Hi everyone,
our brickies finally started this week. they have been fantastic, hard working (already there ready to work at 7am), great workmanship and flexible. They agreed to doing a shower niche in the double brick wall and have asked (yes asked) us to come past at least once per day in case we have any questions for us!! What a breathe of fresh air. Not sure how long it will take to finish (perhaps 4 weeks) but i know there will be plenty of photos. you can see they have used seconds bricks for the front of the house as this will be covered with blue stone and quoins / plinth.
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so excited!!
Helen
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Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Mortar Life 2Oct 24, 2007 7:42 pm How exciting for you Helen…..ENJOY!!!!  Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com  06 Apr 2007 592 Perth Gold Member Re: Mortar Life 5Oct 25, 2007 2:32 am so good when the bricks go up cause it really starts to look like a house - and that you arn't paying money for nothing  Building again . . with Redink Pre-start 04/12 Keys - 03/13 Finishing off. . . Painting/Floor Tiles/Carpet - 04/13 Walk In Robe/Lighting/Blinds and Moving 05/13 Gates/Front Landscaping / Pool 05/13 Re: Mortar Life 6Oct 25, 2007 9:36 am Thanks everyone, there has been even more progress this morning (won't bore you with loads more photos; check out our blog if you are interested!). Yeah, the recycled bricks are all being used internally (we are solid plastering internally) and red face bricks on the outside as this will stay as is. We have saved money by putting seconds on the facade as these will only be covered with the bluestone we are putting on. We got all the seconds bricks free of charge, so we wanted to maximise their use.
Here is a couple of close up photos of the (uncleaned) face bricks. I think their workmanship is impecable; to my untrained eye anyway! It is taking shape quite quickly, although from all the bricks still not bricked, there is a long way to go! Helen Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Thanks for the feedback Of course you would expect to get the bush-off treatment from their engineer they are paid by the builder what do you expect him to say? As 2870… 13 5867  Hi all, I just moved into a 1960’s block with brick veneer and was just wondering how worried I should be about the loose brick veneer and lack of mortar at the back of… 0 1606 Hi, I am planning to select San Selmo reclaimed original for the fascade of my build. I have seen many photos on line of the brick varying from a rustic to a neat finish.… 0 1386 |
