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Wrong brick being replaced on brand-new home... jeff80 03-25-2007
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Posted by on March 25, 2007, 10:01 pm


Hello,

We bought a brand new home which is being built as I write. The front
of our house is about 1/2 brick and the rest is siding.

Long story short -- they put the completely wrong color brick on the
front, which I noticed after I swung by a few days later (the job was
already done). Now they are going to tear down the brick and put the
correct one up.

My question is this -- how do I make sure that they tear it down
carefully, prep the surface correctly again and put the new brick up
correctly? I don't know what to look for or what to ask the job
foreman about in order to make sure we don't have any brick detaching
or water damage in the future. Do they have to rip off the old
flashing? Will there be possible damage to the house wrap (the house
is wrapped all around). Can they accidentally punch holes through the
plywood? I don't even know what else could go wrong or what to watch
out for.

Thanks for any replies!!!


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Posted by Mike Holmes on March 25, 2007, 10:10 pm


the vapor wrap will be destroyed, rendered useless by debricking.
consider altering your color choices as long as the brick is of a type
and quality consistent with your alternate lifestyle.

On Mar 25, 10:01 pm, jef...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We bought a brand new home which is being built as I write. The front
> of our house is about 1/2 brick and the rest is siding.
>
> Long story short -- they put the completely wrong color brick on the
> front, which I noticed after I swung by a few days later (the job was
> already done). Now they are going to tear down the brick and put the
> correct one up.
>
> My question is this -- how do I make sure that they tear it down
> carefully, prep the surface correctly again and put the new brick up
> correctly? I don't know what to look for or what to ask the job
> foreman about in order to make sure we don't have any brick detaching
> or water damage in the future. Do they have to rip off the old
> flashing? Will there be possible damage to the house wrap (the house
> is wrapped all around). Can they accidentally punch holes through the
> plywood? I don't even know what else could go wrong or what to watch
> out for.
>
> Thanks for any replies!!!



Posted by on March 25, 2007, 10:37 pm


> the vapor wrap will be destroyed, rendered useless by debricking.
> consider altering your color choices as long as the brick is of a type
> and quality consistent with your alternate lifestyle.
>
> On Mar 25, 10:01 pm, jef...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hello,
>
> > We bought a brand new home which is being built as I write. The front
> > of our house is about 1/2 brick and the rest is siding.
>
> > Long story short -- they put the completely wrong color brick on the
> > front, which I noticed after I swung by a few days later (the job was
> > already done). Now they are going to tear down the brick and put the
> > correct one up.
>
> > My question is this -- how do I make sure that they tear it down
> > carefully, prep the surface correctly again and put the new brick up
> > correctly? I don't know what to look for or what to ask the job
> > foreman about in order to make sure we don't have any brick detaching
> > or water damage in the future. Do they have to rip off the old
> > flashing? Will there be possible damage to the house wrap (the house
> > is wrapped all around). Can they accidentally punch holes through the
> > plywood? I don't even know what else could go wrong or what to watch
> > out for.
>
> > Thanks for any replies!!!- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

What do you mean by color choices? Altering the color of the brick?


Posted by mm on March 25, 2007, 11:15 pm


On 25 Mar 2007 19:37:00 -0700, jeff80@gmail.com wrote:

>> the vapor wrap will be destroyed, rendered useless by debricking.
>> consider altering your color choices as long as the brick is of a type
>> and quality consistent with your alternate lifestyle.
>>
>> On Mar 25, 10:01 pm, jef...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hello,
>>
>> > We bought a brand new home which is being built as I write. The front
>> > of our house is about 1/2 brick and the rest is siding.
>>
>> > Long story short -- they put the completely wrong color brick on the
>> > front, which I noticed after I swung by a few days later (the job was
>> > already done). Now they are going to tear down the brick and put the
>> > correct one up.
>>
>> > My question is this -- how do I make sure that they tear it down
>> > carefully, prep the surface correctly again and put the new brick up
>> > correctly? I don't know what to look for or what to ask the job
>> > foreman about in order to make sure we don't have any brick detaching
>> > or water damage in the future. Do they have to rip off the old
>> > flashing? Will there be possible damage to the house wrap (the house
>> > is wrapped all around). Can they accidentally punch holes through the
>> > plywood? I don't even know what else could go wrong or what to watch
>> > out for.
>>
>> > Thanks for any replies!!!- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
>What do you mean by color choices? Altering the color of the brick?

I think he means, Alter what color you choose so that you choose what
they already gave you. Might that be what he meant?



Posted by David Martel on March 26, 2007, 9:18 am


mm,

I may have misinterpreted the poster but I thought he was indicating that
they used 2 different colors on his house. The front color, style, texture
is not the same as the sides.

Dave M.



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