"hughchal" wrote in message
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Hi,

I recently moved into a new (to me) house built probably in the 1880s. The
brickwork appears to have been recently cleaned / repointed. There is a
fairly vigorous ivy growing up part of it.

It looks nice, but I'm worried about the effects on the brickwork.

Any suggestions? Trim it or take it down?

Sorry if this has been covered before but Google only throws up stuff
about
ivy on trees...


Once its on brickwork it does tend to make a mess. At the least I would
concentrate on trimming it back so it doesnt ruin any more brickwork. Pull a
few bits off and see what its like underneath, you may have to keep it on
that area now as it will look awful underneath. I've gota small area on a
garage where I pulled ivy off 2 years ago and its clearly visible and
probably always will be I've grown a clematis on netting over that bit.

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