Browse Forums Building A New House Re: PGH Bricks 22Jan 26, 2010 5:34 pm Hi All, We're in the early stages and are considering using Santorini Random to the front (we were told they were pricey) so we'll use Bianca for sides and rear. We haven't chosen our colorbond color for our roof yet. I'm starting to get excited though we probably wont get our slab laid until around June. Everything is so slow. Handover February 2011 Happy with our home Re: PGH Bricks 24Sep 22, 2010 6:50 pm lj3376 Thanx everyone, love your pics I went today to have a look at some houses built in Cassica, quite like it Laine And we've chosen Chocolatto with Wild Rice tiles, so it will be interesting to see the change in colour with them. Hope it's not a drastic change. Hi Laine, apparentely they have taken the sand out of these bricks and now they are quite a lot darker, as they have also done to the Vino and the expresso. The expresso is now almost black looking so I was told by PGH, and the Vino is now really purple. Leaht, I really love the look of your Sorbetto bricks and have found out where there are a couple of houses locally that have built with this brick so I am going to go and have a look. Hi there - just wondering where you got the addresses of houses with PGH Sorbetto. We are also looking to use them (live in North Shore) and would love to do a drive by to make sure of the colour... ????? SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: PGH Bricks 26Sep 22, 2010 7:41 pm Thanks Emma! Will do! SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: PGH Bricks 27Sep 22, 2010 9:13 pm Hi all, we have used Vino bricks.. these pics are before they were cleaned WE LOVE THE COLOUR, sooo happy with the way they look, better than i was expecting!!!! I dont think they look purple at all, maybe thats just me lol... but i really love the look of Vino! I will post cleaned brick pics over the weekend... they look totally different when they are cleaned come up magic http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/xx75/bellabelinda/IMG_4931.jpg http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/xx75/bellabelinda/IMG_4922.jpg Re: PGH Bricks 29Sep 23, 2010 8:55 am Oh my GOODNESS Emma!!! That is terrible..... I wonder what they will do? Who are the espresso Bricks through? Amazing_Venice [size=50]Signed: 31/07/10 Colour Appointment: 08/09/10 Deposit Tender 20 / 09 / 2010 Final Contract Signed 18 / 11 / 2010 Slab laid 02 / 2 / 2011 Frame completed 25 / 02 / 2011 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37417&p=553032&hilit=oxford#p553032 Re: PGH Bricks 30Sep 23, 2010 9:05 pm hey emma we built with expresso and are slightly regretting the decision..the bricks are only covered in the colour and so when they layed the bricks the colour chips off quite easily...looks like someone has pokadotted it with orange dots...not happy but hopefully a clean will improve the results..but ur situation is horrible..what a delay..wishing u all the best. They say all good things come to those who wait...so I must be getting a Lamborghini Diablo for all my waiting!!! Building a Fairhaven BAROLLO @ Botanic Ridge https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=37362 Re: PGH Bricks 31Sep 23, 2010 9:39 pm That whole range of bricks are called alfresco and is only a thin layer of paint. We read some horror stories on here about the vino chipping and looking like the house had been shot at. We thought we might be safe when they said vino had changed to aubergine and we have gone with that. I love the color but cant really tell the difference between it and vino and our bricky has been fantastic so far unfortunatley you can see orange where they have raked it, otherwise looks great and preying we get no chips when they get cleaned. Building at Sierra Estate. Re: PGH Bricks 32Sep 24, 2010 8:04 am Thanks for those thoughts Em&Jamie... DH and I have been trying to decide bricks for ages ... I was keen on Sirius Cove, but DH didn't want bricks with just the colour on the outside, so looks like we are about to choose PGH Sorbetto which has solid colour. Your post helped clinch that decision! (although I am still thinking about PGH Cement, also a solid colour ... I am terrible at making decisions!). We will have Woodlands Grey roof, windows, gutters, balustrades etc. T SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: PGH Bricks 33Sep 24, 2010 8:20 am We have Sorbetto and they arnt a solid colour- the front is grey but back is a browny colour as is one end. Again this can cause issues when cleaning, chipping as the brown is very obvious compared to the grey. In saying that LOVE the bricks!!!! Built our Granton in 2010 Handover December 3rd- wooohooo! Now the hard work has began.... Retaining walls and landscaping Re: PGH Bricks 34Sep 24, 2010 8:48 am Daniellec - thank you for that. Hmm... Another H1 poster said they were solid colour (on another thread), but if you have the brick you would know Hm... Just confirms that we need to go and see it for ourselves, at PGH display and find a home to drive by. So you are happy with yours from the sounds of it. They certainly look lovely in the photo you posted (thanks for that too!). Your house looks terrific. Cheers, T SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: PGH Bricks 35Sep 24, 2010 9:20 am Heres a photo of our bricks on a pallet, some have been cut for the windows. You can see they are brown in the middle and have one brown end See I told my hubby all these random photos would come in handy!!! lol And yes I do love our bricks although in cleaning we have got some brown exposed. Built our Granton in 2010 Handover December 3rd- wooohooo! Now the hard work has began.... Retaining walls and landscaping Re: PGH Bricks 36Sep 24, 2010 10:29 am hmm... extremely interesting. Thank you. Yes, the random photos are very handy! (that was funny) my DH is the same I think... but you just never know SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: PGH Bricks 38Sep 27, 2010 7:06 pm Hi Emma - somehow I missed your earlier post about them bricking in the wrong colour, Espresso rather than Vino. Can't believe they would make such a fundamental mistake. As for fixing it - rendering or Moroka may just be tempting for your builder as I imagine much cheaper (and for you much faster). (Maybe you could combination for settlement - some cash plus applied finish to the brick). Plus I think render / Moroka looks really terrific. Very modern. Another alternative (that we are doing), is putting Moroka on only part the house. Which will give you still some brick visible, but not all. In terms of the bricks showing red colour in years to come... unfortunately render and Moroka also need long term maintenance (Moroka slightly less than render I believe...). Good luck with your decisions! I am totally torn myself as to what to do. I am loving the look of Sorbetto, but terrified of the chipping .... T SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: PGH Bricks 39Oct 10, 2010 2:38 pm Hi all - thought I would just update you that I *finally* decided on PGH Cement bricks. I was pretty much sold on the Sorbetto (despite it not being a solid colour - DH was very worried about this), but turns out its not good to use with Moroka We are doing half our walls in Moroka - which means both the brick choice and Moroka are equally important. Anyway, more plus pics on my thread. Thanks again for all your posts, and daniellec with the pics (I realise now that I had seen you on this thread and my new thread about Sorbetto bricks. Thanks for your input!). SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: PGH Bricks 40Nov 08, 2010 1:30 pm Em&Jamie hey emma we built with expresso and are slightly regretting the decision..the bricks are only covered in the colour and so when they layed the bricks the colour chips off quite easily...looks like someone has pokadotted it with orange dots...not happy but hopefully a clean will improve the results..but ur situation is horrible..what a delay..wishing u all the best. Hey Em, Do you have a thread for your build? 0 1755 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair to do it properly you need to dig out the garden and waterproof the outside of the wall. There are some products you can put on the face of the bricks but the water is… 2 4624 |