Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Mar 25, 2022 8:32 pm Evening all, Noticed my bricks have gone up this week, they don't seem right! Builder is building whole estate, half the houses are nice rest look rushed. My facade window is suppose to the overhanging brick window ledge that will be rendered. My neighbor has the correct window ledge but mine is a complete mess. I have attached photos of my mess plus brick work at back door thats overhanging too much. Rest of brickwork looks all straight and neat, its just window edges that are messy. Also attached photo of what my facade should look like and my prefect neighbors bricks. Will be emailing site supervisor Monday (not that his any help or really cares). Will raise this issue with my private inspector too. Thanks for the input. 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Will raise this issue with my private inspector too. Thanks for the input. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Sorry 1 more photo of my facade in real life. Re: Does this bricking look right! 3Mar 26, 2022 4:25 am Hi Kristie Welcome to the world of bricklayers laying commons! Basically they get paid less and assume that the renderers will cover their mess ( which the do) so they rush. With your windows they can easily be adjusted to look like your neighbours. Still email your builder and note your concerns though so you have a record. have a great saturday Simeon Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: Does this bricking look right! 4Mar 26, 2022 6:44 am Ashington Homes Hi Kristie Welcome to the world of bricklayers laying commons! Basically they get paid less and assume that the renderers will cover their mess ( which the do) so they rush. With your windows they can easily be adjusted to look like your neighbours. Still email your builder and note your concerns though so you have a record. have a great saturday Simeon Morning, Thank you for the reply. I thought that may have been the case. There are 2 different teams of brickies for the 2 different house designs. I will raise my concerns. Thanks Kristie Re: Does this bricking look right! 5Mar 28, 2022 8:33 pm As Ashington Homes said, commons getting rendered = brickie rushing through the works. Render should fill in most gaps, but that corner looks atrocious. Hopefully renderer is good haha. I would be worried about the sarking though. https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=htt ... Rx6BAgAEAk Re: Does this bricking look right! 6Mar 28, 2022 8:38 pm pantsless As Ashington Homes said, commons getting rendered = brickie rushing through the works. Render should fill in most gaps, but that corner looks atrocious. Hopefully renderer is good haha. I would be worried about the sarking though. https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=htt ... Rx6BAgAEAk Builder has replied back saying the window sill is their standard design and my neighbors is wrong. He goes that is Australian standard for a rendered brick wall. That corner worries me heaps and I'm still fighting to get this fixed. Will raise with my private inspector also. Re: Does this bricking look right! 8Mar 28, 2022 8:57 pm pantsless Cant edit my comment yet but i meant flashing not sarking. The plastic stuff hanging out? I had to goggle what you meant. Never again with a high volume builder. Builder is building the whole estate with most fixed price contracts signed easy 1-2 years ago. My guess is they are losing money with supplies/labor increases and cutting corners. I was suppose to be in this house last year. Just unfair some sites seem to get better trades, I've had bad luck with my site, issue after issue. Re: Does this bricking look right! 9Mar 29, 2022 6:15 am Kristie.vassiliadis pantsless As Ashington Homes said, commons getting rendered = brickie rushing through the works. Render should fill in most gaps, but that corner looks atrocious. Hopefully renderer is good haha. I would be worried about the sarking though. https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=htt ... Rx6BAgAEAk Builder has replied back saying the window sill is their standard design and my neighbors is wrong. He goes that is Australian standard for a rendered brick wall. That corner worries me heaps and I'm still fighting to get this fixed. Will raise with my private inspector also. Hey Kristie I was just re looking at the photos of your neighbours and your builder may have a point about the neighbour's being wrong on the corner. There is meant to be a 50mm cavity between the bricks and the sarking. The question is how are they intending on finishing the corner between the windows? You should ask, If I had to guess it will need to be light weight ( such as blue board) which then needs to be battoned out and have a custom flashing installed. I was having this conversation with one of our customers the other day explaining why with brickwork it's always best to custom measure and build the windows after brickwork rather then installing windows first and trying to brick around them. Can you please just ask " how are you finishing the corner between the windows" and then come back and let us know? Thanks Simeon Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: Does this bricking look right! 10Mar 29, 2022 6:32 am pantsless Cant edit my comment Just click on the the dots in your post's bottom RH corner to bring up the edit facility. 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Does this bricking look right! 11Mar 29, 2022 6:47 am Ashington Homes Kristie.vassiliadis pantsless As Ashington Homes said, commons getting rendered = brickie rushing through the works. Render should fill in most gaps, but that corner looks atrocious. Hopefully renderer is good haha. I would be worried about the sarking though. https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=htt ... Rx6BAgAEAk Builder has replied back saying the window sill is their standard design and my neighbors is wrong. He goes that is Australian standard for a rendered brick wall. That corner worries me heaps and I'm still fighting to get this fixed. Will raise with my private inspector also. Hey Kristie I was just re looking at the photos of your neighbours and your builder may have a point about the neighbour's being wrong on the corner. There is meant to be a 50mm cavity between the bricks and the sarking. The question is how are they intending on finishing the corner between the windows? You should ask, If I had to guess it will need to be light weight ( such as blue board) which then needs to be battoned out and have a custom flashing installed. I was having this conversation with one of our customers the other day explaining why with brickwork it's always best to custom measure and build the windows after brickwork rather then installing windows first and trying to brick around them. Can you please just ask " how are you finishing the corner between the windows" and then come back and let us know? Thanks Simeon Thanks for the reply. The wood is going on this corner as per the photo of another facade. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This builder is building the whole estate, very cookie-cutter homes in the end, every facade is a little different. I've uploaded the drawings of my facade also. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Does this bricking look right! 12Mar 29, 2022 1:23 pm Kristie Thanks for that. Timber makes sense not sure why I didn't think of that. In that case I think yours is correct, other than the awful brickwork which will be fixed with render. Cheers Simeon Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: Does this bricking look right! 14Mar 29, 2022 8:35 pm luxbuild It doesn't look like you have will have a step around the bottom of the windows (post #2), but presumably finished flush like the house in post #11? Yep, facade sold to me and stated in contract has a step sill. I'm going to try one more time contacting my builder. Seriously, like talking to a brick wall with this builder. They don't like what your asking/saying you get ignored. Re: Does this bricking look right! 15Mar 30, 2022 10:53 am Good news, builder has agreed to re-do window sill to an overhanging sill. Thanks everyone for the help. Re: Does this bricking look right! 16Mar 30, 2022 7:20 pm Kristie.vassiliadis Good news, builder has agreed to re-do window sill to an overhanging sill. Thanks everyone for the help. Too quick to be happy, a friend took a photo tonight, and they have rendered my facade with incorrect window sill they advised they would change. They are creating themselves more work by not being organised. I got advised at 9am bricks were being re-done. A stop work should have happened on my facade. Another email asking for explanations again. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ They using concrete or timber sleepers? Timber or steel uprights? Any drainage behind sleeper? 3 5887 I'm putting a new floor in my kitchen, slate flagging on a standard concrete slab. I have allowed for a bed thickness of up to 20mm to accommodate the different… 0 17543 Thanks for that, the PVC pipe is still about 40cm below ground level and it sticks out of the sand with no end cap or anything on it just open pipe, is this the finished… 2 10471 |