Brick Vinyl Removal and Install

[Chicken Quasar]

Has anyone installed or removed brick vinyl? We've done interior brick vinyl installs with ease but this will be outdoor and will require a lift and the removal of the previous vinyl.

They don't want to keep the sign down for too long, but I am trying to encourage them to paint the wall after the removal so we can have better adhesion.

We were thinking of charging about $25/sqft for end to end service including the removal and install.

Are we in the ballpark or way off?

 

[petepaz]

removing regular vinyl is horrible i can only imagine how much elbow grease it will take to remove brick vinyl.

 

[Chicken Quasar]

removing regular vinyl is horrible i can only imagine how much elbow grease it will take to remove brick vinyl.

I picked at this stuff and it seemed to come off relatively easily. But I didn't try a large amount. have you removed brick vinyl or just thinking how it would go?

 

[petepaz]

no i have never removed brick vinyl, maybe you will get lucky.
if it is coming off easy when you pick at it try a pressure washer. if you can get one that heats the water that would be best

 

[Dale D]

I have installed and removed brick vinyl. Usually all you need is a torch to warm up the vinyl and it lifts off pretty easy.

 

[Mike Paul]

Hopefully it comes up without leaving the adhesive on the wall, that would be a nightmare.

 

[GaSouthpaw]

As to your question, I'd charge an hourly rate rather than a square foot price for the removal. If it comes off easy, then you may "lose" a little revenue, but if you quote a square foot price and it ends up taking a long time, you're going to be in the hole for all of the extra time it takes.
Without actually knowing anything about the conditions for the install, I'd agree with asking them to paint the wall- of course, they're realtors (a notoriously... "thrifty" bunch) which means (if they paint it at all) they'll use the cheapest paint and want you to install the next day, before the paint properly cures/dries/whatever, and then they'll complain when the graphics fail because they wouldn't wait/or they used anti-graffiti paint/whatever else might go wrong. Personally, I wouldn't offer any sort of discount, rather, I'd charge a normal production and install rate, with maybe an extra 5-10% added in for the P.I.T.A. factor

 

[Bxtr]

We have installed 3M 480 on brick, it took us little to no time at all to remove. It was up for 2 - 2 1/2 years 26'x10'.
It was on bare brick with no paint so I can't speak to how much paint will come with it.

With not knowing which material was used it's a guessing game. I'd just tell them an hourly rate and whatever happens to the paint is out of your hands.

 

[Chicken Quasar]

thanks for the suggestions everyone!

 

[BCStickerGuys]

Hopefully it comes up without leaving the adhesive on the wall, that would be a nightmare.

Acetone will break the adhesive down quickly, but I would still use a pressure washer so that I could remove that Acetone as fast as possible or you will end up with the white streaks

 

[White Haus]

Is going over the existing vinyl an option? Seems like it's in decent shape.