Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Jan 26, 2010 9:39 am Hi we are about to build for the first time & are having trouble choosing a colour for our bricks! So far we have gone with a Jasper roof & timber garage door. We were thinking of going with a lighter colour brick but dont wont it to lok to washed out. Oh nearly forgot we are also having the portico rendered in Jasper, any ideas or photos would be greatly appreciated Re: What colour bricks to go with a Jasper roof? 2Jan 28, 2010 11:14 am Hi, Do you know what company you need to choose your bricks from? This might help others to choose a brick they think will match, and what state are you in? V Re: What colour bricks to go with a Jasper roof? 3Jan 28, 2010 2:31 pm We will be going through Austral... at this stage we like the look of Parchment but are just a little overwhelmed! We dont have to stick to the standard range but are open to all suggestions. We are also a little confused about mortor colours we have seen 2 houses in Parchment each with different colour mortor & they look so different! We only have a week or so left to decide... Oh nearly forgot we are building in country Vic Re: What colour bricks to go with a Jasper roof? 4Jan 28, 2010 3:25 pm We had a light coloured roof on our duplex, but had jasper gutters, fascia, front door and garage door. We went for a light coloured brick called 'rice' from PGH. I really liked it. Sorry the picture isn't the best. http://i892.photobucket.com/albums/ac127/ourhouse2010/July2009151.jpg Good luck deciding Re: What colour bricks to go with a Jasper roof? 5Jan 29, 2010 6:39 am Well now hubby has decided that light bricks are not for us & wants to go with Austral Cotham!!! Complete 360 but I,m happy to have a look at some house & we will see how we go. Has anyone built with Cotham bricks that could post some photos? Thanks Re: What colour bricks to go with a Jasper roof? 6Feb 02, 2010 8:40 am OK after much debate we have decided to go with Austral Nougat.....pheww. So far the houses & photos we have seen look great & we have seen a number of coloured roofs from the extremley light to black, so we are feeling comfortable that our Jasper colorbond will look fine Thank you so much. We ended going with the terrain that’s part of our brick. 2 2499 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair to do it properly you need to dig out the garden and waterproof the outside of the wall. There are some products you can put on the face of the bricks but the water is… 2 4613 |