Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Chipped brick face 4Oct 26, 2018 11:51 pm The home I am currently staying at has the same "issues". I put "issues" in inverted commas because I think you will likely find this is always going to happen to a greater or lessor degree to these types of bricks. I could take a picture of the bricks on the facade of the house I am living in right now and they look exactly like the ones still on the pallet you photographed. These chips / imperfections / whatever you want to call them haven't really been an issue for the person who owns the house I am living in and to be honest, we've never really thought anything of it till you mentioned it in your post. Anyway, unless I am missing something in the photos you have taken, I don't really think it is a huge deal. But that is just me and I realise I am not the owner who has a deeply vested interest in the home. Although I would not be overly enthused if it were my own house, I would have steered clear of bricks with that type of finish in the first place myself (different colour on outside to inside). I know the bricks I've chosen for my own build, for example would probably look like yours as well had there been a significant contrast between the inner and outer colours. Your call of course but I suspect your contract will state that brick quality is likely to be imperfect and there will be compromises that are considered "within spec" or "acceptable". Incidentally, near where I currently live there are a lot of houses going up and these type of bricks seem to be all the rage. Looking at the pallets over the last couple of days and I pretty much see what you've photographed. So either people are not too critical, they are getting them rendered (unlikely - they are all too "good" for that) or there are going to be mass complaints! Finally, I am not sure where you are building, but keep companies like this in mind: http://nawkaw.com.au/locations/melbourne/ There are threads on this forum from people who have used them for brick issues and such a company (or similar) one would effectively make any issues disappear (after all, bricks that are evenly coloured throughout are going to have chips and other surface imperfections as well - they are just hidden on account of the colour). Building Standards; Getting It Right! These can be easily filled and repaired and it doesn't cost them much to do. Id get the builder to do this first and if the repair is not suitable then a replacement is… 12 31266 get them to replace the chipped tiles. It will stick out like a sore thumb overwise. Also tiler will be siliconing the miters rather than grouting. Grouted miters crack… 1 4032 2 8356 |