Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 21, 2009 9:06 pm Hi, this may sound like a silly question but do off-white bricks (with crease details in them) like (Boral) Girraween or Bianca get dirty after a while? esp in the creases? I would imagine that with dust and all that, they could get grotty and require regular cleaning.. I really like light coloured bricks but have to be practical... ta Building the 22sq Ashton Re: Llightcoloured bricks eg Girraween or Bianca for facade 2Mar 02, 2009 12:32 pm We've chosen the Bianca Bricks for our home with brighton lite mortar.
I wouldn't think dirtiness would be a problem. Re: Llightcoloured bricks eg Girraween or Bianca for facade 4Mar 02, 2009 5:57 pm We had our bricks in our last home high-pressure water cleaned after about 28 years and they came up like new.
So, we're happy to go with Austral Nougat for the new place in the knowledge that if they get dirty, I just have to drag out the Karcher every decade or so. Cheers zeke Re: Llightcoloured bricks eg Girraween or Bianca for facade 5Mar 29, 2009 5:32 pm I hate seeing rust leaks on light coloured brickes. Sorry I know my comment isnt useful but just felt like saying that Re: Llightcoloured bricks eg Girraween or Bianca for facade 6Mar 29, 2009 10:56 pm Thanks Getting there - Valid point and wished I had thought about that as we have already locked in Giraween at colour selection. Oh well Building the 22sq Ashton Dear Members I have to decide the Facade column size. My custom builder standard is 350mm with rendering, but i asked for 470mm plus stone or tiles and yet to get… 0 7414 traditional gable roof facade - Have you did the dark and light gray color combination in facade with gray stone in facade… 0 4141 Looking to tile the facade pillars rather than rendering. Builder is quoting 2500$ laying cost for upto 10msq. The 2 pillars come to be 16msq. So laying costs are 5000$… 0 7443 |