Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Jul 04, 2014 12:30 pm Hi all, I currently have a Victorian style home in Melbourne. It has been rendered (not sure how long back as I purchased it in 2012) and I am looking to update the facade. I have seen similar houses in Melbourne that have a facade that resembles large bricks. I am not sure if an existing rendered house can be updated with this large brick facade look. I'm not sure if there is a tile style brick that can be placed over the render to achieve this look. Preferably looking for the white style tile brick facade. I have no experience in house renovations and am struggling to find a company on the internet that is able to achieve the look I am after. I'd appreciate if someone could firstly let me know if what I want to achieve is possible and also recommend a company that can undertake this piece of work. Re: Changing house Facade - Melbourne Victorian style Home 2Jul 04, 2014 3:17 pm Some photos of the effect you are trying to achieve would help a lot. It sounds like you are trying for a struck or Ashlar effect - usually done while the render is still reasonably soft and a block pattern is scratched into the surface. Or there is rebated where timber slats are screwed to the wall and then the wall is rendered then the slats are removed leaving a 10-20mm rebate. Even though standard size bricks are used in the wall the block effect is scratched into the plaster to mimic much larger masonry - usually 600 x 300 or 400mm. Similar to these Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Stewie Re: Changing house Facade - Melbourne Victorian style Home 3Jul 05, 2014 5:11 pm This is the look I'm wanting to achieve. Anyone know how this is done and can you recommend anyone in Melbourne area? http://www.realestate.com.au/home-ideas ... des-525453 Re: Changing house Facade - Melbourne Victorian style Home 4Jul 06, 2014 11:16 am Zooming in doesn't show a lot of detail but it looks like a chamfered ashlar effect. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This could probably only be done by re-rendering the outside of your place with thicker render and then chamfering grooves in the surface. You can of course do like the second photo in my first post by scratching it into the existing surface but I'm unsure how thick nor how strong your existing plaster is nor which effect you are after without seeing it closeup. There are specialist restoration plasterers around who do this type of work but I don't know anyone in Melbourne who does this ( I'm Sydney based ). Google may be your best friend. Stewie I havent, and i havent looked to much into it, but on face value its not the saviour its trying to make out to be. Shared equity in your home is never a good idea. The… 1 2926 Hi, guys! If you've built with Wisdom Homes, would you mind sharing images of your front facades once they're all rendered? I'm considering signing up with them for a wide… 0 8795 The Dulux colour consultants are awesome. If you show them the photos they should be able to figure it out for you straight away 1 704 |