Brick frost damage

[Simba_ali]

Hey, 

 

is it possible to prevent Bricks with small spots of defacing from becoming worse?  They don't look bad enough to warrant replacing but they have either been damaged from construction or from Frost. 

[Temp]

https://turnbullmasonry.com/common-causes-spalling-bricks-fix-crumbling-masonry/

 

[Simba_ali]

Thanks for that, so it sounds like even small areas need the brick replacing or turned around. 

[Conor]

Clear masonry waterproofer. Will stop the bricks soaking up water.

[Temp]

Possibly but it needs to be breathable or it traps water.

[Simba_ali]

My feeling is it was damaged during pressure washing when it was built 6 years ago...it's little spots on numerous bricks with no sign of major water retention

[nod]

The home we lived in previously was on a new build site and was plagued with this problem 

Mostly exposed areas such as chimney stacks They replaced effected bricks and sprayed these areas which seemed to slow things down But eventually most stacks and effected  areas where replaced 

The site was made up of three colours of brick All by the same manufacture Red Buff brown 

Out of the 145 houses only the Buff was effected 

Not sure why