:::::::::::::I've been making regular trips to the dump as well, but as my local recycling centre doesn't accept plasterboard I've had to go to the one outside Altrincham. I'm considering now whether to buy a ladder or a tower, as the front of the house badly needs painting. Come to think of it, so does the side and and the back. How did you clean up the brick? I'm thinking of making a utility room out of part of our cellar, and that's got brick walls painted white. I think bare brick would look so much cooler.