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What causes this white colour on red?

72hundred · 2019-02-16 16:46:29

What causes this white colour on red brick? This is a new wall less than 24 months old. Is there any way of avoiding it? I've tried power hosing it on a different red brick wall before and it came off some what. But that wall had 25 years or so years of service before it started to come out in a marked way.

16-02-2019 05:46PM

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72hundred

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What causes this white colour on red brick?

This is a new wall less than 24 months old. Is there any way of avoiding it?

I've tried power hosing it on a different red brick wall before and it came off some what. But that wall had 25 years or so years of service before it started to come out in a marked way.

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#2 16-02-2019 10:54PM

rayjdav

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efflorescence

Simple explanation:
https://etbricks.co.uk/index.php?p=articles-efflorescence-on-bricks-causes-prevention-removal

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#3 17-02-2019 07:04AM

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72hundred wrote: »

Is there any way of avoiding it?

More care during construction!

It will eventually go.

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#4 23-02-2019 09:36PM

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This is caused by mineral in the bricks. Typically if bricks are left out in the cold and rain for a long time or if stored badly before use they take up moisture. The moisture leaches out the minerals.

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