Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jan 04, 2010 8:07 am Hi, We are building a custom designed home in Western Sydney. I am looking for examples of people who have built a 2 story house that have used Matrix Cladding and a sandstock style brick. I have seen lots of examples of Matrix cladding with rendered houses and am wondering how it looks against a rough brick finish. Hope someone out there can help ? Westydave Re: Matrix Cladding Photos 2Jan 04, 2010 5:14 pm I love the look of Matrix, we have a few house around us using it, but the have all mixed it with rendered wall, linear even stria board as we are not allowed face brick in our estate. Call james hardie they may know of some examples of that combination. Cheers Lou http://take2-customdesigndownslope.blogspot.com 07-10-09 omg they have cut the block 14-05-10 we finally have the keys Re: Matrix Cladding Photos 5Jan 05, 2010 2:35 pm Hiya, We're using Matrix on a portion of the upper storey of our home. However, although the bricking is finished we are several weeks away from having the Matrix installed so I don't yet have any pics for you We are using PGH Blue Steel Flash bricks which is a very contemporary looking product to match the modern feel of Matrix. Not sure what a sandstock brick would look like using Matrix, however. Would you consider using another of the profiles such as Stria, Linea or even Stria? I can completely understand you wanting to steer clear of the standard lightweight materials a lot of builders use -- it aint so pretty..hehe. Pix Built a (highly) modified Allcastle Maxworth 38.7 in Sydney. Re: Matrix Cladding Photos 6Jan 06, 2010 1:51 pm Thank You Everyone, Your advice and the advice of a designer has led us down a slightly different path.We still are determinied to use the matrix panel which I love however are changing our brick selection. Cheers Westydave Re: Matrix Cladding Photos 7Feb 04, 2010 2:33 pm westydave Hi, We are building a custom designed home in Western Sydney. I am looking for examples of people who have built a 2 story house that have used Matrix Cladding and a sandstock style brick. I have seen lots of examples of Matrix cladding with rendered houses and am wondering how it looks against a rough brick finish. Hope someone out there can help ? Westydave I am trying to look for some pics of matrix cladding with rendered houses (apart from those on James Hardie website). Can you tell me where you've seen these examples? Standard uninsulated double brick has an R value of around 0.7. An insulated standard 90mm stud timber frame can have an R value of around 2.7. Even if you insulate a… 17 12069 The spacing of the studs looks pretty large especially for a load bearing wall. 3 11122 Re my second point – yes exactly. And often it may take additional time if the manufacturer recommends no more than X meters… 3 5652 |