Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Austral Nougat bricks and Ebony Roof tile 21Mar 07, 2010 8:46 am I am currently building with Porter Davis and used Austral Nougat bricks. They are crap and I am very disppointed with quality of the bricks. I now have a battle ahead of me with the builder and Austral. I would strongly recomend you choose another brick. Austal have just realeased the Access range which has a brick (Ash) which is very similar to Nougat but which is not a glazed brick. There is also a a new brick called 'Cotton' in the Harvest range. Do yourself a favour and avoid 'Nougat'. If you're interested in following my house progress you can at www.steviegsinspiration.blogspot.com There will shortly be some info about the brick battle. Steve. Re: Austral Nougat bricks and Ebony Roof tile 22Mar 07, 2010 9:37 am Whats wrong with your nougat bricks?? I'm also using Nougat. Re: Austral Nougat bricks and Ebony Roof tile 23Mar 07, 2010 5:20 pm Stevieg I am currently building with Porter Davis and used Austral Nougat bricks. They are crap and I am very disppointed with quality of the bricks. I now have a battle ahead of me with the builder and Austral. I would strongly recomend you choose another brick. Austal have just realeased the Access range which has a brick (Ash) which is very similar to Nougat but which is not a glazed brick. There is also a a new brick called 'Cotton' in the Harvest range. Do yourself a favour and avoid 'Nougat'. If you're interested in following my house progress you can at http://www.steviegsinspiration.blogspot.com There will shortly be some info about the brick battle. Steve. Hi, I second that. We are also using Nougat and we are not happy with it. If we could turn back time, we would never have chosen Nougat. The beige colour is only on the surface and when the bricks chip, you can see a different colour on the inside, it is like a salmon pink colour on the inside, not very nice indeed. All bricks tend to chip when brickies lay them and it is so noticeable with the Nougat. We've also had issues with the bricks turning green, which i am told should come off through neutralisation, i am still waiting for this to be done so i can only assume it will come off. We also notice that the bricks have turned yellowish in several areas around the house. I am sure you can get the picture, green/yellow bricks, not very attractive. Steve, i would be interested to know what your builder and Austral have said about it. Did you have the same problems as us? How i wish i had chosen a different brick, at the time we did not have a lot of choices in the light coloured bricks and if you have the choice, try to pick something different. [i]We built in Point Cook and are loving our new house. Re: Austral Nougat bricks and Ebony Roof tile 24Mar 07, 2010 9:14 pm The first thing I noticed about the Nougats was that alot of them seemed to be in poor condition when they were delivered. Alot seemed to have cracks through them which I assumed was a characteristic of the brick, however when I recently visited the austral display at Lyndhurst I saw that none on the display wall were cracked. Second thing I noticed was that a number of the bricks had patchy glaze and the orange colour of the brick was showing through. I assumed the brickies would discard these. Not the case. Once laid these patchy bricks stand out like a sore thumb. All that was just the start of the problems. I happened to visit the site on the day the brick cleaner was there. He stated that he'd had no end of trouble with the Nougats and would not use acid to clean them as it tended to damage the bricks by causing the orange colour of the base brick to bleed through the glaze as well as turning some green. He therefore cleaned them twice at close range with high pressure but this did not clean them to a satisfactory standard. The site supervisor then arranged for Austral to attend the site and find a solution. I can only assume that the solution was to acid clean them as I now have bricks with the orange bleeding through, this can appear yellow, as well as many bricks that have turned green. I believe the green can be removed but I think the issue with the orange bleeding through may be a bigger issue. The multiple pressure cleans also appears to have damaged many of the bricks by blowing part of the glaze off or chipping them. I will be taking up the fight with the builder and Austral but the only satisfactory solution I can see is ripping all the bricks off and starting again with a decent product. These Nougat bricks look second rate and are of a very poor standard. I can only imagine what they will look like in 5, 10, 20 years. My recomendation to anyone is to use a non glazed brick. Austral have just released 'Ash' in their Access range and 'Cotton' in their Harvest range. Both are similar in colour to Nougat but are a solid colour brick. I wish they had have been available when I had to select my bricks last year. Re: Austral Nougat bricks and Ebony Roof tile 25Mar 07, 2010 9:31 pm Stevieg The first thing I noticed about the Nougats was that alot of them seemed to be in poor condition when they were delivered. Alot seemed to have cracks through them which I assumed was a characteristic of the brick, however when I recently visited the austral display at Lyndhurst I saw that none on the display wall were cracked. Second thing I noticed was that a number of the bricks had patchy glaze and the orange colour of the brick was showing through. I assumed the brickies would discard these. Not the