Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building in Millbridge with WA Housing Centre 41Sep 19, 2013 9:02 am Oops keep forgetting to come here and update! Well our brickwork is all done now, roof is on, walls have been plastered and ceiling and cornices are all done, windows and doors are on and locked up, kitchen cupboards and bathroom cupboards have been delivered and partially installed, and all our tiles have been delivered! Last time I was there our bath/toilets/etc were being delivered too. Things are coming along!! It seems we have a major problem with our bricks though, or the mortar, not sure which is causing it. Our cream mortar is now covered in horrible rusty-coloured stains and it's leaching into the bricks. Anyone else has this??? Re: Building in Millbridge with WA Housing Centre 42Sep 19, 2013 9:27 am If you have cream bricks it is likely they will turn green. It's due to vanadium leaching out of the bricks. The builder should spray with chlorine to reduce it. Ours looked like this at lockup Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I don't have a recent photo but it doesn't look nearly that bad now! It now has more of an orange/rust look but most bricks you couldn't even tell they looked like that. Re: Building in Millbridge with WA Housing Centre 44Sep 19, 2013 2:58 pm Yep something different but might be a similar process. I'd ask the builder to tell you what it is. Hope it gets sorted! I am not based in Victoria however i had a quick look into your question to understand what you were asking. The way I read the regulations, overshadowing relates to the… 1 2709 Hi, have purchased a house with 2 single garage doors. The Centre pillar one side sits proud to the other. Can I change 2 doors into one. Please see picture. 0 7525 Elvis has left the building... The site supervisor quit after 2 month on the project. I guess he was just instructed to bark at people, but didn't like when he was… 26 22252 |