Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Brick Tinting 16Aug 24, 2007 12:38 pm I have reverted to username - mattwalker Carlisle Homes - Grande 43 My building experience is here: http://www.ourgrandeplan.blogspot.com Re: Brick Tinting 18Aug 24, 2007 2:08 pm Well, seems bricks are a huge problem all round....
Long story ahead. We selected our bricks from Boral, not Austral who our builder uses. Boral said they didn't exist (even though they are on their website, then eventually figured out, oh yes they do, no problems, they would send them over (bricks made in WA, building in SA). They arrived a couple of days later and the brickies started. I noticed that not all the bricks had arrived. Boral told the builders that the rest would be there the next day. Builder found out however they had sent over all they had and we would have to wait 8 weeks for the rest! So basically we had enough to do the front and that was it, so we could pick new bricks altogether (not happening, we had our heart set on those bricks) wait 8 weeks and set the whole house back (they couldn't even put the roof on to protect the framework because we don't really have eaves) or pick new bricks just for the sides and back, and keep the ones we picked on the front. We didn't really want to be set back 8 weeks, so we decided we would go with the ones we had for the front as we had our heart totally set on them, and try to pick a brick close enough for the rest. We have rendered qoins so figured they wouldn't be bricked next to each other completley, so the difference might not be as noticeable. So we picked a new brick, which we were ok with, wasn't perfect, but better than 8 weeks watching the framework sit out in the wether. The next day we found out they had been discontinued. Our builder rang everywhere in the state looking for any type of cream brick, and was given the same story everywhere, no stock, making some at the moment but orders to fill before we know if there are any left, blah blah blah. NO CREAM BRICKS IN SA!!! So our options were a bit more limited from then. Get the front done in the original bricks (which they had already started anyway), and we would have to wait 8 weeks for the original bricks to come in for the rest of it. I was kind of happy at the idea of having our ogirinal bricks, but not the delay. Turned out Austral ended up having some in their yard that were a year old, no-one had bought, and were a similar colour and texture, and from WA aswell. They sent them up for us to look at. They ended up matching better than the ones that we had originally picked as replacements, so it worked out better. Not as well as having the original bricks the whole way round though!!! Brickies have just finished today, done a great job, and if I didn't tell anyone, they wouldn't even know from looking at a distance that the side bricks aren't the same as the front. Ofcourse I still know everytime I look at it, but I'm over it, it was better than waiting 8 weeks (even though I would have loved to have had the right bricks the whole way round.). Moral of the story, render, or don't use cream bricks. Apparently Australs are discontinuing a lot of their cream ones and bricking in chocolate and coffee colour bricks as they are in fashion interstate. Re: Brick Tinting 19Aug 26, 2007 1:23 pm I've also been told that the well known "big" brick makers cream bricks and the brown bricks have really soft faces these days.ie they drive the brick cleaners to distraction trying not to have them disintegrate.Another one I've heard is that the cream bricks start to go green in a "couple of years"
And another The bricks come out of the kiln and cool on the truck(obviously at different rates) Could be all crap, but from our latest building experience, I'm inclined to believe Re: Brick Tinting 20Aug 26, 2007 3:57 pm Hi Spot
I know you have finished now and probably don't want to hear it but we went through Salisbury Bricks in S.A. and they had a few different cream bricks to choose from when we were there. really helpful owners. Helen 2 8380 I should have followed up on this thread. So, the pier foundation wasn't large enough on the side it was leaning towards, and the NBN cable went through the pier, just… 8 12152 Just be careful with building stability during construction, that is when the structure may be weakened, refer to your engineering drawings for stability methodology. 1 7256 |