Hello everyone,
We are currently planning the construction of a single-family house, without a basement, approximately 180sqm (1937 sq ft) of living space, 1.5 stories, with an exterior wall area of about 270 sqm (2906 sq ft).
The architect has designed the exterior walls using 36cm (14 inches) Poroton blocks with a plaster facade (white). Now we would prefer a clinker brick appearance and are facing the following decision:
Option 1: Handmade clinker bricks; additional cost of 100€ per sqm; however, this would mean not using Poroton 36 blocks anymore but instead using Euromac2 wall elements. The calculation was based on Wienerberger clinker bricks at a price of 40€ per sqm. The different wall construction is stated to be cost-neutral.
Option 2: We keep the wall construction with 36cm (14 inches) Poroton blocks and apply a clinker brick slip (thin brick veneer) to the facade.
For this, the architect has 1. not yet provided a price estimate and 2. advised against it for quality reasons.
I am interested in the following points:
1. Is the price parity between the Poroton 36 and Euromac2 wall constructions realistic?
2. Approximately what additional cost compared to plaster (or conversely what cost saving compared to the stated handmade clinker brick option) should I expect?
3. Pros and cons of both options.
Thanks in advance.
We are currently planning the construction of a single-family house, without a basement, approximately 180sqm (1937 sq ft) of living space, 1.5 stories, with an exterior wall area of about 270 sqm (2906 sq ft).
The architect has designed the exterior walls using 36cm (14 inches) Poroton blocks with a plaster facade (white). Now we would prefer a clinker brick appearance and are facing the following decision:
Option 1: Handmade clinker bricks; additional cost of 100€ per sqm; however, this would mean not using Poroton 36 blocks anymore but instead using Euromac2 wall elements. The calculation was based on Wienerberger clinker bricks at a price of 40€ per sqm. The different wall construction is stated to be cost-neutral.
Option 2: We keep the wall construction with 36cm (14 inches) Poroton blocks and apply a clinker brick slip (thin brick veneer) to the facade.
For this, the architect has 1. not yet provided a price estimate and 2. advised against it for quality reasons.
I am interested in the following points:
1. Is the price parity between the Poroton 36 and Euromac2 wall constructions realistic?
2. Approximately what additional cost compared to plaster (or conversely what cost saving compared to the stated handmade clinker brick option) should I expect?
3. Pros and cons of both options.
Thanks in advance.
11ant schrieb:
Thin brick tiles are a suitable and appropriate solution for both renovations and new construction projectsMaybe it's just me, but whether thin brick tiles or full bricks, you notice immediately, and it always somehow looks "cheap."
And it is almost always done like this, the same applies to lintels and reveals, where it is often completely omitted. In our new development areas, there are already a few houses fully faced with brick, and (especially if only the ground floor is supposed to look brick-faced) then with brick slips; the latter, in my opinion, always looked terrible...
Lumpi_LE schrieb:
whether thin bricks or full bricks, you can tell immediately and it always somehow looks "cheap" Even if you noticed it right away: thin bricks are not uncommon, especially when more was inherited than was actually needed for bathroom renovations. Thin bricks were less common in new builds in the past, but that is a matter of style over time and does not affect their suitability. What seems decisive to me is that the original poster clearly expressed with
Waeller schrieb:
Now we would like a brick appearance where their main motivation for this wall surface lies. For this purpose, completely changing the construction would simply be inappropriate.
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