Browse Forums DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair 1 Jul 31, 2010 8:23 pm I'm new to the forum. Would like to say hi to everyone. I wanted to ask for some advice on some discoloration of the corner of my garage brick wall. I have my suspicions it is moisture in the brick. The mortar between the bricks also has a yellow discoloration and there is some small efflorescence on some bricks I think. Please see images. The house is only 4 years old and is a two storey townhouse. That corner of the garage abuts my neighbours garage (you can see from the outside pics). At first I thought it was the dreaded rising damp, but it didn't make sense as the bricks near the ground looked fine - it was more of the ones in the upper 2/3 of the corner. Then I thought there was a roof leak somewhere, but it doesn't make sense - if you see in some of the pics the discolouration seems to only affect alternate bricks. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Damn brick wall in garage 2Aug 04, 2010 3:08 pm It looks like there is still cement haze over all the bricks which was not cleaned off and the bricks that are discoloured are actually clean I would test with a acid cleaner scour pad and see if you can remove the haze. Craig Thank you again Simeon.. I will call my certifier for that. Have a good day 4 5196 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Hi all I've got a brick garage/shed at the back of my house. It's been hit at some point (before I owned it) and has a large crack running down through the bricks. I want… 0 8752 It sounds like you have a crack in your garage where the wall meets the ceiling, along the shadow line on the… 0 17202 |