Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Difference between off-white & 'white sand and grey cement ? 3Aug 20, 2009 11:58 am Henley - Wilshire Mk 3 ... I love my house!! Site start: 4th Feb 09 Handover: 10th Sep 09 Blog: http://stormygirlscastle.blogspot.com/ Build Thread: viewtopic.php?t=7166 Re: Difference between off-white & 'white sand and grey cement ? 7Oct 11, 2009 4:25 pm Deposits paid 29/4/09 Land settlement 12/08/09 Build contract signed 24/08/09 Colours done 28/09/09 BLOG-http://www.eljaysbuild.blogspot.com/ Re: Difference between off-white & 'white sand and grey cement ? 9Oct 12, 2009 12:34 pm Deposits paid 29/4/09 Land settlement 12/08/09 Build contract signed 24/08/09 Colours done 28/09/09 BLOG-http://www.eljaysbuild.blogspot.com/ Re: Difference between off-white & 'white sand and grey cement ? 10Oct 12, 2009 12:41 pm Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Difference between off-white & 'white sand and grey cement ? 11Oct 12, 2009 2:56 pm Deposits paid 29/4/09 Land settlement 12/08/09 Build contract signed 24/08/09 Colours done 28/09/09 BLOG-http://www.eljaysbuild.blogspot.com/ Re: Difference between off-white & 'white sand and grey cement ? 12Oct 12, 2009 3:09 pm Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Difference between off-white & 'white sand and grey cement ? 13Oct 12, 2009 7:21 pm onc_artisan 'Offwihte' refers to the cement type not the sand colour Grey cement will never be 'offwhite'. Creme cement or bright and light or white as far as I know are the only way to get 'not grey' colour. The cost is about 35-40% more expensive than grey. Grey cement and white sand just make dirty off white mortar. IMHO only. Onc Oh dear, sorry Eljay, I clearly might have misinformed you. The only cement I saw being used was the grey one, but that might have been used to lay the brick only. I have to dive in the skip in order to check on the cement colour then. Sorry, sorry. In regard to the colour lady, we were advised to organise the Off White with the Bricky and we payed him $500 for it. Until so far I haven't heard anything from Head Office about any other cost. 2 8883 Hi, Currently building, we are on a sloping block so we have from floor level to the roof in axon cladding. Below floor level to the ground I want to put brick facings /… 0 4494 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair All my inside walls are Fibre Cement & House has Steel frames... Tricky when one wants to hang pictures or do Wainscoating Paneling up the hallway. Those little nail… 0 3161 |