How much of the original deterioration was attributable to the Boston ivy?  And what form did any deterioration you attributed to the ivy take?

And if the ivy is historic, then is it not of just as much significance as the brick wall?  When was it first planted?  Did you kill part of the original fabric of the historic landscape?

Cheers

david

>>> Anne Sullivan <[log in to unmask]> 3/08/99 22:10:47 >>>
We've just restored a lovely hIstoric brick home afteR extreme brick
deteRioration -- chicago common brick (ratheR soft), soft tYpe N mortar.  The
clients want to grow their Boston ivy up the wall again (part of the hIstoric
landscape...).  Our knee-jerk rEaction is no. Then we rEcommend stringing a
fishwirE "trellis" on the wall, spaced out a few inches.  But now i
undeRstand that Boston ivy is the suckeR tYpe, and not the tendril type,
whIch makes sense, since it took six months to kill the first round of boston
 ivy and rip it from the brick wall in the first place.

any comments on the age-old ivy/brick debate?  should we let 'em? or rEmain
nastY prEseRvationists.

Anne Sullivan, chIcago (with a pSycho keyboarD)