jimbob1

Recently had a building built in my garden. For a few months there was no gutters so alot of water went onto to the brcisk that wasnt protected. As you can see the bottom 3 rows above the engineering bricks are white. Those 3 bricks were very muddy at one point, i hosed it down a lot too. Thinking it was salt as it has started to dry out i put a bit of white vinegar mix with water onto it, it makes it look better but then goes back to this. Its cold in England at moment, maybe the summer will sort this out? Any advice at all please?

Just an update here, after discussion with the project manager we decided to take down those 3 courses, use some of the lighter ones for the non visible sides of the building then we bought a new wrapped palette of drier bricks, and i chose the bricks individually to complete the front which have a better mix of red/yellow/black. Maybe there is some truth that these bricks were very wet and would of eventually dried lighter, but that would be too risky I thought, also they were all deep reds, and no yellows in the mix. Unrpedictable little things these Heather bricks!

thanks all, i have manually gone thru the remaining bricks to try and choose ones that just about pass for the for visible section ready for the project managers arrival on site to inspect tomorrow morning. Is it a fairly quick job if i ask for them to cut out say 8 of the darkest red bricks individually and put a new brick back in? I walked down Selco today and they told me probably a 80% chance if i buy a whole new pallet which is wrapped in plastic it will be similar to the yellowish washed out ones. Seems like a risk! I just want to guarantee getting some a bit yellow and washed out. I will find out if fascias might cover it, and how many rows higher we are going (not far). And ill check the lintel and their safety plan for that. really appreciate everyones help here.

hi there i am having a a outbuilding built in my garden, been having a lot of trouble with the builder ordering bricks in batches and never quite getting same match. They are Heather London bricks. As you will see from the photos the top 2 rows might be same brick texture but they seem much darker and redder and lacking the yellow. Builder says its ordered from same place and person, but these bricks in top rows not wrapped in plastic like others so have weathered differently and might be wet (its not rained for 2 weeks). How do i go about getting Heather bricks which are exactly like the bulk of building (a bit more faded and yellow in the mix)? When they hosed down the lighter bricks it temporarily looked similar but when it dried its bad again. I assume i am in my rights to ask them to take down the top few rows and get the right bricks in?  How can Heather bricks be so different? This happened on a previous order to, but i made them change the bricks before starting after the bottom 4 rows were done. would REALLY appreciate advice on this