Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Selecting Brick - Coated or Solid color 2Apr 17, 2014 8:06 pm Hi askanaan, Yes there is a difference between solid colour bricks and those that have an applied colour. The main issue with those that have the applied colour is with chipping. If these bricks get chipped the base colour of the brick is visible. Sometimes this can be quite a contrast. You may find that there is a price difference between the solid colour bricks and the coated ones. I guess it's a matter of what you feel comfortable with as well as your budget. If it was me I would be choosing bricks with the same colour all the way through. I wish you all the best with your selection. Cheers, Jenny. Need hints, tips and inspiration? Join me on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ournewhomecoach Who am I? See my LinkedIn page: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jennifer-crawford/1a/429/296 Re: Selecting Brick - Coated or Solid color 3Apr 17, 2014 11:13 pm Hello Jenny, Thanks for your reply. Is chipping more frequent with applied color bricks ? Does it make weaker? BTW, among the most expensive bricks @ Austral are the ultra smooth range which is also coated Thanks Re: Selecting Brick - Coated or Solid color 4Apr 18, 2014 8:48 am I would stay away from the coated bricks. We had Austral Zinc on our last build. They did my head in. When I confronted the bricklayers about using the chipped bricks they said they all had chips in them! Re: Selecting Brick - Coated or Solid color 5Apr 22, 2014 3:56 pm Hi askanaan, The chipping isn't usually large enough to affect the structural performance of the brick. It is usually just an appearance thing. If the applied colour is quite different from the internal colour of the brick it can be quite visible. A solid colour brick may also end up chipped, it's just that you can't really see the difference. I hope this helps. Cheers, Jenny. Need hints, tips and inspiration? Join me on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ournewhomecoach Who am I? See my LinkedIn page: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jennifer-crawford/1a/429/296 Re: Selecting Brick - Coated or Solid color 6Apr 22, 2014 4:05 pm Brendo I would stay away from the coated bricks. We had Austral Zinc on our last build. They did my head in. When I confronted the bricklayers about using the chipped bricks they said they all had chips in them! Hello, Thanks for sharing your experience, much appreciated. I called them and asked if more chipping occurs in coated brick, they said that chipping occurs in all bricks, but for coated its more apparent because of colour difference between coat and rest of the brick. I know that the best person to whiteness for the bride is her mother So they advised that for the last batch of the dark colour I selected has almost matching colors in the coat & the remaining of the brick which should be less apparent if chipping occurred. I have very limited choices with Austral because the colours I selected all are coated I would like to hear that its good and ok to go with the coated but worried I might end up with troubles. Thanks ! Re: Selecting Brick - Coated or Solid color 7Apr 22, 2014 4:47 pm I have built using coated bricks from austral, I was lucky enough to have a pretty fussy bricklayer who ended up ordering 2 extra pallets to complete the job to his standard. I am more then happy with the coated bricks . Re: Selecting Brick - Coated or Solid color 9Apr 24, 2014 9:30 pm nayrailuj I have built using coated bricks from austral, I was lucky enough to have a pretty fussy bricklayer who ended up ordering 2 extra pallets to complete the job to his standard. I am more then happy with the coated bricks . I had a look at your blog and the bricks looks great ! So is it that the bricklayer order 2 pallets to replace chipped bricks? I guess the pallet is around 400 bricks, so does that mean out of lets say 6000 bricks, around 800 were chipped? Many Thanks ! Re: Selecting Brick - Coated or Solid color 10Apr 25, 2014 8:14 am askanaan nayrailuj I have built using coated bricks from austral, I was lucky enough to have a pretty fussy bricklayer who ended up ordering 2 extra pallets to complete the job to his standard. I am more then happy with the coated bricks . I had a look at your blog and the bricks looks great ! So is it that the bricklayer order 2 pallets to replace chipped bricks? I guess the pallet is around 400 bricks, so does that mean out of lets say 6000 bricks, around 800 were chipped? Many Thanks ! Thanking You:) The house all up was about 9000 bricks, plus the two extra pallets to replace chipped bricks, most of which was caused when they were delivered to the site. Re: Selecting Brick - Coated or Solid color 11May 01, 2014 9:01 pm askanaan Thanking You:) The house all up was about 9000 bricks, plus the two extra pallets to replace chipped bricks, most of which was caused when they were delivered to the site. Thanks for the info, much helpful. I contacted the both the builder & Austral and both confirmed that the new batches of Witsunday darker color (Orpheus) have a dark color behind the coat, and using it won't be an issue. I hope it goes as promised Cheers Re: Selecting Brick - Coated or Solid color 12Nov 17, 2014 9:28 am Just saw this thread. Speaking to Austral, the bricks aren't actually solid colour. Apparently they apply the same coating on both types of bricks, but they colour the clay in the "solid" bricks. I also found out that the same brick may be made as "solid" in one brick yard, but simply coated on a red brick from another brickyard. Our builder told us the brick we chose had run out, and we had the option of using the "same" brick from queensland, or wait for a month for NSW bricks to be produced. The NSW brick was coloured throughout, whereas, the QLD brick was highly visible when chipped Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 15908 If this is a custom build then I would expect the builder to set out the door frame closer to the wall to avoid the gap between architrave and the wall and or specify… 9 8306 I would probably definitely consider contrasting out garage door (e.g. light ash would look great) and make downpipes and fascia same colour as your walls, not as your… 1 3569 |