Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Mar 18, 2012 6:20 pm we are approx 10 days from our handover inspection (has been booked in for 29th March) so we thought we go check out the perimeter of the place and identify any issues that we could see rather than waiting for the inspection to give them more time to get some fixing done anway we noticed on one section of the house on two rows of mortar, a rust or somthing??? does anyone know what it could be & if so what may have caused it? also is it hard to fix?? http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SFfC5qNFadI/T2WYfwONk9I/AAAAAAAAAbQ/kvnERjKZpoU/s1600/P3180968.JPG and http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iQerxb_ahD0/T2WYgY1g60I/AAAAAAAAAbc/5MbLF-_rm2I/s1600/P3180971.JPG I am going to speak to our SS tomorrow but any advice would be appreciated Re: Mortar issues - what could it be, would it be hard to fi 2Mar 18, 2012 7:16 pm Hi kdgirl I'm no expert but I came across this forum and it looks like it may be Iron stains/Acid burns? http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=52533&p=802833&hilit=mortar+leech#p802833 http://www.australbricks.com/03-brick-cleaning-and-maintenance Good luck with getting your build issues sorted out! Building ??? with ??? Re: Mortar issues - what could it be, would it be hard to fi 3Mar 18, 2012 7:43 pm Thanks building bee. It does look like acid burn or iron stain, at least from the austral link it seems relatively easy to fix. Fingers crossed that's what it is and they can fix by cleaning Recently I moved to a 30 year old house and found within few months there are small brown nests in the brick mortar and few small round holes in few places of brick… 0 22677 Hi It came to my attention after the handover that - The facade cladding on the face and the side are not straight. -The face tapers down by 50mm from left to right and… 0 2456 5 10471 |