After a period of in-action there is finally some movement on the site, yes folks the bricks has finally arrived. The brick (Boral Blackheath) was an upgrade (with a hefty $$$$ attached to it) because our first selection brick (Boral Heritage) was no longer available and our next choice (Boral Mocha) was also un-available (ran out) both were in the standard range. Anyway when I first looked at the brick my thought was cr&p the brick is to dark, much darker than the sample we got from the Boral Display Centre but than thought maybe the off-white mortar (another $$$ upgrade) will lighten it up - well we hope so.
The brickies will do the garage side wall first so they can put up the steel lintel above the garage door then frame stage is ready for inspection. After the building surveyor pass the frame stage inspection, the rest of the house will be wrapped up in sissalation and ready for the brickies to finish off the bricking. Can't wait to see how the bricks will turn out, pray that the brickies are good tradesmans and there will be no issues with the brickwork.
Our bricks finally delivered after a few weeks of waiting woohoo!!! They are all lined up from one side of the house to the other ready to be shot down LOL.
Close up of Boral Blackheath, the dark patches are purple in colour.
It started to rain when I arrived at the site.
Mate, great to see the bricks finally arrive! Now let the work begin again. I think they are going to look sensational with the off-white mortar. It really ties in well with the rest of the exterior colour scheme.
ReplyDeleteWhich bricks did you end up choosing?
ReplyDeletePaul - thanks for the comment, yeah lets hope the colours will tie together, well not long to go before we find out LOL.
ReplyDeleteDaina - we chose Blackheath.
Congrats polo......you will just love the blackheaths with the off-white mortar. We used them on our house & still love them. The purple hue just gives them that extra kick without being 'out there' if you know what I mean.
ReplyDeleteHi Southies,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the kind comment and assurances. I checked out your blog and your house is stunning, and you're right the bricks looks great. Our mind are at ease now, so thank you for sharing your blog and photo's.