Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Sep 21, 2007 12:54 pm Our frame has gone up this week and the brickies (and bricks) are on site for the garage - yay!
However, I am more than a little worried about the sand that has been delivered - it is really really orange. Our mortar is meant to be natural - but to me that means yellow sand, not something that is almost entirely iron oxide! Should I be worried? What colour will our mortar be once it is dry if they use this stuff? Thanks, Lyn Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ [alt+p] http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/melbourne ... 1817366882 Re: Red sand for mortar? Help! 2Sep 21, 2007 1:07 pm TYou will find that the ratio they mix it in will lighten it up.
I built 2 brick retaining walls that connected to the house, and I tried to color match the mortar. It took ages as it always came out lighter. Should be OK, I guess you will soon find out. Also bear in mid that it is much much darker when it is wet. If you grabbed a container of the sand as it is now, and put it in yur house to dry out, it will lighten significantly. Adrian B Red Sand = Dark Yellow Mortar 3Sep 24, 2007 10:42 am One should always go with gut instincts.
The better half assured me that the sand was not REALLY red... now I'm sure he is colour blind! I had a look yesterday - the sand is brick red (not yellow by any stretch of the imagination!) and the mortar when dry is quite a dark yellow, looking slightly murky in combination with our red bricks. Not happy, really really not happy. We will see what the builder has to say today. Lyn Re: Red sand for mortar? Help! 4Sep 24, 2007 10:59 am Keep in mind mortar can take around two weeks to dry properly. I was unhappy with ours but it has dried significantly lighter. It was blending in with our tan bricks when it was first done, now it is off white. 2 8861 I'm putting a new floor in my kitchen, slate flagging on a standard concrete slab. I have allowed for a bed thickness of up to 20mm to accommodate the different… 0 17537 2 4343 |