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Originally posted by Rod
"Bry" wrote in message
Well, I have researched ivy on houses as I live in an old 1871 brownstone covered with ivy and was concerned
about dammage. The construction is solid brick walls with sandstone cladding over them, which I expect is softer
than your bricks. I can't tell you anything about the mortar, except I doubt it's the original 132 year old
stuff.In my case the ivy dates back to the late 70's and is very well established with huge thick woody trunks at
the base.
'Two nations separated by a common language' ;~. Your reference to Brownstone suggests you may be talking about
'Boston Ivy' rather than Hedera helix. Still much the same as far as the arguments and problems go. Both cling in a
similar manner and both cause similar concerns to property owners.
Rod
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Intersting you mentioned that, but I am talking about the fairly common evergreen ivy. Boston ivy looks like ivy, but it drops the leaves in Autum and isn't really ivy, although it looks like it to most people. It also doesn't come from Boston, despite the name.
You don't hear of houses refered to as 'brownstone' much outside America, but whenever I mention I live in a sandstone cladded brick house, people just don't know what it means. However, I'm sure when I said brownstone you instantly pictured a victorian style house with carved mouldings around the doors/windows and even the slightly sandy-red colour of it. It's a bit or a rairity out here, but you can see some equally fine examples as those in America in Bath (they call it Bath stone) and there's a handfull of them (including mine) in London. It never became popular here because it was expencive at the time and the polution causes aweful stains and eventually makes it crumble away.