If the bricks meet the AS3700 for dimensional size, compressive strength and match the display walls in colour and texture. Each manufacturer should provide bricks that meet these requirements, if…

I'd say $20 per brick would be more realistic and it'd still be cheaper than pulling it all down, taking away the bricks and re supplying, laying and cleaning them…

Looking at your picture you have the deadly combination of the following...
1, Brickwork laid in a dirty state
2, A colour veneer brick
3, An off-white mortar
It wouldn't surprise…

As Kateyxoxo says the problem is Manganese leaching from the brickwork.
Manganese is the material added to clay to get brown bricks and once the bricks are fired it is usually…

In the OP he's had Nawkaw out to try but it apparantly didn't work.

I've got 20 years experience in the brick industry, from being a brick cleaner, brick layer to becoming the Technical Account manager for a major brick manufacturer. I've represented manufacturers…

A brickie can do it using an Arbortech AS170 saw with the appropriate bed and perp end blade.
Do not let anyone try to cut them out with an angle grinder.

I'm glad the owner is happy with the result of the Nawkaw rectification.
They have been around as a business since the mid 70's and the owner of the Victorian Nawkaw…

What DW specification is the brick you selected?
If it's DW1 a perp end dimensional tolerance is 10mm +/- 3mm
If they are rated DW0 there is no perp end dimensional…

IMO it looks like the lintel isn't quite deep enough to take the brickwork and the back of the bricks are sitting on the welded seam

You can't re-point a rolled/ironed joint without it falling out down the track.
A rolled/ironed joint gives much better protection from salt absorption than a flush joint for the reason…

No it's not efflorescence and it'll only make it worse if they are washed with hydrochloric again.
It's calcium staining otherwise known as white staining.
Some more info is here...
http://thinkbrick.blob.core.windows.net/media/1409/manual-13-clay-masonry-cleaning-manual.pdf
In most…

Get the bricklayer to use an arbortech saw, cut out the brick and re brick it ASAP with the same sand using the same mortar mix ASAP.
Otherwise tell the builder…

When the owner signs a construction contract they sign the right over to property access until handover.
Their land or not they are NOT allowed on site without the builders permission.
Suppliers…

Victorian Homes Choice is the house and land package "seller" the registered "building" part of the business is Multi Developers.

They are now called PGH Bricks and ask them to send up some facing samples
http://www.pghbricks.com.au/products/bricks?hs=true

Give them a letter asking for a meeting to discuss a resolution
If you get no where with that..... http://www.vba.vic.gov.au/disputes-and- ... complaints
good luck

Generally the opposite is true.
Mortar high in lime naturally re-hydrates sealing cracks in mortar. As its a 100 year old sandstone building it was probably made with a lime:sand mortar…

Clay varies from state to state.
Generally Victoria and South Australia and most of NSW have a similar red/pink clay as standard. Cream clays with high iron content come from QLD…

Your information is incorrect.
I'm assuming your brickies are laying an AS3700 M4 mortar mix. An ironed or rolled joint is a finished joint with the mortar fines brought to the…

Glazed bricks are nice and have been around since the 1920's, with the salt glazed terracotta bricks used in the Art Deco/P&O style homes as feature banding to rope bricks…

The problem you have is this
Sloping blocks + custom build= high cost per m2
Forget smaller builders as they have bugger all buying power and when things go pear shaped have…

It's standard although the inside perp joint should have mortar on it but many don't.
Provided the brickwork is laid quite clean and the brickcleaner doesn't blast through the mortar it'll…

I have a few comments regarding the above.....
Iron oxide stain = Acid burn.
Clay bricks don't cure as they are fired to become like stone, but concrete bricks require a curing…

The bricklayer should have checked the gauge from the rebate on the slab to the top of the window and set the gauge accordingly to set the lintel at the…

Why do builders think that washing bricks again and again will fix every problem?
Without looking at…

Peter is correct.
The high contrast between the brick and the mortar makes the zipper in the brickwork stick out like the preverbial. Normally an expansion joint would be located on…