New Home Construction

fordmantpw · Jul 20, 2014

wmonroe said:
Looks good, I really like the brick color. We had pretty much all of our house bricked for the same reasons and haven't regretted it at all.

Thanks! The brick color was one of the easiest decisions on the house so far! I wanted dark red, my wife wanted brownish. After seeing the house of one of the carpenters (it has the exact same brick), the decision was easy!

fordmantpw · Jul 30, 2014

Almost finished with the brick:

sld · Jul 30, 2014

Looks great!

I'm jealous of all that brick and stone. I just replaced the last 2 pieces of siding this week and now have the whole house painted. If I had your house I could've done something fun instead!

Are there any negatives to an all brick house?

fordmantpw · Jul 30, 2014

sld said:
Looks great!

I'm jealous of all that brick and stone. I just replaced the last 2 pieces of siding this week and now have the whole house painted. If I had your house I could've done something fun instead!

Thanks!

Instead of painting and replacing siding, I get to work to pay for the brick! :laughing:

sld said:
Are there any negatives to an all brick house?

Initial cost.

wmonroe · Jul 31, 2014

Very nice, the brick has come out great.

fordmantpw · Aug 4, 2014

Final picture of the brick and stone on the front. We are very pleased with the way it came out and the work of the masonry crew.

sld · Aug 5, 2014

I would be too.

(green with envy)

wmonroe · Aug 5, 2014

Looks great!

s219 · Aug 5, 2014

Looks awesome -- I like seeing brick and stone mixed tastefully. We did it to save money (all stone would have been nuts) but the end result looks good.

fordmantpw · Aug 6, 2014

s219 said:
Looks awesome -- I like seeing brick and stone mixed tastefully. We did it to save money (all stone would have been nuts) but the end result looks good.

Thanks! We wanted to mix in a little stone just to break things up a little and set it apart, but didn't want it to look like we just threw the stone in. It took us a while to come up with what we wanted and what stone to use, and we were iffy on the front door. We decided to leave stone off of the door as to not take away from the door. In the end, we are very pleased with how it turned out.