ᐅ Looking for brick facing in red, brown, or orange tones – should not be too dark.
Created on: 13 Dec 2020 09:50
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gnurps_
Hello everyone,
For our planned single-family house, we are looking for a suitable facing brick/brick veneer.
The base tone should be red, and we also like brown and orange shades in it.
We do not like it when there are individual, completely dark bricks included.
Here is an example:
This is "Vischering red-brown-multicolor" from Schüring. So far, we like it best (color, surface, variations), but it still has too many dark bricks and feels too busy for us. In the picture, I mean about the 12 darkest bricks; without those, it would be perfect for us!
Do you have any tips on where we can find similar facing bricks with fewer dark ones?
We have been searching online, at building material suppliers, and in residential areas for weeks, and we’re starting to feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of bricks...
Thank you very much in advance!
For our planned single-family house, we are looking for a suitable facing brick/brick veneer.
The base tone should be red, and we also like brown and orange shades in it.
We do not like it when there are individual, completely dark bricks included.
Here is an example:
This is "Vischering red-brown-multicolor" from Schüring. So far, we like it best (color, surface, variations), but it still has too many dark bricks and feels too busy for us. In the picture, I mean about the 12 darkest bricks; without those, it would be perfect for us!
Do you have any tips on where we can find similar facing bricks with fewer dark ones?
We have been searching online, at building material suppliers, and in residential areas for weeks, and we’re starting to feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of bricks...
Thank you very much in advance!
gnurps_ schrieb:
I would even be interested in doing the masonry myself, although I am a complete beginner… basically, I am handy and precise. Would it make sense to do some of the work myself, for example, with a skilled worker by my side..? It just feels like a crazy idea to me.Your feeling is justified. Better to leave it to Achmed, the screed specialist :-)https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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Okay, then I’ll limit my own work to painting since I have at least some experience with that 🙂
However, there are quite a few self-builders who do the work themselves (or am I mistaken?). Are most of them professionals?
Back to the clinker bricks.
I experimented a bit and created a model; this is what our desired clinker brick would look like:
As described, Vischering without the very dark bricks (about 9% rejects).
Maybe someone will know where we can find bricks like these.
However, there are quite a few self-builders who do the work themselves (or am I mistaken?). Are most of them professionals?
Back to the clinker bricks.
I experimented a bit and created a model; this is what our desired clinker brick would look like:
As described, Vischering without the very dark bricks (about 9% rejects).
Maybe someone will know where we can find bricks like these.
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Pinkiponk27 Dec 2020 10:21gnurps_ schrieb:
I would even be interested in doing the bricklaying myself, although I’m a complete beginner... but generally skilled and precise. Would it make sense to do some of the work yourself, for example, with a skilled tradesperson by your side..? It feels like a sudden idea to me.From my perspective, that’s not a sudden idea but a brilliant one. If you’re motivated, that’s the best starting point, and you’ll be glad for decades to have laid the bricks on your own house. I think that’s really great.P
Pinkiponk27 Dec 2020 10:27gnurps_ schrieb:
Maybe someone can still think of where we could find such a brick.Perhaps a somewhat impractical suggestion: drive around the Leipzig area, look for old brickworks or houses slated for demolition (there are many here), and with the property owner’s permission, reuse bricks that you like the look of—assuming there are no quality issues. It seems like finding the perfect brick is your passion; otherwise, I wouldn’t have suggested this. (Also, just two days ago I saw some wonderful brick buildings here that are unfortunately uninhabitable, but the bricks are really, really beautiful.)
gnurps_ schrieb:
However, there are many self-builders who do the work themselves (or am I wrong?). Are most of them professionals? Almost certainly not. So you’re not mistaken, and they’re not mostly professionals. Don’t underestimate this! When laying facing bricks, you need a good sense of which brick to place next and be able to quickly decide on it (you also need a trained spatial imagination of the entire visible surface that you will have completed after several days’ work). I would never recommend practicing this as a beginner in prominent areas. Also, facing bricks are not standard bricks; they are heavier and often require checking your work more frequently before continuing. You should expect to spend as much time per facing brick as you spend per standard block when doing regular bricklaying yourself. In terms of square meters (square feet) of wall surface, with the NF size format, that means you will need about six times as long. And while you’re still puzzling over this, the roofer won’t be able to put up their scaffolding! In other words, do you want to be able to move in two months later if you’re doing the facing brickwork yourself?
Pinkiponk schrieb:
Look for old facing bricks from demolished factories or houses (there are many around here) and reuse facing bricks you like the appearance of with the property owner’s permission? Provided the quality is still good. I already explained in post #11 the problems that come with trying to match Reichsformat facing bricks to a wall built during the Octameter era. Moreover, the appearance would only match if you number the bricks and find suitable lookalikes for any missing or damaged pieces. It’s not as simple as some might imagine playing in their sandbox. Bricklaying is a serious skilled trade, and building visible brickwork requires both skill and experience. Knowing the alphabet alone does not make one a master poet.
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https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
Pinkiponk schrieb:
... It seems that perfect brick veneer is your passion ...Sort of. It’s more often a problem for me that I have very clear ideas about something. If I don’t find anything suitable, I have to either give up the plan or do it myself...
11ant schrieb:
Do you want to be able to move in two months later because you’re laying the brick veneer yourself?That would be the least of our problems; we’ve already been waiting almost 3 years for the plot of land 🙄
Thanks 11ant for your advice. We’re now leaning towards spending more time finding a suitable bricklayer instead of endlessly looking for the perfect brick veneer or doing a poor job ourselves.
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