Browse Forums Building A New House Re: ? Rust stains with Crevole bricks 3Apr 09, 2016 10:38 pm Building Casaview Denison 30 https://fortdenison.wordpress.com/about Re: ? Rust stains with Crevole bricks 5Apr 10, 2016 8:42 pm Building Casaview Denison 30 https://fortdenison.wordpress.com/about Re: ? Rust stains with Crevole bricks 6Apr 10, 2016 9:10 pm Building Casaview Denison 30 https://fortdenison.wordpress.com/about Re: ? Rust stains with Crevole bricks 7Apr 10, 2016 9:38 pm Building Casaview Denison 30 https://fortdenison.wordpress.com/about Re: ? Rust stains with Crevole bricks 8Apr 10, 2016 10:17 pm Building Casaview Denison 30 https://fortdenison.wordpress.com/about Re: ? Rust stains with Crevole bricks 12Apr 11, 2016 7:47 pm Building Casaview Denison 30 https://fortdenison.wordpress.com/about Re: ? Rust stains with Crevole bricks 13Apr 11, 2016 8:03 pm Building Casaview Denison 30 https://fortdenison.wordpress.com/about Re: ? Rust stains with Crevole bricks 14Apr 11, 2016 8:32 pm Building Casaview Denison 30 https://fortdenison.wordpress.com/about Re: ? Rust stains with Crevole bricks 15Apr 11, 2016 8:53 pm snufl Yes, ours are a flush joint. The reason is that our house is very exposed to salt laden wind. By keeping the wall as flush as possible it gives the salt a chance to wash away rather than sitting in the crevices of a raked joint. So it is to minimise the risk of salt damage to the mortar. The Crevole is an exposure grade brick, so I think the quality would have to be high to cope with extreme conditions. Even with flush it looks great, we also plan to flush but mostly to avoid mold and dirt accumulation on mortar. After all in Sydney we all have just 3 metres to neighbours nowadays, a half of the house will be shadowed. snufl The 3 Holes - Yes, our sample brick and all the bricks laid had 3 holes. I believe that, because of the light clay colour, they come from Queensland. Alas, looks like number of holes is not a good indicator of the brick sort at all. And this is what we fetched from PGH Display Centre in November: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I dare say left is PGH Frost and right is PGH Crevole, but cannot say definitely because they were mixed together either by customers or by the personnel... So they could be: -- with 3 holes -- with 10 holes -- with 9 holes (bigger oblong hole in the middle) Building Casaview Denison 30 https://fortdenison.wordpress.com/about Re: ? Rust stains with Crevole bricks 16Apr 21, 2016 11:39 pm And this is example of what could happen with Crevole, when a brickwork is not covered/not under eave. Water spilling from balcony leaves dump patches which become permanent stains with time. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Also I found that PGH recommends: "It is recommended that an ironed or flush mortar joint is used when Frost is laid." Looks like this is so because black scum that PGH Frost has on the top and bottom. If it is raked, it will be visible. Currently decided to stick with PGH Crevole (because other options we preferred PGH Sandstock range are even more expensive). In turn the builder promised to do everything to lay and then clean this brick the correct way. Building Casaview Denison 30 https://fortdenison.wordpress.com/about Re: ? Rust stains with Crevole bricks 17Jul 30, 2016 10:21 pm Our PGH Crevole has arrived! Yay! http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah4/xyz2016/Crevole%20Brick/IMG_7978_zpsrt5jjuty.jpg http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah4/xyz2016/Crevole%20Brick/IMG_7977_zpsalikusua.jpg http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah4/xyz2016/Crevole%20Brick/IMG_7976_zpsviyqayoy.jpg http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah4/xyz2016/Crevole%20Brick/IMG_7975_zpswvtmcnty.jpg http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah4/xyz2016/Crevole%20Brick/IMG_7974_zpsynqczuhn.jpg http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah4/xyz2016/Crevole%20Brick/IMG_7973_zps20hdltbf.jpg http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah4/xyz2016/Crevole%20Brick/IMG_7972_zpsyccz7jgz.jpg http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah4/xyz2016/Crevole%20Brick/IMG_7983_zpsowk2rixg.jpg http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/ah4/xyz2016/Crevole%20Brick/IMG_7982_zpsixyol22l.jpg Building Casaview Denison 30 https://fortdenison.wordpress.com/about Hi everyone, Have just put a shower in the laundry and after only using it 2-3 times have noticed staining on the grout. The tiles were glued onto a concrete wall after… 0 5447 You’re on the right track, wire brush in a grinder then a zinc rich epoxy primer then a top coat of some sort, like a waterproofing membrane. Raising the concrete would… 1 7020 |