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"Jaques d'Altrades" wrote in message
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pulled off, but am left with the horrible brown tendrils all over
the
walls.
Is there anything that can be used to get this off ? Would
appreciate any help
as short of getting the house pebble dashed I am at a loss !
It will gradually disappear. Next spring the birds will try to get as
much off as they can for nesting material.
I had dead stems of viginia creeper on a side wall of my house for 9
years (I'm not very keen on going up ladders and certainly not just
for some dead stems). Maybe the birds in Reading are less enthisiastic
nest builders than where you live?
I can't beat that, but after 3 years we gave in and painted over our ivy
tendrils. That was after scrubbing the wall hard with wire brushes and
soap for some considerable time, which got off a few of the looser
tendrils, but left a good few remaining.
Our wall was not flat, but had a slightly textured effect to which they
clung like mad. A couple of coats of paint over the top, though, and they
were gone.
Victoria