Here are some tips on how to remove ivy without damaging your walls.
How to remove ivy tendrils from vinyl siding.
For wood siding use a paint scraper to remove the ivy shoots from the surface.
We recently bought a house that was half covered in ivy.
An ivy covered wall john from mississauga ontario writes.
And if you ve ever pulled ivy off a wall you know that the tiny roots adhere to the brick or siding like glue leaving behind a maze of fuzzy tendrils that can leave your wall looking like a mess.
I ve had ivy growing on stucco and steel siding.
Ivy holds itself in place with these suckers casting tendrils that grab onto and wedge into every crack or space they can.
If you think pulling the vines off your structure will do more harm than good first kill them by cutting them to 4 to 6 inches above the ground.
Remove the suckers as soon as they have died to prevent siding rot and oxidation.
We had boston ivy growing on white vinyl siding and metal trim of garage the little black sucker marks were impossible to remove.
How to remove ivy marks.
Ivy and walls seem to go hand in hand in landscape design but it takes a good bit of maintenance to keep it pruned and tidy.
We cut the roots and let the ivy die but we noticed all these little suction cups that held the ivy to the brick and wood siding.
Simply removing ivy leaves and stems is not enough as tiny roots and fuzzy tendrils remain firmly adhered to walls.
I have had ivy growing on my aluminum sided home for years and when it was pulled off it left stickers on the siding as well as on the brick.
When you remove ivy that has grown up your siding you re usually left with dark stains and tiny suckers all over the wall.
A power washer took off some from the steel siding and didn t hurt the siding but i used a knife to remove it.
What s the best way to remove them.
They can creep between masonry and stone joints under vinyl siding and into the mortar between bricks.
Sorry to say i found no easy way.
We didn t like it and we were told to cut the roots and let the ivy die and then just tear it down from the walls.
I tried scraping them off and used a wire brush to remove them but didn t put a dent in the problem.
Since ivy roots become more firmly stuck onto walls over time you should remove the roots promptly using basic supplies.
Always check to ensure the ivy suckers have not invaded your gutters which can severely affect the water drainage in your home.
While lush green ivy growing up a wall or trailing across a fence can lend classic ambiance to your yard removing the ivy when you need a change isn t always an easy task.
Decided to try magic eraser and while it takes elbow grease it completely removed the sucker marks.
