Posted by Rich_WI on November 04, 2014 at 17:41:38 from (50.50.95.159):
In Reply to: OT: Down she goes! posted by JerryS on November 04, 2014 at 07:42:18:
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It sounds like your mind is made up but I will mention it in case anybody else is reading with similar thoughts: You should know that you can color/stain the brick work to a different shade. Obviously going darker works best but you can also change the shade. In your case, going from the pink shade to a fuller red is very doable. You can even stain just the joints if you want the pink out of that and can live with or want to keep the pinkish color in the brick. Doing just the joints is easy but takes time so you would want that to be a DIY project, if you had to pay somebody for that it would break you. And worst case happens and your staining the brick fails, you were going to paint anyway and it will be covered up.
As for your age, I agree that alot of your future maintence wont be "yours" as this could be the last time you do it but you may want to think beyond the maintence part of it and think about how the bottom line will affect your heirs. Even if you never have to lift a brush again you may want to consider the reduced value of a home you pass on to your loved ones. Weather that person/persons keeps the home or sells it, painting the brick is gonna put a hurt on its value. If a person is real lucky, they may be able to pressure wash it or sand blast it but thats a little pricy and doesnt always work. Tearing off the brick and replacing them on a house that size would cost as much as a good used truck. Thats alot of money to waste just because you are not happy with the color and aint worried about the maintenance of painted brick.
Anyway just thought I would throw it out there, there are some other pretty good options available.
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