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abrickspecialist

14 January 2011

Re: Advice on brick colour variationsBuilding Standards; Getting It Right!

Jan 13, 2011 11:31 pm

I just found this thread. Looking at the picks IMO it looks like about 20m2 of brickwork is vastly different to the rest of the house. 20m2 at 50 brick per m2 is 1000 bricks. As the front upstairs is usually the last part that is laid I'd ask to see the original callup information on the total quant...

I just found this thread. Looking at the picks IMO it looks like about 20m2 of brickwork is vastly different to the rest...

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abrickspecialist

20 May 2016

Re: Anyone with glazed bricks?General Discussion

May 20, 2016 8:00 pm

Glazed bricks are nice and have been around since the 1920's, with the salt glazed terracotta bricks used in the Art Deco/P&O style homes as feature banding to rope bricks or soldier courses around pressed reds. Austral bought the old Euroa Bricks business and now sell them as Burlesque but you ...

Glazed bricks are nice and have been around since the 1920's, with the salt glazed terracotta bricks used in the Art Dec...

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abrickspecialist

25 December 2010

Re: Austral Metalix Bronze Bricks - are you building with thBuilding A New House

Dec 25, 2010 7:40 am

Re colour wise it's each to their own but they are very nice bricks that are a fairly expensive upgrade. I would recommend that you talk to your builder about making sure that the bricklayer does an AS3700 mortar mix. Visit the Thinkbrick website and download the PDF for The Brick Manual and the Ind...

Re colour wise it's each to their own but they are very nice bricks that are a fairly expensive upgrade. I would recomme...

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abrickspecialist

21 May 2016

Re: Benton Homes - Narre Warren Vic - Has anyone Built with General Discussion

May 21, 2016 7:04 pm

Give them a letter asking for a meeting to discuss a resolution If you get no where with that..... http://www.vba.vic.gov.au/disputes-and-resolutions/complaints good luck

Give them a letter asking for a meeting to discuss a resolution If you get no where with that..... http://www.vba.vic.go...

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abrickspecialist

21 May 2016

Re: Boral bricksGeneral Discussion

May 21, 2016 7:07 pm

They are now called PGH Bricks and ask them to send up some facing samples http://www.pghbricks.com.au/products/bricks?hs=true

They are now called PGH Bricks and ask them to send up some facing samples http://www.pghbricks.com.au/products/bricks?h...

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abrickspecialist

30 June 2016

Re: Brick CleaningBuilding Standards; Getting It Right!

Jun 30, 2016 6:56 pm

Update: Builder had been good and got the brick rep out. He said that it's nothing to do with the brick. most likely the fault of the bricklayer causing the clean harder to remove excess mortar. Builder is looking at getting a company called Nawkaw to paint the problem bricks? Anyone heard of them ...

Painting doesn't solve your problem ? In fact painting the bricks and mortar makes things worse..long term The mortar j...

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abrickspecialist

29 March 2019

Re: Brick finishing issueGeneral Discussion

Mar 29, 2019 1:25 pm

Looking at your picture you have the deadly combination of the following... 1, Brickwork laid in a dirty state [They needed pressure washing] 2, A colour veneer brick [where pressure washing easily strips the colour from the clay brick face] 3, An off-white mortar [Which is highly visible in a dark ...

Looking at your picture you have the deadly combination of the following... 1, Brickwork laid in a dirty state 2, A colo...

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abrickspecialist

24 December 2010

Re: Brick IssuesBuilding Standards; Getting It Right!

Dec 24, 2010 10:18 pm

All manufacturers state that bricks change batch to batch and even pallet to pallet let alone comparing a house that is finished to a delivery you expect to recieve in the future. This is a common mistake of home owners. The clay colours vary in the ground scoop to scoop so brick variation is prone ...

All manufacturers state that bricks change batch to batch and even pallet to pallet let alone comparing a house that is ...

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abrickspecialist

30 December 2010

Re: Brick IssuesBuilding Standards; Getting It Right!

Dec 29, 2010 11:23 pm

I'm glad you have had the issue solved but I don't understand what they did to do it. A cash payment obviously helped you accept some of the issue. As you said you were reimbursed, has the builder been credited the bricks cheap or free and passed the saving on to you? You said the difference is colo...

I'm glad you have had the issue solved but I don't understand what they did to do it. A cash payment obviously helped yo...

