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Sounds like you want a bare brick finish then? Maybe a gentle sandblasting.
We had a lintel replaced that had failed and crazed the render over the years, I've taken it back to brick with a little damage but tomorrow I pick up the scaffold so I can have a crack at re-doing.
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inchpincher
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It depends what we find underneath, it's had the front bay taken out so I imagine it's a horror show under there. Ideally we'll leave the brick but if not then perhaps lime render. It's the front, side and back so too much for me to take on... Were you able to chisel that off? It looks thick enough to get underneath it?
apemagic
Hi all, have been doing a fair bit of lurking in this thread over the last couple of years, just wondered if anyone has been through the process of removing external render/paint from their house? Our place is covered in an awful textured paint that's starting to fail, having had various specialists out to quote the consensus seems to be either chemical removal and pressure wash, or mechanical grinding followed by repointing and sealing the bricks. Both methods seem to have pros and cons for potential damage to the brickwork, if anyone has any experience with either it would be great to hear how you got on...