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hoefla in reply to @rodabod

the chap who cut the bricks back (who also does a lot of conservation work)

is this really a thing? I don't like the freshly sanded bright bricks look and just assume it's kind of anti-conservation to take off the face of old bricks.
it's only the red brick headers and the side reveals that have been ground back on mine, I specifically asked them not to do it to (the rest of) the wall and use chemical paint stripper (my poor garden... )

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rodabod in reply to @hoefla

Unfortunately, you sometimes have no option depending on what paint has been used, or if a very strong cement render has been applied previously. Standard process is a very coarse pad (a bit like a massive scourer) which rotates to cut the surface back.

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