NotThamesWater-
the wall was painted, they used chemical paintstripper on most of it but it didn't budge on the reveals so they ground it back. originally I said I didn't want that so they did a small sample to show me - which looked ok - they then did two door reveals and the second one they've also taken too much off the bricks on the reveals. anyway, I'm pretty sure I didn't give them permission to grind the face of any bricks - they took it upon themselves to make it look 'better'. I'm not really used to this tradesperson lark and feel like a fucking fool for not making it really absolutely clear that not damaging the bricks is kind of a big deal for me. I also had stuff to do and go to work and that, so couldn't 'supervise'. the company name contains the word 'restoration' so I was hoping for better care. I didn't DIY because I didn't want to fuck it up :/
(also because it would've taken months/years etc)
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hoefla
it's halfway through a repointing job, but I'm pretty unimpressed with the amount of damage to the bricks - the faces are sanded off, as well as clearly widening the joints by cutting into the bricks. they will repoint on monday.