too much brick on exterior of building
Moe Carter
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New build exterior brick issue
Comments (15)@richfield, yes we did. Like I said in my post we were told it would be all vinyl siding on the back side and that’s what our final draft picture from selections showed as well. They said they had to use concrete in that spot of the house because of the land. They don’t use wood on any part of the house that is against the ground. Which I understand although it looks to me like the ground could have been leveled out there like on the other side- but I’m not a contractor so... They also said that they do not put siding on concrete, that’s why they bricked the concrete parts of the foundation around the house. So the sides of the house have brick on the basement level and look very nice. Then you get to the back and it just steps down like that on one side. And nobody thought, “Hey, they’re spending a lot of money on this house, maybe we should make a phone call to see if they’re ok with how this is going to look now.” They did give us an option to pay $7,000 for them to continue bricking across and very likely have different color brick and mortar as they said they can’t get an exact match. In regards to the plants, the landing on the deck is very close to the house. We could probably plant something on the portion out from the landing but you can still see the brick behind the stairs....See MoreFront Elevations - Which exterior finish: some brick, more brick...?
Comments (29)Would do either brick or stone over the foundation only and siding above that. Use only one kind of material in the gables -- perhaps horizontal siding the rather than vertical. Would not put any hip roof on any part of the house. Stay with gables and steep slopes with straight edges at the bottom of the slopes all around for your gutter. Would change the roof to have one and only one ridge line height -- the higher height -- and decrease the number of gables to be one facing the left end of your home, one facing right end of your home and one facing the end of the angle of the garage -- not over where the garage doors are now shown . Would not cut corners in the cost to cut corners and create angles in the garage. Would keep the walls leading from the home to the outer left edge of the garage straight all the way to the end and would seriously consider putting two garage doors the same size in that angled end of the garage even if that means adding and additional few feet to the garage length -- definitely would not pour the front yard in concrete for a driveway. Extend the width of the forward facing gable over the front entry to cover both the front entry and those two larger longer/taller windows to the right of it. Extend the depth of the forward facing gable to cover a porch at least 6' deep. Where you currently have windows in the upstairs in gables, the slopes of which will take away room from your upstairs rooms, add dormers there rather than full gables enabling you to have more/larger windows and more room / headroom in the upstairs rooms. There are different kinds of dormers with different shaped roofs. https://www.google.com/search?q=dormers&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiHsdacuJPlAhVJmuAKHZ9AB4sQ_AUIESgB&biw=1328&bih=617#spf=1570770556130...See MorePainting Exterior Brick..brick types matter?
Comments (17)We got Franklin! Yes, I think it would have been nice to have the brick be distinct. If your entire front facade is brick I would go with the smooth look. If you have multiple materials I think the texture would be nice. Just my .02!...See MoreToo much brick! Need ideas for modernizing exterior.
Comments (2)Beautiful house!! Really love it. I’d white wash the brick and block the strange looking trim with boxwoods...See Morernonwheels
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