Dust from having house entire house pointed an issue with paintwork?

Iamzod · 4 Dec 2017 at 19:46

Next door are going to be having their entire house re-pointed tomorrow which means cement dust everywhere.

Is this likely to cause paintwork issues, from what I have seen they will be using something along the lines of an angle grinder and have warned us it's going to be very messy.

Do I need to cover my car up?

GravyMonster · 4 Dec 2017 at 19:49

It certainly wouldn't hurt to cover your car up or park it somewhere out of the way. I had the front of my house re-pointed a couple of years ago and can confirm the dust goes _everywhere_. It does depend how lucky you'll be with the prevailing wind, though.

If it does get on the car be careful when you wash it off too. Give it a spray down with a foam gun to lift the dust off before cleaning it.

Burned_Alive · 4 Dec 2017 at 22:28

I've had this done and I would move your car someone else entirely if I were you...

Simon · 4 Dec 2017 at 23:45

Same, move it

ADT · 5 Dec 2017 at 10:05

Move it until they are done.

Iamzod · 5 Dec 2017 at 11:09

ADT said:
Move it until they are done.

I have this morning but it's a lot of messing around as we don't have on road parking & the nearest place to park is over a mile away behind gates that are locked 30 mins before I finish work.

mattyg · 5 Dec 2017 at 11:20

When I had my house repointed. I went round the neighbouring 3 houses each side and hosed off their cars....and their windows....and their driveways. Each night for 3 nights.....

Then I gave them all a ticket for a free wash and valet..

I'm nice like that...Well that and they had to put up with a full back to brick renovation

GeX · 6 Dec 2017 at 10:57

Don't cover it, when the dust gets between the cover and the car it'll just make more mess.

Gaygle · 6 Dec 2017 at 19:21

It won't hurt the paint. It shouldn't even be a pain to clean off. But it's probably best to park elsewhere.

Iamzod · 6 Dec 2017 at 21:35

They have almost finished the work and to be honest the dust is not that bad, although the wind has been blowing the opposite way.

I took my car & parked it in the yard at the taxi company the Mrs's dad owns then walked to work over the last 2 days.

It's staying on the driveway tomorrow uncovered as it's currently pretty breezy out there, I was worried about it actually etching into the lacquer or something but it looks like an extensive pre-wash hose down at the weekend will sort it out.