Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Dec 25, 2014 6:21 pm I'm rendering the front of my single storey home.. With the garage being the dark timber look similar to Jasper (not cedar) and roof tiles being barramundi.. I'm stuck on my render colour options. My brick is boral raven to the sides and back. (How do I post a pic of my facade?) Re: Facade render - confused ! 3Dec 25, 2014 8:41 pm http://postimg.org/image/xljf63xgf/ http://s11.postimg.org/icthsc3s3/image.jpg Thanks for the tip d@n! Facade above. I'm wanting to keep it neutral colours - was going with grey tones but bricks are very dark brown.. So now reconsidering to beige colours. Re: Facade render - confused ! 6Dec 27, 2014 6:58 am Your roof and bricks are quite dark so I think you'll need some light colours for contrast and balance. I'd match the timber slats across your pillars to your garage door. And choose a light warm neutral colour for your render. Have you decided on window colours? It's hard to specify colours from those two pictures - would only be a wild guess. Re: Facade render - confused ! 7Dec 27, 2014 3:25 pm My windows are white.. I've spoken to the builder about the timber slats to break it up which he is fine to do... I like the colour of garage in pic with the lines through it.. I'm moving away from cedar red tones. Open for suggestions.. Don't mind Jasper but it looks a lil full in some pics. My fear of the render is that ill choose a colour which will have tinges of another colour ie I painted last house "coffee colour tones" and it ended up looking pink!!! I was horrified.. I would die if this turned out hat way too.. And external for all to a see. The mesh is often stuck on wall first then rendered over, which means it does nothing Not to specifications Get a scope of works in writing before start, needs to be… 10 8995 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 Dear Members I have to decide the Facade column size. My custom builder standard is 350mm with rendering, but i asked for 470mm plus stone or tiles and yet to get… 0 7496 |