clinker brick potential
We just bought this little beauty but it’s a bit tired. Our first step is to rally the exterior so I am hoping for some great ideas. At this stage I’m looking at Dulux exterior colour scheme for windows, eaves, guttering and fascia. And, an orange door for ‘pop’ perhaps?
Google has been disappointing.
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Leanne
4 years agoRelated Discussions
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Comments (1)Like this?...See MoreCan a colorbond roof ever look good on a clinker brick home?
Comments (6)Colorbond will look handsome on that home. If it were possible to repair the roof and retain the tiles I'd do it. But if budget does not allow then sure a tin roof will be fine also. Australia has a long and proud historical use of tin. I live in a heritage town, every house in it from 1880's right down to 1960's has a tin roof, including many homes of that era. If that house were weatherboard built in the exact same year, it would have a tin roof anyway. I'm a history fan, I'm a preservation freak, but sometimes practicality needs to take centre stage and that is exactly what the people who built the house would have chosen had their budget not allowed the tile. For my money, given the lovely colouring of your brick I would go with a Jasper roof, that nice bronze with pick up the detail of your brick and look good and also work with the existing trim. Another thing you can do to avoid the cheap roof look is choose a different profile to the tin. This roof is the same pitch as yours on a similarly proportioned building. The profile however is what makes it look more heritage than a standard corrugation. Not sure if BHP do this profile but I'm pretty sure that Lysaght do. The one thing I would be careful not to do however, is change the pitch of the roof if the trusses also need to be replaced. It's pitch is an essential character of that home and are necessary for right proportion....See MoreBefore & After: Red clinker to modern townhouse
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Comments (25)Im getting head around it all now, its like putting a puzzle together and realising you’re missing pieces. i agree a deep charcoal/grey would be the best colour with the brick. Unfortunately my husband does not want to paint the aluminium gutters and windows which are brown. . His argument is that if we attempt to do it ourselves it may look worse as it is fiddly and time consuming painting aluminium and not really a job for a first time DIY, especially as it is a two story house. My solution was to match the windows and gutters with a rich grey with a brownish undertone like namadji. It is classified as a grey but looks brown to me. What i am afraid of is doing what your neighbour has done and making the whole house oppressively brown. Do you think I could get away with a deep grey that doesnt quite match the aluminium and then just paint the wooden trims? I would also paint the white brick in the entrance the same colour and the fence and studio. Im afraid of doing all this work only for it to be half arsed. We need to replace the balconies as they are unsafe but unfortunately my husband and i have had a difficult year financially and we don’t want to sink money into the front of house at the moment. The back will need a complete overhaul and we need to preserve funds for that. I suspect ultimately there may not be a solution unless we commit to doing the whole job. Alternatively we could stage it. I am clearly thinking aloud and appreciate all the input and patience!...See More
PRODr Retro House Calls
4 years agoCongratulations on your new home - it looks like a post-war beauty with a hint of art-deco. With a home such as this, it is always good to work with the existing character, and a lot of this character is provided by the beautiful brickwork, so I would use this as a starting base. I wouldn't bother painting the front door but replacing it with something that is more in style with the home.
I had designed this new door for a client who had a home of a similar style, although this colour would not work with your brickwork. An orange door will not pop with your brickwork as the colour is too similar so you should be looking at contrast not matching.
Had you considered engaging somebody to help you with samples? One of my recent clients left this review on Google for my colour selection service:
" We engaged Alistair to help us with interior and exterior paint colours for our mid century modernist house. It was great value. We would have spent days identifying existing colours and selecting new colours hoping they would suit our house. Alistair arrived with 1000’s of colours, a magic colour identifier and a wealth of experience to provide us with a manageable range of colours to select from and the peace of mind that the colours we paint our house are keeping with the era and selected to highlight the architecture. Thanks Alistair I’m sure we will be back in contact for more guidance in the future. "
Best of luck,
Dr Retroof Dr Retro House Calls
siriuskey
4 years ago
LeanneOriginal Author