Bye Bye Plaster - Hello Brick

This took me two days, but me and a trusty Hilti demo hammer successfully removed plaster and exposed brick on a 20' wide x 9' tall wall.

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[paraguitarmedic]

So what did you end up doing? Leave the brick as is? Or paint?

[danrulz]

@paraguitarmedic i removed the plaster, brushed it, re-pointed where it was needed and sealed it. it looks fantastic now. the rest of these people are crazy.

[DJxGeist]

at first im like O.O hes gonna jack hammer through the wall howd u know ther was brick under ther also put up a vid of the finish result i wanna see if you got a cool brick wall or a house with three walls

[danrulz]

@DJxGeist i knew it was brick because my entire house is brick construction. the wall looks great. i will have to shoot a follow-up.

[skimmer1844]

what kind of plaster was that on there?

[danrulz]

@skimmer1844 it was actually cement-based plaster - about 2 inches of it.

[datzfast]

wow shitty looking brick was under there

[mrmaximusify]

co za ciul

[rockwallstone]

Next time when you think about a brick wall, look for thin bricks veneer that will turn your plaster wall into a brick wall, without the noise, the dust and the problems.

Removing solid plaster only to have the weathered brick look ... is not the best way to make it happen

[SilkPlaster]

come to visit us - silk plaster at batimat2011

[putative3]

1 hours work maximum, awful brickwork underneath, ruined perfectly good plasterwork!

[TheMagicbrett]

sounds like a hilti te35, i hope i am wrong

[samfoti1]

would love to see the finished brick! I want to do the same thing, thanks

[mrmasterplaster999]

if that took you 2 days you need to get back to your office they must be dying without there I.T man

[lrd9999]

RIP nice thick plaster wall! I love exterior brick, but I thought exposing inside brick walls that were never meant to be seen was a '70s-'80s thing. Maybe if you sell the place to someone from a low-end suburb, they'll cover it up with some vinyl siding.

[poodlesusan]

yay!

I've got 2 beautiful clinker chimneys in my tiny house--one runs through the kitchen wall that's been plastered over. This shows me i can get to it and maybe have a wood burning oven in my kitchen!