Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Sep 23, 2010 2:40 pm Hi Everyone I, like so many others, have been lurking around these forums for weeks and now I have a question. My hubby and I are about to embark on building our country home and I am really stuck on bricks. We will most likely be building with GJ Gardner, who use Boral bricks but we have eben told they will give us a quote on any supplier. I really like the sandstone/light brick look, with a grey roof (see pic below). Just wondering about suggestions of bricks for us to look at. Im slowly getting really overwhelmed!! Thanks http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/1035 ... ehouse.jpg Re: Brick Help 2Sep 23, 2010 3:49 pm Hi Chameel have you looked at Austral bricks?? Try their Homestead Ivory or Harvest Cotton http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae29 ... Cotton.jpg http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae29 ... dIvory.jpg Hope this helps Cheers Re: Brick Help 5Sep 24, 2010 10:24 am If its just the bricks or roof tiles, I have added more pics available for Austral. http://s980.photobucket.com/albums/ae29 ... f%20Tiles/ When you visit Austral store, you can ask for the list of addresses which have built their houses using the bricks you like, so you get an idea of what the house would look like when you build yours. if you looking for just general ideas for other components of your house, I will be uploading some more pics soon. have visited a lot and lot of display homes Whereabouts are you building?? Cheers Re: Brick Help 7Sep 24, 2010 1:04 pm Updated the pics. Added some pics of houses with Homestead Tan http://s980.photobucket.com/albums/ae29 ... f%20Tiles/ Cheers 2 8355 I should have followed up on this thread. So, the pier foundation wasn't large enough on the side it was leaning towards, and the NBN cable went through the pier, just… 8 12122 Just be careful with building stability during construction, that is when the structure may be weakened, refer to your engineering drawings for stability methodology. 1 7223 |