Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Extremely poor brickwork or expected too much? 8Jul 11, 2018 12:04 am Tribe7 Mt.view any comments would be appreciated The bricks do look awful but they will not be seen once the rendering is complete. As long as the walls are straight and the bricks sit neatly on the brick lip I don’t think you will have a problem. Here are mine, we just finished bricks today, our whole front facade is render and tiles and our brick work is similar to yours, Like ⋅ 1 comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ see the little half bricks above the door and the weird lintel step under the door. It looks shocking but fine in terms of a brick wall. Here is our alfresco door which face brick, the workmanship is vastly different. I think its common for the brickies to not be as neat when they know the house will be rendered. Like ⋅ 3 comments ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ When the guys render your house they might spray on the render if they use acra tex or trowel if they use a different product but when they smooth the render out it fills all the gaps in the bricks and seals the surface. Hope that helps tribe7, do you mind sharing what brick are you using? With that sort of soil type if you ask for a design to include piers then I would also include void formers. That way you should reduce the chances of settlement and heave. 7 4636 I am in the same situation, would you be able to give some insights in to this? I am in SA 8 17060 |