Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! Re: New House Brickwork and Mortar Issues (aka Masonry) 24Dec 03, 2014 12:31 am MezariOz Wow... all of it or what? Yep... the whole lot Re: New House Brickwork and Mortar Issues (aka Masonry) 26Dec 03, 2014 8:03 am Stewie D Someone is going to get an a$$-kicking out of this schemozzle ! Stewie Yep... the brick layer Re: New House Brickwork and Mortar Issues (aka Masonry) 27Dec 03, 2014 9:18 am You are not alone, one of my clients building with your builder is going through the same thing, has just been told they will pull down all brickwork and do it again. I wonder how long they can keep doing this before they go out of business This is what I said about the brickwork in my report: "Executive Summary - Report Findings Inspection of this dwelling has revealed that the builder has no effective quality control in place. Face brickwork on display is one of the worst I have seen for several months and is irreparably damaged by acid pitting. Brickwork is only good enough for demolition or rendering. In my opinion, brickwork should be pulled down and rebuilt to a workmanlike standard and no less than display standard as required by the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995." And yes there are other issues Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: New House Brickwork and Mortar Issues (aka Masonry) 28Dec 03, 2014 9:26 am It does beg the question, although I doubt the builder will be out of pocket, they will just push it back to the subbie, and if that subbie has other jobs, oh boy they are in trouble. Re: New House Brickwork and Mortar Issues (aka Masonry) 29Dec 03, 2014 9:42 am Crazyk It does beg the question, although I doubt the builder will be out of pocket, they will just push it back to the subbie, and if that subbie has other jobs, oh boy they are in trouble. There is no doubt that builder will try a hit on the subbie but in the end it's builder's fault, why wasn't bickie pulled up early? If you read my summary the operative words were "builder has no effective quality control"= fast lane to bankruptcy Business is too competitive, you cannot be pulling down too many times and survive. Time will tell. Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: New House Brickwork and Mortar Issues (aka Masonry) 31Dec 04, 2014 11:25 am Re-doing all the bricks is a good outcome and hopefully they do a much better job the second time. It won't fix all your other problems however. We can but hope. This story I shared with SaveH2O recently. I remember about twenty years ago at a new local subdivision where we were building a big two storey place for a friend who was a sparky. Further up the hill one street away a massive brick, three storey home was being built at the same time. After the bricks were laid, eaves finished etc, a few weeks later the scaffold was removed and we saw a brick cleaner with his big sprayer start to clean the bricks. About an hour later he packed up and left. Odd we thought ??? Two days later a couple of cars rock up and a few guys get out and wander round for an hour or so looking closely at the bricks. A week later all this scaffold goes up and a few days later all the bricks start getting removed, cleaned and stacked. We later found out that to save a few bucks the brickie had cut down the strength of the mortar by so much that when the brick cleaner tried to water blast the bricks he was destroying the brick joins even with the pressure turned way down. For the cost of maybe ten extra bags of cement it would have ended up costing him a fortune. Brickies will try it on and if they are not supervised properly will make mistakes - accidental or otherwise, DPC's installed incorrectly, not enough brick ties, cavities blocked with excess mortar etc Stewie Re: New House Brickwork and Mortar Issues (aka Masonry) 32Dec 27, 2014 6:04 pm Zuccala have helped me out with this problem and I am now satisfied with the house.
Re: New House Brickwork and Mortar Issues (aka Masonry) 33Dec 30, 2014 12:00 am I'm sorry to say decryption but that brickwork is terrible and is definitely defective. Re: New House Brickwork and Mortar Issues (aka Masonry) 34Dec 30, 2014 1:11 am The mortar at the bottom of the photo looks very thin; is that a gap between the mortar and the bottom bricks or an optical illusion? Have you engaged your own building consultant? I would be requesting a close examination of all facets of the bricklaying, particularly the DPC. One of life's truisms is that if there is one obvious fault, invariably there will be others. 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: New House Brickwork and Mortar Issues (aka Masonry) 35Dec 30, 2014 5:10 am Zuccala have helped me out with this problem and I am now satisfied with the house.
Re: New House Brickwork and Mortar Issues (aka Masonry) 36Dec 30, 2014 6:22 am decryption Haven't engaged my own building consultant yet - raising the issue with the supervisor first and will gauge his reaction and response to it. You're right though, the bricklaying is obviously second rate and chances are other things regarding the brick work are below par too. Apart from other obvious issues I don't like split brick under window sill, surely they could have spaced bricks better to avoid this. Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog New House Brickwork and Mortar Issues (aka Masonry) 37Dec 30, 2014 7:11 am The sad truth is, that if infact it's found to be defective with those little holes, what do you think their rectification method will be? At a guess id say wipe a little bit of mortar over the hole so you can't see it, which if that hole deepens in the back, will do nothing for the structural integrity of the mortar. Try to see if you can inspect from the back somehow. Supercheap auto had those handheld camera snake things for $100. You could poke a hole in the foil to have a look. I'd also get a screwdriver and scrape those mortar joins to see if it crumbles away. If it does you're in big trouble. Re: New House Brickwork and Mortar Issues (aka Masonry) 38Dec 30, 2014 7:52 am Zuccala have helped me out with this problem and I am now satisfied with the house.
Re: New House Brickwork and Mortar Issues (aka Masonry) 40Dec 30, 2014 9:05 am A pre plaster inspection by a competent private building consultant is one of the most critical inspections. 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Recently I moved to a 30 year old house and found within few months there are small brown nests in the brick mortar and few small round holes in few places of brick… 0 22688 I am in the same situation, would you be able to give some insights in to this? I am in SA 8 17202 |