Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Hawthorn or Yarra Essendon brick with cladding 2Apr 10, 2021 2:25 pm Hi Asha I'm also building with Hawthorn Red. If you live anywhere near the Timber Ridge Reserve in Doncaster the pavillion on the sports ground there has been done in Hawthorn Red. In my opinion the mortar wasn't done properly, looked very slap and dash but it was lockdown and maybe the brick work hadn't been washed off yet. I have monument windows and other trims so I think it will work well with this brick but my roof will be Barramundi. Re: Hawthorn or Yarra Essendon brick with cladding 3Oct 08, 2021 2:11 pm Hi camberwell, I am in Tasmania. How is your house coming along? I’d love to see photos if you have any. We are only due to get the frame work up before Christmas from lots of delays but I’m still using hawthorn red brick but barramundi roof was not an option here. Re: Hawthorn or Yarra Essendon brick with cladding 4Oct 08, 2021 3:07 pm Asha12 Hi camberwell, I am in Tasmania. How is your house coming along? I’d love to see photos if you have any. We are only due to get the frame work up before Christmas from lots of delays but I’m still using hawthorn red brick but barramundi roof was not an option here. Hi Asha We are on site next week with the delays here in Melbourne. We changed our brick to Hawthorn Tan. I just felt like Hawthorn Tan would have more depth with the other colours in our palette which are monument black, green based greys. 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 12052 The spacing of the studs looks pretty large especially for a load bearing wall. 3 11118 Re my second point – yes exactly. And often it may take additional time if the manufacturer recommends no more than X meters… 3 5646 |