Colorbond roof and weatherboard colour to match old sandstone bricks!
We are replacing cladding and replacing roof tiles with colorbond. Old 70s home - front mostly weatherboard but back and sides mostly brick. So need weatherboard, colourbond and fascia colours. I like greys but unsure if there are greys or colour schemes that will work with the brick colour. Or paint the brick? We do have a dulux colour consultant booked but any advice is welcome. Thank you :)
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9 years agohi there, from the photos the bricks look quite blonde so attaching a possible colour scheme good luck
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9 years agolast modified: 9 years agodon't paint brick, just make sure the pointing is secure and then a pressure clean and have a look at some of the Colour schemes for Mid Century homes, Greys and Dark Blues for the Cladding would be excellent but there's also a gorgeous Olive Green that could be interesting with the light bricks, dark grey gutters, white windows and a Lime Green or Orange coloured front door?
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Somerset Renovation · More InfoVon thanked oklouise- 9 years ago
The following photos are of a modern new build with interesting combinations,
light brick render,dark grey colourbond and timber cladding, windows
both white and steel colour, with a pop of green
Von thanked siriuskey - 9 years agolast modified: 9 years ago
Thank you so much everyone for taking the time to respond. Your first photo siriuskey is the colour scheme I'd love to go with so good to hear that you'd think it would match with the blonde brick. I also like the shale grey roof idea butterflyroof and you're right that you don't see much of the roof at all (mainly when looking out the upstairs bedrooms). The olive green is definitely another possibility to look at oklouise and I've made a note to use 'mid-century' in search terms. Definitely plan to pressure clean bricks and a bit relieved to hear that leaving them is the better option. I'm still finding it hard to imagine a darker grey cladding like monument with the blonde brick debluc but it's certainly been suggested a few times so I'll keep searching for inspiration. Thanks again :)
(attached is a photo of a house near us that I like and that has a brownish tinge to the cladding that would hopefully work with our bricks as it seems to work with their sandstone - maybe dune colourbond?)
8 years ago
PRO8 years agoI would definitely be keeping your golden bricks, pressure clean and repoint where needed. Painted bricks always leads to further maintenance down the track, and nothing looks worse than paint coming off paint in ten years time. Don't let the Dulux colour consultant tell you to paint the bricks because at the end of the day Dulux wants to sell you more paint now, and then again in ten years!
Here are some photos of a similar aged home with a similar brick which has been offset nicely with Woodland Grey. The dramatic difference works nicely for a harmonious result, and the darkness of the doesn't look wishy-washy with the bricks.
Best of luck with your renovations,
Dr Retro
of Dr Retro House Calls
butterflyroof