Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Apr 30, 2012 3:56 pm We have picked the brick we want and now we are trying to decide whether to upgrade to the off white mortar or go for the natural..... Any advice appreciated Re: What colour mortar to use with Austral 'Silver' Bricks?? 2May 06, 2012 4:34 pm More information needed please. What colours are your roof, windows? This will help everyone give you suggestions. Re: What colour mortar to use with Austral 'Silver' Bricks?? 3May 11, 2012 5:14 pm I think light bricks must have off white mortar. Otherwise the clean fresh look of light bricks becomes ruined. They tend to have a dirty & cheap look with natural mortar. Check out my thread I have photos of our house using austral nougat which is a similar colour to silver. Re: What colour mortar to use with Austral 'Silver' Bricks?? 4May 11, 2012 7:10 pm We specified dark mortar (they call it dark grey - which is a standard colour) with our Austral Slate Grey bricks. Love it! But our bricks are dark and we didn't want the contrast, so it works for us. Just depends what 'look' you are after. 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: What colour mortar to use with Austral 'Silver' Bricks?? 5May 12, 2012 10:23 am Upgrade?? Since the colours come in premixed bags there is no difference in price to change to coloured grout! But I doubt if it will get you anywhere to argue the point with your builder Re: What colour mortar to use with Austral 'Silver' Bricks?? 6Nov 21, 2014 4:53 pm Hi we have chosen Austral nougat bricks with white sand I agree light bricks stand out better with the light mortar This brick looked very different with the grey mortar They have both at the display to compare. 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 4582 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Hi, sorry if this is the wrong place - Iām new to the property/building journey (trying to buy my first home) so not sure where/who to go with these sorts of… 0 19163 2 8887 |