Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Mortar questions 23Aug 15, 2008 3:28 pm haywgl I think that will look great Rachelle When you say natural mortar, do you mean the yellow or the grey? oh with PD - Natural is the grey (what we are having) Happy at Home Re: Mortar questions 24Aug 15, 2008 3:29 pm Ooo thats a tough one....
I was actually thinking of putting mushroom linea in my laundry - with my Kimberly Lime floor tile. I only have the smaller sample of the floor tile, but when I held it up to my larger sample of Mushroom Linea, I thought it looked fine My karma ran over your dogma Re: Mortar questions 25Aug 15, 2008 3:37 pm haywgl Ooo thats a tough one.... I was actually thinking of putting mushroom linea in my laundry - with my Kimberly Lime floor tile. I only have the smaller sample of the floor tile, but when I held it up to my larger sample of Mushroom Linea, I thought it looked fine I haven't got Kimberley Lime sample but I know that the lady at NT here in Mitcham suggested it. Will look tomorrow Happy at Home Re: Mortar questions 26Aug 15, 2008 3:38 pm I know the bricks are different colour but the advice sounds good! I prefer off-white for that brick myself.
http://www.pghpavers.com.au/PGH/Content ... age023.gif and this on the finish http://www.pghpavers.com.au/PGH/Content ... age025.jpg you need to look closely for the finish, they should have a darker background to make it easier. Happy at Home Re: Mortar questions 27Aug 15, 2008 4:12 pm Try this, it gives you some idea. Hope I'm right in remembering that the bricks are Boral Coco!
http://www.boral.com.au/brick_selector/ ... der_Bricks Vic/Nuvo/View all range - then click on Coco and you will be able to see the different mortar when you click on it. It seems the yellowy mortar is called Buff. Happy at Home Re: Mortar questions 28Aug 15, 2008 6:45 pm Thanks for going to all that trouble Toni - your a gem!
I think I might stick with the white - I'll try and find a house with the grey mortar just to see if the $1000 upgrade is worth it Hopefully the kimberley lime works out My karma ran over your dogma Re: Mortar questions 29Aug 16, 2008 11:01 am haywgl I think that will look great Rachelle When you say natural mortar, do you mean the yellow or the grey? I was thinking greyish, I thought it might kind of blend in with the bricks. Hi, I am planning to select San Selmo reclaimed original for the fascade of my build. I have seen many photos on line of the brick varying from a rustic to a neat finish.… 0 4877 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Hi, sorry if this is the wrong place - I’m new to the property/building journey (trying to buy my first home) so not sure where/who to go with these sorts of… 0 20189 2 10212 |