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Funny the subject of painted brick got brought up today. On WANE 15s web page, an old historic mansion here in Fort Wayne that is now the downtown women's care center was just painted pink over the brick. Talk about looking like ass
 
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Wild Bill said:
Painting brick.

I won’t go as far as saying it always looks terrible. There are definitely houses that look better after the brick is painted…for now. But this current obsession with painting every brick house is ridiculous. It strips away a lot of the character of the home while adding more upkeep, more maintenance, and more cost long term.

And yes, my wife is obsessed with painting the brick on our house, and it’s grinding what little I have left on my gears.
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Omg yes. I hate it so much.

There's a huge housing development here that has expanded over time; it's what's considered the nicer area to buy a house.

So, so many older brick houses with paint. Looks like absolute dog shit.
 
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NDBoiler said:
Do not paint exterior brick (or seal it). It is porous and naturally allows moisture to pass through it. If you paint or seal it, you risk trapping moisture in the wall cavity and causing problems. If you want to change the color, stain it instead. It soaks into the brick and doesn’t not seal the pores. It will also last a lot longer than paint and be less maintenance.
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Yes, absolutely correct. This was my first line of defense, but my wife was assured by the moron designer she hired that it's absolutely not an issue at all - it just has to be done right. I asked her where we could find the magical paint that doesn't seal brick and she didn't have a response.

Told her the response is to limewash or acid stain for future reference. Those options didn't really fit their vision.
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Ever look into how much it would cost to remove the paint?? If it's the entire house I'm sure it would be a small fortune but just curious....
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I bought a red brick multi-unit building about 15 years ago that was built in the late 1800s. Sometime in the 1950s, some fella apparently drove his car right into the corner of the building - probably after a long night of trying to cope with his wife’s insanity. They rebuilt that corner with newer brick and painted the entire building.

When I bought it, ivy was growing all over the sides that I took down and a lot of the paint peeled right off with it. The original brick cleaned up easily with a power washer, but the repaired corner was a total nightmare - it clung to every drop of paint. Eventually I gave up and just had a red brick building with one random white corner. Sounds ridiculous, but it's a college town and it kinda fit in - old building with an odd charm type thing.

Last year the bastards in City hall sent me a letter demanding I repaint the whole building so it matched. I politely told them to fuck off. They were persistent and I didn't want to waste money in court so I told them I woudl strip off the existing paint intead. They really wanted paint but agreed to let me try and they woudl let me know if it worked for them.

Got quoted around 10k to strip the corner and clean the rest of the brick. No chance I was paying that, so I did it myself. Tried chemicals and power washing first. Barely worked. Ended up using a 4 inch angle grinder and about $200 bucks worth of sanding disks to clean the brick, tuck pointed the mortar joints and power washed it once more. It turned out good enough to appease the city.

It's relatively expensive to hire someone. It can be done on your own but the diffculty varies based on the type of brick and the type of paint they used and if they prepped teh brick correctly before it was applied.
 
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Wild Bill said:
Got quoted around 10k to strip the corner and clean the rest of the brick. No chance I was paying that, so I did it myself. Tried chemicals and power washing first. Barely worked. Ended up using a 4 inch angle grinder and about $200 bucks worth of sanding disks to clean the brick, tuck pointed the mortar joints and power washed it once more. It turned out good enough to appease the city.
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That's my favorite kind of "fuck you, government."

The kind that makes it a giant pain in the ass for me, but I'll be damned if I'm doing it the City's/County's/State's way. Good on ya.
 
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Wild Bill said:
Yes, absolutely correct. This was my first line of defense, but my wife was assured by the moron designer she hired that it's absolutely not an issue at all - it just has to be done right. I asked her where we could find the magical paint that doesn't seal brick and she didn't have a response.

Told her the response is to limewash or acid stain for future reference. Those options didn't really fit their vision.

I bought a red brick multi-unit building about 15 years ago that was built in the late 1800s. Sometime in the 1950s, some fella apparently drove his car right into the corner of the building - probably after a long night of trying to cope with his wife’s insanity. They rebuilt that corner with newer brick and painted the entire building.

When I bought it, ivy was growing all over the sides that I took down and a lot of the paint peeled right off with it. The original brick cleaned up easily with a power washer, but the repaired corner was a total nightmare - it clung to every drop of paint. Eventually I gave up and just had a red brick building with one random white corner. Sounds ridiculous, but it's a college town and it kinda fit in - old building with an odd charm type thing.

Last year the bastards in City hall sent me a letter demanding I repaint the whole building so it matched. I politely told them to fuck off. They were persistent and I didn't want to waste money in court so I told them I woudl strip off the existing paint intead. They really wanted paint but agreed to let me try and they woudl let me know if it worked for them.

Got quoted around 10k to strip the corner and clean the rest of the brick. No chance I was paying that, so I did it myself. Tried chemicals and power washing first. Barely worked. Ended up using a 4 inch angle grinder and about $200 bucks worth of sanding disks to clean the brick, tuck pointed the mortar joints and power washed it once more. It turned out good enough to appease the city.

