First home - REDINK - time for some PHOTOS!!!

kellydoug · Nov 14, 2014 6:54 pm

How good does that look!! Congratulations

Nish13 · Nov 17, 2014 5:45 pm

kellydoug

How good does that look!! Congratulations

Thanks Kellydoug

Nish13 · Nov 17, 2014 5:47 pm

ToriMatt8132

Wow, that is fresh! Conslabulations

so exciting!!!

Thanks ToriMatt

Nish13 · Nov 17, 2014 5:49 pm

archetto

Congrats! I found the slab so exciting, it was the 'beginning' for me.

Thanks Archettp - sure it is THE BEGINNING

MalSannie · Nov 17, 2014 5:50 pm

Congratulations, Nish!

ardie514 · Nov 18, 2014 11:27 pm

Congrats nish! That is very exciting. Yay for the start of construction

Nish13 · Dec 22, 2014 10:31 am

Please Advice!!!

We went over the weekend to check on the brickworks and were very disappointed, the brick work is Sh!t… every wall has broken bricks, big gaps, mortal all over… we have no experience in building at all and this is our very first house… guys I need advice.. what should I do…. Hubby will be call some independent inspector and let see how it goes….

Here are the photos

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Nish13 · Dec 22, 2014 10:35 am

and some more...

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Nish13 · Dec 22, 2014 10:37 am

and some more from Garage and Alfesco

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wrexter · Dec 22, 2014 2:02 pm

From my understanding, the lack of mortar in between bricks is ok and not required for strength/joint, the walls will get covered by render/plaster anyways.

However, i would be concerned about the broken bricks used in the wall, as they are defective and will not be at 100% of their designed strength.

Tim65 · Dec 22, 2014 7:14 pm

Very poor workmanship ,I would get a independent inspector to do a report or contact the MBA they have brickwork inspectors .
the block work appears to be acceptable but in places you are not getting a full half bond ,the brickwork on the other hand is very poor ,If this guy was on my site he would be looking for a new job tomorrow.

Spong · Dec 22, 2014 9:48 pm

Yep I agree, make them redo it. That's a perfect example of a tradie who takes no pride in their work so even if (and its a massive if!) it was structurally adequate id be making them fix it, preferably with a qualified brickie!!

tlblhayward · Dec 22, 2014 10:01 pm

I had similar problems with my house and my builder was more than happy to have them torn down and redone... at the bricklayer's expense of course!

tlblhayward · Dec 22, 2014 10:03 pm

Check out the ThinkBrick guide to masonry construction. ThinkBrick is the industry body that represents all of the big brick companies...

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archetto · Dec 23, 2014 11:11 am

I would not be paying the bill for that! I'd be asking for a meeting with your SS and run through it, if your builder doesn't already do a plate high inspection with you.

jsoetandi · Dec 23, 2014 6:46 pm

Holy cow, that is horrendous. I'd be furious if I were you... Who are they hiring anyway, a kindergarten students??!!

I really do hope the builder will compensate you and willing to re-do the whole thing again. I'm sure that kind of work will give RedInk a really bad rep in the social media if they don't fix it!

gettinby · Dec 26, 2014 5:41 pm

OMG... That brick work is not acceptable Nish13,.. let them redo..

Excited_much · Feb 18, 2015 4:31 pm

Bump, what happened with this build?

MalSannie · Feb 23, 2015 4:32 am

Hi Nish - have you had any luck getting the issues addressed? I hope they've fixed things for you and that your build is again progressing to plan.

Nish13 · Aug 24, 2015 6:43 pm

am back after nearly half year... we still does not have keys yet. PCI is booked this wednesday..... the journey has been roller coaster with Redink with lots of mistake and redoing same thing over and over..... main issue was the tiling, they could not get the measurement rights for the shower mixer and the tiles had to come off four times!!! they got it right the fifth time after hubby sending them step by step photo tutorial.....