ᐅ Looking for brick facing in red, brown, or orange tones – should not be too dark.

11ant schrieb:

You only use stretchers for facing bricks, haha.

Unfortunately, that's not true.

To add variety to the facade, patterns are often used.
See, for example, the image in #1.

And now that you mention it... We also had a batch with a very strongly colored front face, but the header was standard. Sounds like an acceptable solution.

But you might have to explain what you mean to the bricklayer 3 or 4 times using examples...

And either get used to occasional outliers or ask the bricklayer to replace the bricks (definitely before pointing).

I think you'll find what you're looking for at the brick edges... or alternatively, look up all the brick manufacturers and call them directly?

If you are particular about color variations, there is no alternative to selecting on site. When doing it yourself, it’s quite simple – unwanted colors go into a “do not use pile.” If you hire someone to lay the bricks, find someone who is passionate about their work and happy to fulfill your preferences. It is generally a good idea to hire people who love what they do.

It is best to involve as few people as possible since speed is not beneficial here, because the mixing ratio must be correct. The more eyes involved at once, the more dangerous it becomes, as the overall result can be more easily distorted.

My installer checked the appearance after every second brick. He worked alone, with only one helper who was just a laborer.

I then showed the result to the technical manager of a brick manufacturer. He confirmed it and said it was excellently installed and mixed.

Osnabruecker schrieb:

That’s not true.

Actually, it is. Show me a 24mm (1 inch) facing brick! Of course, bricks can be cut, but a facing brick shell—when built in advance—is always a pure stretcher shell, without headers.

Osnabruecker schrieb:

Patterns are often used to break up the facade.
See, for example, the picture in post #1.

Precisely, the picture in post #1 shows exactly those half-bricks, which indeed are noticeably darker on the header sides.

tumaa schrieb:

I think you’ll find what you’re looking for at Hölländer... or contact all brick manufacturers directly?

Warning! There are many (including German) facing bricks whose dimensions don’t follow an eight-module rhythm. This also causes the need for vertical adjustments when the courses don’t match those of standard NF or DF size bricks, practically forcing the use of an irregular bond pattern. Besides, I strongly caution against commissioning facing brickwork as a design element with general contractors who don’t employ experienced specialists but instead use what Karsten aptly calls “screed Ahmeds.” In such cases, what should be a refined finish quickly turns into a botch job—often of the worst kind.

tumaa schrieb:

My installer checked the pattern after every second brick,

Honestly, I believe the original poster is making a huge mistake wanting to sort out the darker bricks that are usually desired. When looking at photos in high resolution or with only a small section of the wall in the picture (as is usually the case with sample areas of around two square meters at building material suppliers), the darker bricks seem to stand out “disruptively” to the overall appearance. However, from about eight meters (26 feet) away from the start of the driveway, the impression reverses: the “cleaned” facing looks unnatural and overall too bright. It’s no coincidence that a natural-looking hair tint started its advertising campaign by emphasizing that it’s not a “color helmet.”

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11ant schrieb:

titulierten Estrich-Achmeds

For me, it wasn’t an "Ahmed" but a "Granit" (Balkans) ...and he did his work very well.