Browse Forums Finishing Touch Re: Help with render, downpipe and entry colours 6Sep 03, 2012 3:34 pm Hi, Without the below picture my whole description wouldn’t have made any sense to you. Try the link again. It is the last picture on that page. http://www.houzz.com/californian-bungalow/p/64 The blue strip on the bottom is what I am referring to as bullnose coping (in blue); the material can be ceramic, hardwood timber, pre-fab foam or it can be painted on (Ironstone) followed by the white strip (Surfmist) followed by your brick colour. Not knowing exactly your metal work selection (on gable) painting everything in Surfmist might be too large in proportion; it really depends on the metal work. By just painting the uprights/pillars white it will look uniform with the others and a white fence will round it off nicely. When using a lot of grey you should have a colour that lifts up the colour scheme and white or in this case Surfmist will do it nicely. I like the fence shown on the above houzz picture. I would rethink the stainless steel wiring. As far as the stairs are concerned they can be built out of any type of material, bricks are just one of them. I would go timber. I find that “standard” stairs are often not deep enough hence scuff marks on shoe heels and toes; try to have the tread (depth of stairs) bigger than standard. Cheers PS Building Standards; Getting It Right! It's all good. You can get both wye piece and the coupling with or without thread. The cost difference is negligible and means the plumber only has to carry the single… 1 4852 Black on light wood does look good. Not sure if it will be as long lasting as a steel finish? 6 6328 |