Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! 1 Sep 20, 2010 3:12 pm Metricon Riva 33 - http://herlihy-riva.blogspot.com Site start 15/03/2010 - Handover 23/12/2010 9 months and 8 days (284 calendar days) from site start to handover Re: Advice on brick colour variations 5Sep 20, 2010 5:48 pm Metricon Riva 33 - http://herlihy-riva.blogspot.com Site start 15/03/2010 - Handover 23/12/2010 9 months and 8 days (284 calendar days) from site start to handover Re: Advice on brick colour variations 9Sep 21, 2010 8:31 am Metricon Riva 33 - http://herlihy-riva.blogspot.com Site start 15/03/2010 - Handover 23/12/2010 9 months and 8 days (284 calendar days) from site start to handover Re: Advice on brick colour variations 11Sep 21, 2010 10:58 am Btherl and Fallen_Apple I feel for you both!! How disappointing. Stick to your guns and do not accept anything you are not happy with. If you get no satisfaction from the builder, perhaps an independent building inspection wouldn't go astray. Best of luck. Re: Advice on brick colour variations 12Sep 21, 2010 11:05 am Fallen_Apple Thanks for the advice khpatoary, Any word from your builder btherl? Apparently the Building Manager and Boral were out on site this morning and agree it is unacceptable, at least they got out there quickly. They have suggested some sort of dye that is injected into each brick to blend them better. Has any one ever heard of this practice and if it is successful? No mention of the mortar issues yet though, there are holes everywhere. I also found a number of chipped bricks this morning, will add photos once the battery of the camera is charged! Does anyone know what they do with mortar and chipping problems? I agree they don't look good. Hope they can fix them for you. Can you tell me what bricks they are? They look awfully like the ones we are going to use. Boral La Mesa. A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands. Melbourne West Our build viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34169 Landscaping viewtopic.php?f=19&t=51147 Re: Advice on brick colour variations 13Sep 21, 2010 11:15 am I think the dye method is Nawkaw. I read about it on Paul's blog. I'm going to suggest it to my builder as a possibility. I have no idea how much it costs. Thanks for the encouragement! Metricon Riva 33 - http://herlihy-riva.blogspot.com Site start 15/03/2010 - Handover 23/12/2010 9 months and 8 days (284 calendar days) from site start to handover Re: Advice on brick colour variations 14Sep 21, 2010 1:30 pm Thanks Home Sweet Home, that may be a good idea. Kaytee the brick is Boral "Pearl Grey Velour" the sample at boral and the houses we viewed look nothing like the mess we have on our block. Worse still it was a Cat 3 upgrade we paid over $2000 for. btherl I think we should see some finished examples of the dye method before accepting it. I wonder how successful it would be with more than half a house to do. Website says a 25 year guarantee, what happens after that though, do they fade and it looks crappy again? Would there be ongoing maintenance? So many questions!! I think I'd be happier with a re-bricking or full render, it seems like a more permanent solution and I plan to stay in this house for a LONG time. I just got an email from the CSC about the mortar holes and the reply was that some mortar can come loose during cleaning, has this happened to anyone else? On the plus side they said it would be fixed, has any one else had mortar fixed when every wall is full of mortar holes of varying sizes? What is the procedure? Will add pics later, one wall looks like a lunar landscape. Oh and just for a little more brick work fun, some of mine are turning green! Can it get any worse!! Thanks all, sorry just needed to get it out. Re: Advice on brick colour variations 15Sep 21, 2010 1:57 pm None of our mortar came loose after cleaning. The mortar is actually pretty faultless for us. The alignment of the bricks is also very good. It's just the unfortunate choice of which bricks they put where that lets everything else down I think that if mortar came loose during cleaning then the mortar wasn't done right in the first place. The only places we haven't got mortar are the weepholes. Metricon Riva 33 - http://herlihy-riva.blogspot.com Site start 15/03/2010 - Handover 23/12/2010 9 months and 8 days (284 calendar days) from site start to handover Re: Advice on brick colour variations 16Sep 23, 2010 11:18 am On the plus side Porter Davis seem to be taking my complaints seriously. There are an awful lot of people, including the original bricklayer standing around our house scratching their heads and climbing up ladders. That's a good start! Re: Advice on brick colour variations 17Sep 23, 2010 12:29 pm Definitely a good start! I've been told a representative of the brick manufacturer will be out to my house to take a look at things. Still just waiting at this point.. at least progress is continuing on the inside of the house, so there's not going to be any real delay. Metricon Riva 33 - http://herlihy-riva.blogspot.com Site start 15/03/2010 - Handover 23/12/2010 9 months and 8 days (284 calendar days) from site start to handover Re: Advice on brick colour variations 18Sep 23, 2010 1:01 pm That's good news for both of you. I hope they can rectify to your satisfaction. A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands. Melbourne West Our build viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34169 Landscaping viewtopic.php?f=19&t=51147 Re: Advice on brick colour variations 19Oct 23, 2010 6:48 pm Hi Brthel, how are you going with your brick situation? Porter Davis has agreed to render our whole house which is good, not exactly what we wanted but better than a multicoloured house! I hope your builder have been nice too. Re: Advice on brick colour variations 20Oct 28, 2010 10:49 am Hi Fallen Apple, Still waiting.. apparently the job is with the construction manager, and even my site supervisor doesn't know what's going on. So just waiting.. Metricon Riva 33 - http://herlihy-riva.blogspot.com Site start 15/03/2010 - Handover 23/12/2010 9 months and 8 days (284 calendar days) from site start to handover It seems very clear to me that your contract states that a security account does NOT need to be established so the answer to the builder is NO. If in doubt find a contract… 1 8505 The fastest thing a builder will do is bank your cheque, those systems work perfectly with lightning speed, everything else is slow burn. Just the way it is. 1 8706 Can someone please offer some advice? Im DESPERATE. Because I'm completely and utterly exhausted. How long are variations taking with other companies at the moment? We… 0 18465 |