It's relatively expensive to hire someone. It can be done on your own but the diffculty varies based on the type of brick and the type of paint they used and if they prepped teh brick correctly before it was applied.
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You made my day Bill. lol
 
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ACamp1900 said:
Ever look into how much it would cost to remove the paint?? If it's the entire house I'm sure it would be a small fortune but just curious....
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After looking into I basically came away with the understanding that it could be done for a small fortune and it would probably look kind of shitty afterwards, or I could pay a large fortune and just rebrick the house. Obviously rebricking would look great but by that point I might as well just build a new house right next to the money tree I apparently found.
 
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greyhammer90 said:
After looking into I basically came away with the understanding that it could be done for a small fortune and it would probably look kind of shitty afterwards, or I could pay a large fortune and just rebrick the house. Obviously rebricking would look great but by that point I might as well just build a new house right next to the money tree I apparently found.
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Mind if I stop by and dig up a shoot from that tree?
 
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Wild Bill said:
Painting brick.

I won’t go as far as saying it always looks terrible. There are definitely houses that look better after the brick is painted…for now. But this current obsession with painting every brick house is ridiculous. It strips away a lot of the character of the home while adding more upkeep, more maintenance, and more cost long term.

And yes, my wife is obsessed with painting the brick on our house, and it’s grinding what little I have left on my gears.
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There is a house here in my neighborhood who painted theirs a bright orange-red color. It looks awful. Such an eyesore. No clue what they were thinking, but they should be liable for a lawsuit.
 
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I'm not a fan of Menards.

Their rebate is only good at Menards.
Why don't they let you submit the rebate online?
They block the store off so you have to pass through most of the store to get to where you want to go.
If you return something, they give you a refund minus the 11% rebate, even if the rebate portion is still on the receipt.
 
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Irish#1 said:
I'm not a fan of Menards.

Their rebate is only good at Menards.
Why don't they let you submit the rebate online?
They block the store off so you have to pass through most of the store to get to where you want to go.
If you return something, they give you a refund minus the 11% rebate, even if the rebate portion is still on the receipt.
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Their rebate does suck. "here's a check for the 11% you spent, but it has to be spent in the store." Can't just give us a cash back option to pay down the card if we want?

Agreed on the entrance door, too. Definitely trying to sucker people into impulse purchases by making them walk the entire floor. If I'm going there just to get mulch, why must I walk all the way across the building?
 
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jerseyborn1971 said:
It's usually the parents that sucked at sports growing up or the ones who's entire personality is they played 'D1" at some sport no one gives a shit about at a school no one has ever heard of.

No, Hunter, no one cares that you played lacrosse at Lindenwood University.
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My wife was a Division I soccer player. She coaches varsity high school. Has multiple coaching licenses and such. She is the most quiet person on the sidelines of our ten year old's soccer matches.

We have a couple of dads and one mom on our team that are absolutely horrendous. That's OUR team. Then you have the opponent to deal with every week.
 
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Coaches generally are at their own kids' games IF they aren't actually coaching the team. Well, except Marcus Freeman who apparently fights everybody at his son's matches.

My son's old club wrestling coach was great with the kids, except when coaching his own. It was so weird. He would become a totally different guy. I remember him laying into his son for losing a match (which he never did to the other kids). The crazy thing was he was 9 years old wrestling in 14U team dual against a 13 year old.
 
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2026 and still can't file your Menards rebate online. It's not really a rebate, it's just store credit. I'm guessing if they allowed you to file online, more people would file and it would hit their bottom line harder since the national average that send for rebates is between 40%-60%. This is probably why they also don't just reduce prices by 11%.
 
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Irish#1 said:
2026 and still can't file your Menards rebate online. It's not really a rebate, it's just store credit. I'm guessing if they allowed you to file online, more people would file and it would hit their bottom line harder since the national average that send for rebates is between 40%-60%. This is probably why they also don't just reduce prices by 11%.
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Bingo. They get you in the door with the 11% "rebate" but you find out it's just a store credit. I was pretty disappointed to learn you couldn't even use it as a "Cash back" style credit to your card. Literally just a store-issue check that is only redeemable back at the store. Pretty crappy.
 
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More of an irritation than a grind. You buy something online. Then a day later you get a email saying your product has shipped. You check the tracking number and it says a shipping label has been created and the carrier is waiting to receive it. :cautious:
 
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Some Irish Bloke said:
Bingo. They get you in the door with the 11% "rebate" but you find out it's just a store credit. I was pretty disappointed to learn you couldn't even use it as a "Cash back" style credit to your card. Literally just a store-issue check that is only redeemable back at the store. Pretty crappy.
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The wife bought a new lock for the garage entry door. She didn't realize we didn't need the deadbolt, so I returned it to get a set without the deadbolt. The guy tells me he has to give me in-store credit for the difference because I used an $8.00 rebate as part of the payment to pay for a door and other stuff that came to over $500.
 
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Jimmy3Putt said:
When you buy another guitar (in secret) and the shipment gets delayed to Saturday.

No more hiding this from the wife.
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Sounds like a perfect day to pressure wash the driveway, lay mulch someplace in the front of the house, clean the garage. Anything that allows you to quickly take delivery at the base of the driveway and hide it in the garage.
 
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