The loss of colour and texture by painting bricks and tiles
In place of the subtle variation of hue and colour depending on the
variations of clay and of firing in the kilns and the colour of the pointing
between the bricks, the whole wall became a bland dazzling white.
Unfortunately it is almost impossible to remove paint from bricks and tiles
due to the porosity of the clay.
The results of painting bricks and tiles
Unfortunately many types of paints will seal the wall and stop it breathing.
Moisture produced in the house by residents' cooking, washing, even breathing
and any slight rising damp is now trapped in the wall, producing mould on inside
walls.
For the sake of appearance, painted walls have to be repainted every few
years at considerable cost including, now, the cost of scaffolding. At
least it does not have to be 'brilliant' white paint.
The use of limewash paints allows an old wall to breathe.
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