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David321: Do I have hard water? It appears so from the staining and the fact soap doesn't bubble up in our water is also a tell tale sign apprently.
That sounds circular and anecdotal to me. Again IANAE but if this was me I would get the water tested to confirm that it really is ‘hard’ - before spending money on what might be an incorrect solution.
If the staining is being caused by hard water getting on the bricks from a garden sprinkler, it wouldn’t give the patterning shown in your photos - where some bricks are affected and others immediately adjacent are not. In your second photo there’s one course of stained bricks (the highest row of stained bricks) where that course is stained and the ones above and below are not. How could that result from hard water from a sprinkler? Same applies in your first photo.
I see what you're saying, however that part mentioned where some bricks are affected and others immediately adjacent are not is more of an anomaly compared to every other bit. Its a bit hard to portray from the photos I have but as I have mentioned when you are standing in the yard and picking the most logical place for a sprinkler to be positioned (probably done to get the grass established), you would then expect the water spray to hit where the bricks are stained.
The brick work around the deck is spotless, as there is no need to irrigate a deck therefor the bricks were not hit with the sprinkler.
The service side of the house, the bit hard up against the fence with just a stone path (no garden or grass) has very clean bricks, no need for a sprinkler down there either.
I have added a couple more photos, one of them (with my shadow) is looking the other way at the same area where you spoted some bricks that were stained and the others immediately adjacent are not, this angle gives a better perception and shows it is not quite how it seems as per the photo you refer to.
Another photo shows an arch of staining, likely coinciding with an expected sprinkler pattern hitting the ground at the base of the fence. This photo shows staining to the left of the window, staining on the black aluminum window then staining on the bricks to the right of the window. You could literally draw a curved line starting high on the left and arch down to the right and the staining would be under the line.
Efflorescence would not appear on window aluminum like that, that fact alone complied with the pattern of staining and the opinion of a bricklayer who has come across the same problem has lead me to believe it is hard water staining, although I admit ill never be 100%, whatever it is it still seems (from research online) that Hydrochloric acid is the "go to" for stubborn stains on brickwork.
Just looking for ways to make the cleaning a little easier (if possible) and/or mitigating any future reoccurrence.
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