Browse Forums Building A New House Re: New home build - Custom Design WA 25Mar 07, 2019 10:48 pm Some nice colours chosen. We went with lighter colours for our cabinetry, but I think we're going to do a darker splashback as a bit of a contrast (we're organising our own after handover). Monument is a great colour. Our gutters, downpipes, garage door, fencing and other exterior items are in Monument, but we chose Surfmist for the roof. Unfortunately Dowell doesn't do Monument in window frames in WA, so we had to choose the closest colour in the range, which is Charcoal. I think its slightly bluer, which should go well with our brickwork, which has the bluish tones in some of the bricks. Re: New home build - Custom Design WA 28Mar 14, 2019 11:10 pm More brickwork has been done over the past few days. It looks like a fiddly job with all our dropped footings and columns to cut around. The house will be rendered the throughout excluding the boundary garage wall, so we get to look at ugly bricks for now Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: New home build - Custom Design WA 29Mar 22, 2019 9:18 pm The ground floor is slowly taking shape with most of the brickwork done. There's still a few internal walls left to do before the beams go in. Our living, dining and kitchen have ceiling height windows planned so they haven't been bricked in yet. I'm not sure what stage they are planning to install them, but I think they do a site measure first. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: New home build - Custom Design WA 30Mar 22, 2019 9:29 pm It’s coming together well. I notice they haven’t done the 3 courses of single course bricks above your windows and doors. The only reason I mention it is because someone commented on our build last week when they noticed we don’t have it on our internal walls. Re: New home build - Custom Design WA 31Mar 22, 2019 9:42 pm Yes I saw that comment. I have heard that you need a minimum of 3c height of brickwork over an opening, but I don't know if it has to be 3 separate bricks. Did you ask your supervisor about it? Re: New home build - Custom Design WA 32Mar 22, 2019 9:50 pm Didn’t get a chance to unfortunately. I checked out photos of other people’s builds and saw that they had the same as us, which is 3 courses of single course brick on exterior windows and door frames and above other internal steel lintels but not on internal doors, so I didn’t question it. I read that internal door frames are certified to not require lintels, due to the strength of the top of the frame, but I don’t know how true that is. Re: New home build - Custom Design WA 33Mar 22, 2019 11:20 pm Maybe the requirements for internal walls are different since they're braced by the ceiling? I also haven't noticed 3 bricks being used above door frames on other sites, so I hope it's fine. Re: New home build - Custom Design WA 34Mar 22, 2019 11:27 pm The use of 3 courses of single bricks is for not required over standard steel frames. It's used over steel lintels because they flex and single course bricks are stronger and don't cause cracking if the lintel deforms slightly. Once the opening is above a certain size they will also rod the the bed joints for additional strength. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: New home build - Custom Design WA 35Mar 22, 2019 11:33 pm chippy The use of 3 courses of single bricks is for not required over standard steel frames. It's used over steel lintels because they flex and single course bricks are stronger and don't cause cracking if the lintel deforms slightly. Once the opening is above a certain size they will also rod the the bed joints for additional strength. Re: New home build - Custom Design WA 36Mar 23, 2019 12:37 am Not doubting what you are saying but I'd be interested to know what code it violates. Was it a double storey build. In 30 years in the building industry I've never seen single course bricking over internal steel frames for single storey residential construction. If that's the case then just about every single house built since the invention of the maxi brick wouldn't comply. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: New home build - Custom Design WA 37Mar 25, 2019 11:21 pm chippy Not doubting what you are saying but I'd be interested to know what code it violates. Was it a double storey build. In 30 years in the building industry I've never seen single course bricking over internal steel frames for single storey residential construction. If that's the case then just about every single house built since the invention of the maxi brick wouldn't comply. Re: New home build - Custom Design WA 40Mar 27, 2019 9:36 pm What style of windows have you got in your upstairs overlooking the courtyard if I may ask? ideal house depends on the site and location as much as internal floor plan....what is the distance from the house to all four boundaries, where is north, describe your… 3 10221 6 43028 Thanks NativeZen! 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