Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 14, 2008 10:46 am We currently have standard Raked bricks for our two story house, but if we upgrade to a flush surface brick there will be a upgrade about $1000. We plan in the future to render (side with bag and paint), should we upgrade to a flush surface brick so when we render in the future, less material is used and make it easy to render?
Have anyone try to render a Raked brick house and would it make any different to ender weather its raked or flush brick? And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Re: Raked or Flush Bricks 3Oct 14, 2008 11:13 am chloe787 We currently have standard Raked bricks for our two story house, but if we upgrade to a flush surface brick there will be a upgrade about $1000. We plan in the future to render (side with bag and paint), should we upgrade to a flush surface brick so when we render in the future, less material is used and make it easy to render? Have anyone try to render a Raked brick house and would it make any different to ender weather its raked or flush brick? I have a friend who is a plasterer, He would defiantly say do the upgrade if you are going to render, not only is it easier to render flush bricks, but ALOT less material (render) is needed. The $1000 spent on the upgrade would save you on plastering costs. - Easier to render if you are doing it yourself too.... Re: Raked or Flush Bricks 4Oct 14, 2008 11:20 am It's funny that surface finish is an upgrade as the way I've seen brikies do it is they surface finish the morter and then go around and rake finish it while it's drying. So I don't understand how that costs $1000 less.
Anyway, if you are rendering I've heard that surface finish is the way to go. This is how the builders do it before they render and it is easier to get a level finish. Personally if I were rendering I'd get the builder to do it as there is no point in paying for bricks to look good and be cleaned and then rendering over them later. Of course the builder will probably charge 10k+ to do it for you. Re: Raked or Flush Bricks 5Oct 14, 2008 5:57 pm I cant see why they would want an extra $1000 for flush finish because I can guarantee the bricklayer isn't being payed any extra and any bricky would prefer to do flush finish as it is easier for them.
Sounds like they are just trying to take advantage of you for an extra $1000 in there pocket. Ask them to justify what the extra cost is for and the reasoning behind it, I'd be interested to hear what they have to say. I'M sure any bricky would be happy to do a flush finish for a slab or 2 Re: Raked or Flush Bricks 6Oct 14, 2008 6:08 pm I_BUILD I cant see why they would want an extra $1000 for flush finish because I can guarantee the bricklayer isn't being payed any extra and any bricky would prefer to do flush finish as it is easier for them. I would definately have to agree with that. Brickies charge extra for a 'raked' finish for face bricks. There should be no reason why extra costs are incurred just because the mortar is flush with the brickwork. I would be asking the question. Re: Raked or Flush Bricks 7Oct 20, 2008 9:45 am The builder say the cost goes to the chemical that require to clean the brick after building as with flauh brick, it mortor somtimes make the bricks quite messey and they need to buy some type of chemcial to clean it. And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Re: Raked or Flush Bricks 8Oct 20, 2008 4:36 pm The cleaning will still be done by a brick cleaner and that is done regardless of the finish you choose. The brick cleaner may need to use a bit more acid and spend a bit more time cleaning them but still not that much more in costs. Call a brick cleaner and ask them if there will be any price difference and roughly how much the difference would be. Re: Raked or Flush Bricks 9Oct 20, 2008 8:21 pm our builder gave us the choice of raked, flush or rolled... they were all no cost options ie. included in the price.
We chose rolled... it is a good comprimise between flush and raked.... and also as someone else said.. brickies hate doing raked.. it is the hardest of them all to do... so if anything they should charge more for that!!! Re: Raked or Flush Bricks 10Oct 21, 2008 9:44 am Hi,
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