He seemed nice enough but talked a lot! We were there for over an hour! He liked using building terms that non builders don't know, so there were times when I had no idea what he was on about.
He said because of the rain they were behind where they thought they would be but assured me that they would be finished by this time next year. As expected, he wouldn't give us an estimate of when we could hope to be in by. He kept making excuses for things that hadn't happened yet like delays. He also would not give us his phone number and said we are to continue using our liaison (who we are currently very happy with).
Apparently lots of people that have been working at the site have been trying to guess what our sunken section in our lounge room is. Guesses include an area to store a projector that would raise up, a sunken bar and room for a special chair.
The only thing that really took me by surprise was when I asked about the yellow stain on some of the bricks and whether it would come out when they washed the bricks at the end, he said 'no!' and started talking about all the things that won't get it out. Eventually he said that come summer the sun will bleach those stains....Not a happy chappy! It would be easy to take if they had only used the affected bricks around the sides of the house, but they are mostly on the front wall. Any one had any experience with this? It's got me worried as it looks horrible and is very noticeable.
Can you see the yellow stains in this picture? There's one directly to the left of the top of the column.
Only three walls left to go on the bottom floor of our house and the extension of some walls to the proper height then time for the next slab!
We used to live next door to a cream brick house that had the same yellowing, it must be a problem with this type opf brick. Could you ring the brick manufacturer and ask them what causes this? Maybe they might have some ideas as to what can get it off.
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