Bitumen paint on victorian Terrace

[Lorbir]

Hi,

My name is Lori,thank you for accepting me on building hub. Can anyone give me any advice on how to take bitumen paint of a victorian gable end Or am I better just leaving it and point the gable end with lime ?

[Bonner]

Hello and welcome! Post some photos (close up and wide view), it will help get better advice ...

[markc]

Welcome. Bitumen paint is a real pain to remove, even sand blasting takes time because bitumen is pliable and most of the sand bounces off. Hard iron shot will quickly remove it but that really needs to be done in a tented area, not in the open

[Lorbir]

[Lorbir]

Picture of bitumen paint on my victorian gable end. Am I better off just having it pointed with lime? Sorry for my bad computer skills.

[markc]

Now that looks like it has set hard, if you pick at it does it flake off?

if so then sand blasting or a needle gun or wire brush on a grinder will remove it.

[Lorbir]

No it doesn't.

[markc]

1 minute ago, Lorbir said:

No it doesn't.

Bugger! Yes it’s a pain to remove. Even pointing will be tedious because bitumen will clog the grinder or cutter used for raking out the old mortar.

[Lorbir]

5 minutes ago, markc said:

Now that looks like it has set hard, if you pick at it does it flake off?

if so then sand blasting or a needle gun or wire brush on a grinder will remove it.

No it doesn't flake off.

[Iceverge]

Is it causing issues.Is doing nothing an option?