is to not leave soot marks all over the brick when you are done. I am sure if you they are going to paint afterwards it will be ok. I would try a small area and then try and pressure wash it and make sure you can get the soot off after you are done. Maybe try it with a small little hand held propane tank like you buy at the hardware store. We used big torches.

[dk34 14]

Here's a before of dead ivy on brick.

[dk34 14]

Good old hot water, and a 40 degree tip took care of it for me. It wasn't that difficult to remove, at about 1500 psi. 160 degrees.

[paul-uk 500]

i have done two of these jobs....used a propane torch..wire brush and mainly cold water with a forty degree tip, used the wire brush on the odd stubbon root...same outcome as above.

cheers paul.

[Guest rfitz]

Just wondering about how long for this type of work ?

I bid it at $250 it is a small house, but now Im thinking maybe more

I might just tell the cust. I will do it for $80 an hour and however long

it takes, it takes ?

[dk34 14]

I would do a sample to see how long it would take you. Some ivy comes off easier than others. I was able to clean about 1700 sq. ft. of ivy covered brick in 2 hours. You won't know how long it will take until you try.

[the_GUNN_man 14]

I hope you got the roof job too. I seen a lot of moss growing on the roof.

[dk34 14]

The roof was degraded beyond cleaning. You can peel the shingles away with your hand, so I told him no thanks. It would have done more damage than good.

[Guest rfitz]

I tried using heat 200 deg. with a 00040 tip and

all I did was pop the paint off the brick, so I stopped

and figured no way, Im done...

[dk34 14]

Is that 0 degree tip at 4 gpm? I would use a 2505 tip, or 4005, it depends on the gpm of your machine

[Guest rfitz]

I have a 5.6 GPM