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kordun

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cleaning ivy residue- anyone wants this job?
« on: April 13, 2011, 07:20:53 pm »
I had an enquire today to clean/remove ivy from the walls. How would you clean/remove that? Also some green walls need cleaning. Pictures attached

Thank you
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drive surgeon

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Re: cleaning ivy residue from a property
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2011, 07:37:41 pm »
i had simalr job this week. even a turbo struggled to shift it.
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Matt Gibson

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Re: cleaning ivy residue from a property
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2011, 08:44:42 pm »
Best thing to do is scrape all the vines off and any thick stuff and you'll be left with all the little spores. You won't budge the spores without damaging the brick. So just tell the client this. The green stuff will cone off with pressure an water. We used to use acid on the bricks and even that wouldn't budge the Ivy spores.
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Andy Foster

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Re: cleaning ivy residue from a property
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2011, 08:51:38 pm »
Pull off all the vines and steam will shift the suckers that are left behind, takes ages though so price well.
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BDCS

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Re: cleaning ivy residue from a property
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2011, 09:07:41 pm »
Put soda through a wet blaster
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Matt Gibson

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Re: cleaning ivy residue from a property
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2011, 09:15:14 pm »
BDCS where do you get your soda from?
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BDCS

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Re: cleaning ivy residue from a property
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2011, 11:15:50 pm »
I have heaps - I have a soda blaster!

http://www.northernpowerclean.co.uk/
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kordun

  • Posts: 186
Re: cleaning ivy residue from a property
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2011, 11:35:13 pm »
thanks guys, Building is a 3 story high so will need roof ladders or scaffolding
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kordun

  • Posts: 186
Re: cleaning ivy residue from a property
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2011, 12:13:49 am »
I don’t really fancy doing this job, so if anyone interested in this job ill pass you contact details. Property is between Reading & Oxford
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Blast Off Stoke

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Re: cleaning ivy residue- anyone wants this job?
« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2011, 07:25:19 am »
not a 5 minute job  :o
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