Category: Brick Cleaning
The Pain of Painted Brick
Painting the brick on your chimney is always, without a doubt, the beginning of a painful, time consuming process for any homeowner who decides to take the painting plunge. Say you aren’t too fond of your brick color or the brick on a portion of the home is starting to look less than desirable, it [...]
A Little Goes a Long Way
Chimney protection can seem like a daunting task, but taking the extra step with every repair you do to you chimney will add up over time. Going that extra mile in protecting your chimney each time an issue arises, as with all other aspects of good home ownership, will pay off. Take, for example, a [...]
Brick Cleaning Before Winter
Winter can be felt in the air all across Ohio and the rest of the Midwest after these past few weeks of ambivalent weather. Take advantage of the last few weeks of mild weather before the cold sets in for good. One project to cross off your list before the cold weather sets in is [...]
How to Clean Mold off Brick Surfaces
Mold needs something organic, like dirt, leather, cardboard, or food in order to grow. It takes a lot of moisture for some types of mold to grow where others need very little. There are tens of thousands of molds that have been discovered. Not all of them are toxic but some can produce lethal allergic [...]
How to Clean a Brick Patio
Often times, since my company does all types of masonry work not just limited to the chimney, we get calls regarding to how to best clean moss, dirt, etc. from a brick patio. Brick patios are generally made of either actual bricks or brick paver stones, and cleaning brick paver stones and the like is [...]