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abrickspecialist

30 June 2016

Re: Brick work should i be worried??Building Standards; Getting It Right!

Jun 30, 2016 6:19 pm

IMO it looks like the lintel isn't quite deep enough to take the brickwork and the back of the bricks are sitting on the welded seam

IMO it looks like the lintel isn't quite deep enough to take the brickwork and the back of the bricks are sitting on the...

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abrickspecialist

21 May 2016

Re: Brick Workmanship.General Discussion

May 21, 2016 9:04 pm

I think in these images we are looking at efflorescence, salt leaching out of the brick after being washed or rain. This will happen for while particularly with this brick, this just need washed again ...and maybe again. No it's not efflorescence and it'll only make it worse if they are washed with...

No it's not efflorescence and it'll only make it worse if they are washed with hydrochloric again. It's calcium stainin...

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abrickspecialist

3 May 2016

Re: Brick/Mortar issues - pic heavyBuilding A New House

May 03, 2016 11:20 am

I have a few comments regarding the above..... Iron oxide stain = Acid burn. Clay bricks don't cure as they are fired to become like stone, but concrete bricks require a curing time just like any concrete product. Clay bricks do swell over the years and this increasing size is taken up with expansio...

I have a few comments regarding the above..... Iron oxide stain = Acid burn. Clay bricks don't cure as they are fired to...

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abrickspecialist

29 March 2019

Re: Bricks - replacing individual bricksGeneral Discussion

Mar 28, 2019 11:57 pm

A brickie can do it using an Arbortech AS170 saw with the appropriate bed and perp end blade. Do not let anyone try to cut them out with an angle grinder.

A brickie can do it using an Arbortech AS170 saw with the appropriate bed and perp end blade. Do not let anyone try to c...

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abrickspecialist

29 March 2019

Re: Bricks - replacing individual bricksGeneral Discussion

Mar 29, 2019 12:34 pm

I have no idea about bricks, but can you stain some of them to match the darker colour? In the OP he's had Nawkaw out to try but it apparantly didn't work.

In the OP he's had Nawkaw out to try but it apparantly didn't work.

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abrickspecialist

1 April 2019

Re: Bricks - replacing individual bricksGeneral Discussion

Apr 01, 2019 2:44 pm

I'd say $20 per brick would be more realistic and it'd still be cheaper than pulling it all down, taking away the bricks and re supplying, laying and cleaning them again

I'd say $20 per brick would be more realistic and it'd still be cheaper than pulling it all down, taking away the bricks...

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abrickspecialist

1 April 2019

Re: Bricks and windows reviewBuilding A New House

Apr 01, 2019 2:58 pm

If the bricks meet the AS3700 for dimensional size, compressive strength and match the display walls in colour and texture. Each manufacturer should provide bricks that meet these requirements, if not they should be downgraded to seconds. These vary batch to batch. Tell the builder you're paying for...

If the bricks meet the AS3700 for dimensional size, compressive strength and match the display walls in colour and textu...

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abrickspecialist

26 January 2011

Re: Bricks Issues - White Patches have developedBuilding A New House

Jan 26, 2011 3:50 pm

Any pics? It's hard to offer a solution without them.

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abrickspecialist

21 May 2016

Re: Builder not paying supplier, supplier taking back stuff?General Discussion

May 21, 2016 7:15 pm

When the owner signs a construction contract they sign the right over to property access until handover. Their land or not they are NOT allowed on site without the builders permission. Suppliers are given the builders permission to supply materials...they can enter the site. It's a grey.....and ugly...

When the owner signs a construction contract they sign the right over to property access until handover. Their land or n...

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abrickspecialist

21 May 2016

Re: building with victorian home choice/multi developers ptyGeneral Discussion

May 21, 2016 7:11 pm

Victorian Homes Choice is the house and land package "seller" the registered "building" part of the business is Multi Developers.

Victorian Homes Choice is the house and land package seller the registered building part of the business is Multi Develo...

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abrickspecialist

17 October 2011

Re: ** bricklaying??Building Standards; Getting It Right!

Oct 17, 2011 6:54 am

IMO the pictures in your blog show a classic failure by the bricklayer, to protect the brickwork from the elements while the mortar is drying. The high contrast between the brick [it looks like Boral Storm] and the mortar, with the rain hitting the bricks, will almost certainly result in "white...

IMO the pictures in your blog show a classic failure by the bricklayer, to protect the brickwork from the elements while...