DiyDamo76 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Hi All, To say I have been consumed by getting a decent brickmatch on ny house would be underselling it. I have become so invested in getting it right I have gone to grat lengths to make it so. Anyway I eventually with Vandersanden Hailsham Mix. I needed 2500 for a side extension but in order to get a decent deal I got 3000 which included getting an extra pack for some work I am doing on the front of the house (porch extension). I noticed as the brickies started to bump them out to work that they only seemed to initially open 2 packs...then as they noted some noticeable shade similarities and differences broke into the 3rd and 4th packs. They left the 5th pack unopened. I think they may have bot registered I would be using them for further work and figured it was easier to leave them as easier to send back wrapped and banded. Anyway as the build has continued it became obvious to me that the brick mixing had not been brilliant...some areas where they go very one shade and other areas another. As they have come towards being done (over 2 or 3 days) I noted that the front elevatiob to finish was left with probably the lightest shade and so dug into the 5th pack to see if there more variety and found rhe 5th pack to be predominantly if not almost entirely the darkest shade of the mix. Meaning when we do come to do the porch etc its not going to match vwry nicely into existing beacuse it will be almost all the same shade. I would like to get peoples views on what they think of whats been done. Whether i have any cuase for complaint. Should the 5th pack have been mixed in with the rest. Anyway the crux of it is I invested a lot of time and money into getting it right and feel a little let down by the brickies. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickie Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Good practice is to mix from 2-3 packs ( though in reality you’re lucky to get even that). Did you tell them that you wanted a mixture from every pack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Jones Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 very hard to mix packs when the scaff loading bay has room for 1 pack and the muck tub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiyDamo76 Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 I didn't because I did not think I needed to. They are experienced brickies. Had space to mix them but for whatever reason only mixed 2 packs up. The 5th pack caught us all by surprise with how much different to the other 4 it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Unfortunately what is your option? demolish it? I had brilliant brickies but decided on a build change above bedroom windows and had to order another pack, yes the shade is a bit different and I notice it but no one else does ! I just get told I am OCD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiyDamo76 Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 Joe90 yeah you are right...just annoying as had invested so much time into getting it right and feel less excited about it all than I did. As you say the option would be demolish and start again...not an option. Will just have to mute my own ocd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Jones Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 dont forget they will weather and lose some of the newness over time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markc Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Doubtful anyone else will ever notice. You are too close to the project so you see everything, don’t allow it to eat into you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiyDamo76 Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 27 minutes ago, markc said: Doubtful anyone else will ever notice. You are too close to the project so you see everything, don’t allow it to eat into you. You are not wrong...far too close.. went brickhunting...sorted it all. Just a bit gutted I might just send the remains of the last pack back and them, if and when I need any more I will go and get some and hope the pack is a good mix or ask them to mix some for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell griffiths Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 You are concentrating too much on one element. If you carry on like this you will miss something far more important. Better to get a house that works, the flow around the rooms, socket locations for the wall mounted tv, stuff like that, you need your eye on the whole project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 2 hours ago, DiyDamo76 said: ... I would like to get peoples views on what they think of whats been done. Whether i have any cuase for complaint. Should the 5th pack have been mixed in with the rest. ... I second @Russell griffiths comment above. Brick colour varies, bricks weather. Every build, large or small is an almost endless series of small compromises between plans and actual build. You have bricks and you have brick layers. Friday night - pub - relax, move on. Good luck Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGrahamT21 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Aren't your existing house bricks these... https://www.jewson.co.uk/p/lbc-heather-red-65mm-BRLBC062 All looks fine to my eye, and don't forget they will weather and darken over time anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiyDamo76 Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 6 minutes ago, MikeGrahamT21 said: Aren't your existing house bricks these... https://www.jewson.co.uk/p/lbc-heather-red-65mm-BRLBC062 All looks fine to my eye, and don't forget they will weather and darken over time anyway. We look at Heather but it did not work. These bricks are nuch better quality. Just the last pack particularly was nearly all red and would not work. Thankfully I know the sales manager for Nyes and she has said pick what you want...repack the pallet and send back what you don't want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickie Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 If,a year or two down the line,it’s still bugging you,there are brick tinting companies around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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