case. Once laid these patchy bricks stand out like a sore thumb. All that was just the start of the problems. I happened to visit the site on the day the brick cleaner was there. He stated that he'd had no end of trouble with the Nougats and would not use acid to clean them as it tended to damage the bricks by causing the orange colour of the base brick to bleed through the glaze as well as turning some green. He therefore cleaned them twice at close range with high pressure but this did not clean them to a satisfactory standard. The site supervisor then arranged for Austral to attend the site and find a solution. I can only assume that the solution was to acid clean them as I now have bricks with the orange bleeding through, this can appear yellow, as well as many bricks that have turned green. I believe the green can be removed but I think the issue with the orange bleeding through may be a bigger issue. The multiple pressure cleans also appears to have damaged many of the bricks by blowing part of the glaze off or chipping them. I will be taking up the fight with the builder and Austral but the only satisfactory solution I can see is ripping all the bricks off and starting again with a decent product. These Nougat bricks look second rate and are of a very poor standard. I can only imagine what they will look like in 5, 10, 20 years. My recomendation to anyone is to use a non glazed brick. Austral have just released 'Ash' in their Access range and 'Cotton' in their Harvest range. Both are similar in colour to Nougat but are a solid colour brick. I wish they had have been available when I had to select my bricks last year. I think ours was pressure cleaned 3 times and it seems worse now than it was before. You've probably just given me the explanation, i thought they were yellowish but that explains what you just said... [i]We built in Point Cook and are loving our new house. Re: Austral Nougat bricks and Ebony Roof tile 27Apr 10, 2010 5:03 pm My nougat's are now all chipped too from a certain brick cleaner using a certain high pressure cleaner even though he's not supposed to with glazed bricks Now I am battling to get them fixed to an acceptable standard, good times Caz & Co ALL MOVED IN!! Now comes all the hard work-decorating.... [b]Blog: http://cazoraz.blogspot.com/ Settling in Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=36993 Re: Austral Nougat bricks and Ebony Roof tile 28Apr 10, 2010 5:17 pm We also opted for a dark roof tile, and like one of the previous posters, we chose Barramundi. We have a darker brick, in Ironbark, but i can imagine the dark and light shades of a lighter brick would look lovely. With Woodland Grey for our windows and our gutters, we've broken up the dark Grey with lighter shades, such as Dune, and also Raw Cashew Nut. Dear J.K. Rowling, Your books are entirely unrealistic. I mean, a ginger kid with two friends? Sincerely, Anonymous Re: Austral Nougat bricks and Ebony Roof tile 29Apr 16, 2010 9:58 am Stevieg The first thing I noticed about the Nougats was that alot of them seemed to be in poor condition when they were delivered. Alot seemed to have cracks through them which I assumed was a characteristic of the brick, however when I recently visited the austral display at Lyndhurst I saw that none on the display wall were cracked. Second thing I noticed was that a number of the bricks had patchy glaze and the orange colour of the brick was showing through. I assumed the brickies would discard these. Not the case. Once laid these patchy bricks stand out like a sore thumb. All that was just the start of the problems. I happened to visit the site on the day the brick cleaner was there. He stated that he'd had no end of trouble with the Nougats and would not use acid to clean them as it tended to damage the bricks by causing the orange colour of the base brick to bleed through the glaze as well as turning some green. He therefore cleaned them twice at close range with high pressure but this did not clean them to a satisfactory standard. The site supervisor then arranged for Austral to attend the site and find a solution. I can only assume that the solution was to acid clean them as I now have bricks with the orange bleeding through, this can appear yellow, as well as many bricks that have turned green. I believe the green can be removed but I think the issue with the orange bleeding through may be a bigger issue. The multiple pressure cleans also appears to have damaged many of the bricks by blowing part of the glaze off or chipping them. I will be taking up the fight with the builder and Austral but the only satisfactory solution I can see is ripping all the bricks off and starting again with a decent product. These Nougat bricks look second rate and are of a very poor standard. I can only imagine what they will look like in 5, 10, 20 years. My recomendation to anyone is to use a non glazed brick. Austral have just released 'Ash' in their Access range and 'Cotton' in their Harvest range. Both are similar in colour to Nougat but are a solid colour brick. I wish they had have been available when I had to select my bricks last year. Hi Stevieg, do you have an update on the issue with the Nougat bricks? [i]We built in Point Cook and are loving our new house. This certainly doesn't look good. I would be engaging with an independent inspector to have a look at this. As for the unscheduled site visits, most builders are quite… 1 28157 Hey. Head to a metal and decide on which profile you will use first. 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