Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Brick selection and omitting rendering 5Jan 29, 2024 11:53 am housenoob I was tossing up between Blackheath and lightning but ended up going with the latter. It depends on what colour is your favourite. I think Blackheath is easier to maintain given the semi gloss finish and darker colour compared to lightning. Is 20k rendering just the facade? My builder quoted 5k for half your frontage but I decided to keep the brick look. If money is not an issue I'd say go with render. Rendered bricks use red bricks. Hi Housenoob, We need some advice from you please. We opted for lightning brick but we didn’t check the lightning brick facade with rendering on top. If you went with lightning brick, please share your facade details or please let me know which colour suits. TIA yep you need a joint, foam is easiest, will look fine once rendered with a joint. 2 5348 Hi Kaiser85, We are building with Firstyle Homes. Our build has just started, slab pour is on Saturday (hopefully!). Their standard range is pretty good. We did our… 1 6691 Hi there, we have classic cream gutters, fascia’s, roller door and undercover carport. We are are going to paint the roof a terracotta orange colour. After some… 0 5467 |