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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
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painted brick screams cheap and make maintenance

So all of those multi million dollar row houses with painted brick in Georgetown look "cheap" to you?

My dad, who was from Italy, was a stonemason and bricklayer. He's rolling over in his grave now.

You don't paint brick.

DC is not Italy. And in DC, we do.
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We all know that trends come and go.  The problem with painting brick is that you cannot undo it.  It's like painting the woodwork in your house (which was popular for a time and then not popular again).  My opinion is that the natural brick or stone look is nicer.  But it's just my opinion.

It's funny that George Washington could not afford brick so he used pine siding that had been beveled to create a brick look.  He then painted it and threw sand on it to make it look textured.  I'm sure he would not have painted his brick if he had been able to afford to use it.  [/quote]We're considering painting the brick on our 1937 N. Arlington cape.  The brick is an ugly color and in bad condition.  It has been repointed in the past and needs to be repointed again in several sections that werent done previously.  I can't imagine a case where mismatched mortar would ever be in style, so I think our best bet is going to be a quality paint job after fixing the mortar.  It's one thing to avoid painting quality brick, but sometimes brick deserves to be painted.  No shingles or landscaping will fix it.[/quote]

if the brick is truely bad painting isn't fixing the root of the problem[/quote]  The brick is fine.  We'll repoint the mortar before painting.  [/quote]

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