Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Bricks - replacing individual bricks 4Mar 28, 2019 11:57 pm A brickie can do it using an Arbortech AS170 saw with the appropriate bed and perp end blade. Do not let anyone try to cut them out with an angle grinder. Being a builder is more than just having once held a hammer. It's about the trades you hire and ensuring that they give a result that meets the industry standard and the home owners expectations. Re: Bricks - replacing individual bricks 5Mar 29, 2019 11:56 am I have no idea about bricks, but can you stain some of them to match the darker colour? Re: Bricks - replacing individual bricks 6Mar 29, 2019 12:34 pm bestspecials I have no idea about bricks, but can you stain some of them to match the darker colour? In the OP he's had Nawkaw out to try but it apparantly didn't work. Being a builder is more than just having once held a hammer. It's about the trades you hire and ensuring that they give a result that meets the industry standard and the home owners expectations. Re: Bricks - replacing individual bricks 7Mar 29, 2019 12:38 pm abrickspecialist bestspecials I have no idea about bricks, but can you stain some of them to match the darker colour? In the OP he's had Nawkaw out to try but it apparantly didn't work. That's a shame. Re: Bricks - replacing individual bricks 8Mar 30, 2019 9:05 am abrickspecialist A brickie can do it using an Arbortech AS170 saw with the appropriate bed and perp end blade. Do not let anyone try to cut them out with an angle grinder. Thanks - I'll make sure that a grinder isn't used IF the replacement of bricks goes ahead. Re: Bricks - replacing individual bricks 9Mar 30, 2019 9:07 am Stewie D No-one would want to do it and if they did they would charge like a wounded bull. I've done a few in the past as part of renos where we had to either install brick vents/ gain access to the cavity for sparkies/ remove bricks because of moisture ingress etc etc and they just all take time and elbow grease. It can be done of course -removing individual bricks and replacing them but I know a lot of guys would baulk at it. Good luck Stewie Agreed, seems like a painful job, particularly for such a large amount of bricks. UPDATE - The brick company guy has come back saying that a brickie would charge $2 per brick to do the replacements. This seems way under a realistic number considering the amount of work involved. Any thoughts? Re: Bricks - replacing individual bricks 10Mar 30, 2019 4:10 pm At $2 a brick he'd want to be taking not much more than 2 minutes per brick to cut it out and repoint otherwise he's not making much money. It sounds way to cheap to me. As Stewie said, it's a time consuming job to do it properly and time equals $$. I'd have to question how they can do it for that price. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Bricks - replacing individual bricks 11Apr 01, 2019 2:44 pm I'd say $20 per brick would be more realistic and it'd still be cheaper than pulling it all down, taking away the bricks and re supplying, laying and cleaning them again Being a builder is more than just having once held a hammer. It's about the trades you hire and ensuring that they give a result that meets the industry standard and the home owners expectations. Re: Bricks - replacing individual bricks 12Apr 01, 2019 9:06 pm Masonry blending of bricks needs to be uniform according to the guide of standards and tolerances otherwise its defective. I have come across this before, In your case you can colour random bricks with oxide mix to match the dark ones if your happy with that. I would not replace those 175 bricks as the effort involved would be painful. As abrickspecialist said $20 per brick would be bare minimum. It would take at least 30min for each brick by the time its knocked out, new one set in, ironed then washed. Re: Bricks - replacing individual bricks 13Apr 03, 2020 10:16 pm Simo1901 I am in the same sort of position as you an our bricks are very similiar....except our brickies didn't blend the Ascot bricks. The whole house is a patchy mess. The builder has admitted that there is a problem and has recommended NAWKAW to stain the bricks to make the blending look right. Can I ask what sort of resolution you came to with your builder? Has this been sorted? Thank You Re: Bricks - replacing individual bricks 14Apr 04, 2020 3:15 pm I ended up coming to an agreement via compensation from the Brick supplier. I had a NAWKAW rep come out to trial the matching, he admitted that he couldn't get a match. I was there with the NAWKAW rep, I can tell you I wouldn't have accepted it, it wasn't even close. Re: Bricks - replacing individual bricks 15Apr 04, 2020 11:38 pm Thanks for the reply. Hopefully we will come to some sort of resolution that suits both the builder and ourselves. I am hoping the brickwork will be pulled down (all 10,000 bricks) and redone. I think it will be too hard to replace the bricks that need replaced as there are too many. Staining won't be an option for me neither as I the bricks they stain are waterproof and when it rains they don't get wet so the house will look like a patchwork quilt with the different colours of wet and dry looking patches. Re: Bricks - replacing individual bricks 16Apr 21, 2020 12:51 pm Hi Simon. Should have asked. What are the name of your bricks? Ours are PGH Ascot Re: Bricks - replacing individual bricks 18Apr 23, 2020 12:16 pm starter Thanks for the reply. Hopefully we will come to some sort of resolution that suits both the builder and ourselves. I am hoping the brickwork will be pulled down (all 10,000 bricks) and redone. I think it will be too hard to replace the bricks that need replaced as there are too many. Staining won't be an option for me neither as I the bricks they stain are waterproof and when it rains they don't get wet so the house will look like a patchwork quilt with the different colours of wet and dry looking patches. I would look for a full re-do. I can’t see how NAWKAW would ever be effective in this type of scenario. 2 8297 Yes, get a builder, make sure he is experienced and a registered building practitioner 5 8934 Hi, we live in an area where the black soil is prone to a lot of movement. We have an old 50's house with masonite everywhere and nails popping out, warping, rusted etc.… 0 4495 |