Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Jun 06, 2010 1:06 pm Would you be happy if your front feature window mortar gaps were twice the size of all the other gaps? Also, the left hand side is fine but the right is significantly thicker (twice the thickness of that of all the other gaps): Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Close up: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Or am I being too picky??? Re: Would you be happy with this? 2Jun 06, 2010 2:13 pm Removing anything with any information about our build. If I was to win Lotto, I would build with a different builder, now to win lotto Re: Would you be happy with this? 3Jun 06, 2010 2:35 pm The maximum allowable perpend (vertical bits) differences on any face of brickwork is 8 mm. that is, if you measure the thinnest perpend and the thickest perpend and the difference is more than 8 mm then it must be rectified. The offending perpends shoudl not be brought to just inside the limits but back to as close as possible to the nominal thickness (10 mm). Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 Re: Would you be happy with this? 5Jun 07, 2010 10:06 am borg Looks like the issues are with your bricks not being uniform and not so much the laying of the bricks. The bricks are all different sizes. No they are pretty even. I think it's my camera that is making things smaller towards the bottom of the photos :S Re: Would you be happy with this? 6Jun 07, 2010 10:31 am not sure if we are both talking about the same thing but some bricks look like they are bigger in height than others. It would be interesting to see if you can measure the bricks in real life and see if they are all 76mm in heights.
Re: Would you be happy with this? 7Jun 07, 2010 10:36 am Looks to late to me to be able to do anything about it. It's only a minor nuance in my opinion. Once the grout darkens up due to weathering, it maybe less noticeable. Re: Would you be happy with this? 8Jun 07, 2010 10:45 am I agree with borg, the bricks look like different sizes to me too. RoadkillNZ Personally I would not be happy with it, But I have also been told by a builder that the reason we have 2 tone mortar is because it is still drying - after 3 months (strangley enough the bottom half dried in 1 day, the top half is 3 months and counting and they are still waiting for it to "dry")....so don't be surprised with whatever excusethey come up with for that handywork, but itwould more likely or not b the original excuse we were given - "That is within acceptable standards" that's awful!!! are you going to do something about it? "Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions." — Elizabeth Gilbert Living in our new house. Currently scaping the land. Re: Would you be happy with this? 10Jun 07, 2010 1:40 pm borg not sure if we are both talking about the same thing but some bricks look like they are bigger in height than others. It would be interesting to see if you can measure the bricks in real life and see if they are all 76mm in heights. I am pretty sure it's what royalblue said: the bricks are not aligned, with horizontal brick positions staggered Re: Would you be happy with this? 11Jun 08, 2010 10:13 am Your gauging is definitely out (horizontal motar lines). The mortar joints are poorly raked and that perp joint is a bit to wide although probably within acceptable limits. I would say that your brickies aren't the best in the business. Just the general cleanliness of their work gives it away. Once the brick cleaners come in it wont look to bad though. At the moment this small part of the build is your focus, give it a few more weeks or months and you wont even notice it (or you might but it wont be so important). In some regards that is the problem with building, you go to the site to look at the progress and just have one very small area to focus on. If you were buying this house when it was completed you probably wouldn't even notice these as you look at the whole picture. Bottom line is that no building will be perfect, if you look closely you will always find issues, you just need to decide what battles you want to fight and what issues you are prepared to let go. This one is probably not the end of the world. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Would you be happy with this? 12Jun 08, 2010 10:40 am I wouldn't have thought that the bricks are really dirty. The most important thing is they haven't left any dags on the brick work. Also I am very surprized only one other person can see this but some bricks definitely look to be different size and therefore this what may be causing the issues that we all are seeing in the brick work. Ever time i inspect what looks to be poor brick work I need to get my ruler out and start measuring the variances in the bricks. This has to be eliminated before judging the bricklayer. I Am even more surprised that the builder has corked the bricks before they have even been cleaned. Re: Would you be happy with this? 13Jun 08, 2010 12:40 pm On further inspection, the bricks do appear different sizes. This may just be due to the camera, but bricks at the same level seem different. The top photo, 5 bricks up. They seem level at the bottom of the brick and out at the top. This makes it hard for the brickies to keep gauging correct. I stand by the general cleanliness of the work however. I see brickwork every day and you can often tell a good brickie by the cleanliness of their work. i know guys who sponge the brickwork down, you hardly need to brick clean after they have finished. That may be overkill, but little things show general attitudes of tradies. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Would you be happy with this? 14Jun 09, 2010 8:38 pm Thank you all for your replies!
What about these expansion joints, acceptable or too messy? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Would you be happy with this? 15Jun 10, 2010 7:18 pm hiccup our expansion joints are really messy too. But we were told by our SS that a "specialist" comes around to fix them up after all the external work is done. Fingers crossed! Masterton Santorini Grande 23/01/09 First Tender 17/11/09 Contract signed 25/01/10 Slab 27/03/10 Frame 7/5/10 Bricks 1/07/10 Roof 9/7/10 Lock up 24/8/10 PCI 16/09/2010 KEYS! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=16418 Re: Would you be happy with this? 16Jun 10, 2010 7:52 pm I've uploaded new photos now. Hopefully it makes more sense as to what I'm referreing to now. I'm not concerned about the joints as much as I am concerned about the alignment of bricks/mortar next to them Bought in Nov 21 at the height of the market (classic). Good area, atrocious floor plan. BUT has land out to the left-hand side that we can extend out on (see second… 0 8782 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 39747 Hi It came to my attention after the handover that - The facade cladding on the face and the side are not straight. -The face tapers down by 50mm from left to right and… 0 2472 |