Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Nov 01, 2014 10:45 pm Hi everyone, Just wondering if anyone has ever used two different bricks on their house. What I mean is...... An expensive 'flashy' brick for the front of the house, then a standard Cat 1 brick for the remainder of the house. My husband and I really liked the Austral Zinc brick, but it is WAY out of our price range (to do the whole house in it). So the sales guy at the Austral showroom suggested we just do the brickwork on the front of the house in the Zinc and then the remainder of the house in say Austral Chestnut. This is the façade we've chosen (not those colours), so the brickwork is only around the garage and the front entrance. My concern is how it would look around the side of the house when the two bricks come together. I've never seen it done before, has anyone else seen/done this? Thanks, JP Re: Upgrading facade bricks only? 2Nov 01, 2014 11:43 pm I've seen it done with licorice at the front and red down the side. It looks horrible. Do you have a picture of the zinc colour? I would have loved licorice for our house but we knew it would be to expensive I think it was the highest category lol we chose chestnut and I love it Re: Upgrading facade bricks only? 3Nov 02, 2014 8:47 am These are the Austral Zinc. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ In this picture the bricks appear really black; the sample we got from Austral appear to be more dark brown/black. I've managed to find one house that looks like they've done a black brick to the front and brown to the remainder of the house. Where the bricks meet up around the corner is separated by a downpipe. It didn't look too bad, but it was from a distance. Re: Upgrading facade bricks only? 4Nov 02, 2014 9:17 am Contrasts can look great if you play to the shapes in the building. Are you also using render? If you're breaking it up with other materials/finishes, it can look great. Usually brickwork colour doesn't change around corners. You could do just the garage (if it's against the boundary) or the pillars, or garage and pillars would probably be good. Not sure about Chestnut, it's brown. Also, you will get variations in bricks and with those metal ones, there's a LOT of variation so pick a contrasts that will go with both greys or browns (I think creamy colours would look great). How exciting, that's a lovely brick! Maybe you could go for another drive around the new estates for more ideas and examples. CAVEAT: I'm no expert and I had way too much trouble choosing ... Only reason I'm commenting as you're not getting much feedback and I feel your pain ... Energy efficiency, cost and compromise between me and my husband dictated our choices. Re: Upgrading facade bricks only? 5Nov 02, 2014 9:54 am Thanks TomCat, really appreciate the feedback. You've been quite helpful in my other posts also These are the samples of the two bricks together: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ So you can see the Zinc isn't as 'black' as the picture, but still much darker than the Chestnut. Ironically, I've just sat down and gone through all of our upgrades and our house is already coming in WAY over budget, so upgrading these bricks is most likely a moot point anyway Might take a drive and check out some houses being built using the Cat 1 bricks. I cannot believe how hard choosing a brick has been Re: Upgrading facade bricks only? 6Nov 02, 2014 10:12 am That looks great to me ... those 'chestnut' bricks are gorgeous too! And light bricks are energy efficient. With a lightish roof in harmony with the chestnut, you're on a total win IMHO! [ I wanted a feature balcony/porch in PGH 'Blue Steel Flash' (metal dk blue/charcoal/browns) against our base cream bricks but it ended up too expensive. We chose something else with similar hues. Re: Upgrading facade bricks only? 7Nov 02, 2014 10:13 am Hi JP79, Will your house be going to the fence line like the one in the pic you posted, on the feature brick side if that makes sense? Then on the other end of the facade where it's rendered you won't have contrasting brick meeting either, both ends will be offset by the fence and render respectively. Hope this makes sense That should be fine, I'm no expert either though. I hope you can afford what you want, good luck! Custom build Northern NSW viewtopic.php?f=31&t=72217 Re: Upgrading facade bricks only? 8Nov 02, 2014 10:28 am Thanks gang, Yeah our garage will be going to the boundary like the one in the pic and possibly even the neighbours garage up against ours. That would solve a few of my issues if it does. We're building with Boutique and apparently they won't let us choose two different bricks, so the guy at Austral said we should just buy the bricks directly from them (probably only need a pallet) and supply to Boutique ourselves. I can see us being charged 'corkage' from the builder just so they can make a dollar (always the cynic) Re: Upgrading facade bricks only? 9Nov 02, 2014 10:41 am I was told by the brickies that did my house that they avoid Austral bricks at all costs, and they even said that Boral aren't the best either (I went with Boral Sandstone Gold dbl height), but they did say that PGH were the better bricks. They said they've had Austral bricks that crumble in their hands (obviously an exaggeration). Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: Upgrading facade bricks only? 10Nov 02, 2014 10:53 am The zinc colour is nice I think they'd go well together seeing them in that pic. How weird though the chestnut seems so much lighter then our chestnut bricks which are more of a deeper brown. Re: Upgrading facade bricks only? 11Nov 02, 2014 5:11 pm Hey JP. I just realised Deluxes who has her own thread on the forum 'Simonds Sierra SA' used contrasting bricks a bit like the ones you've chosen and her place is looking fantastic! Her facade is on this page (about half way down) ... viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66299&start=1360 Re: Upgrading facade bricks only? 12Nov 02, 2014 5:26 pm Its very common down here in the Shoalhaven! Ones that match, don't match, look good, look bad - all of them. I personally don't like it, not sure why, just not my cup of tea Re: Upgrading facade bricks only? 13Nov 02, 2014 6:21 pm TomCat Hey JP. I just realised Deluxes who has her own thread on the forum 'Simonds Sierra SA' used contrasting bricks a bit like the ones you've chosen and her place is looking fantastic! Her facade is on this page (about half way down) ... viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66299&start=1360 Thanks TomCat, much appreciated Re: Upgrading facade bricks only? 15Nov 03, 2014 5:59 pm We've got feature brick in all the visible area of our courtyard but our 'standard' brick is from the normal range. We figured we'd only see the courtyard from the courtyard and the rest of the house could be the standard colour. It was cheaper to upgrade that way (rather than the whole house) Dear Members I have to decide the Facade column size. 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