Thanks Chippy. Good to know more about what Acrylic render has to offer. Will help me see the pros and cons of both options before I make my decision.

Cement render sounds the right option for me then. Thank you so much. Glad I don't have to go for the significantly more expensive option.

Thank you Mirrmu83. The acrylic render in option 2 is products such as Dulux Acrylic Texture or Rockcote Sandcote HYDRATECH to be applied on top of a high build render.…

That makes sense. Thank you for the advice.

I'm building a new house, which has double brick exterior walls and will be rendered.
I am given two options for rendering the walls:
Option 1: cement render then high performance membrane…

Thank you for the response. It may take a while for the current bricklayer to come back as he seems to have other jobs lined up. Given the quality and…

Hello everyone. Thank you for all the advice.
I just had the building inspection done. The building report raised more than 10 defects. Feedback from the building inspector is that…

Exterior brickwork - muntered. Disgraceful by the builder, f..k this makes me angry. Cover up with render to cover up a scam Like  ⋅  1

Haha. Thanks for that. I think I need to get my builder to fill this up.

The brick layers have left the site after completed the work. The builder is not willing to take any feedback until he has checked work himself even though he went…

Thank you StructuralBIMGuy. I'm located in Sydney. My structural engineer is quite good. He's happy to do an assessment to me after the building inspector checks the brickwork first.

Here are some pictures for the exterior load bearing walls

Hi Alexp79,
Thank you for your feedback. My brick walls are structural walls. The exterior walls are double brick with cavity and interior walls are single brick. Hence I'm worried about…

Thank you Building expert. In your opinion, in additional to the building inspection, do I also need to engage my structural engineer to do an additional inspection the brickwork for…

Thank you for the advice. I have an independent structural engineer who does stage check for me. Brickwork is not usually included in structural inspection but I can always…

Thank you, especially the idea of amendment to the rendering process.

Good to know that. Could you please share a bit more details on which parts of standards Metricon didn't meet? For the 25% of the brickwork they had to re-do,…

I can take more pictures about the external walls. If these pictures are internal walls only, does it mean it's less likely a structural issue?

Hi all,
Thank you for your insights and feedback. I'm hoping my building inspector will be able to point out all the defects in a few days. This will help negotiate…

The only government body in NSW is NSW Fair Trading. If you take a look at the reviews about it on Google, you will understand it doesn't do much for…

Looks better quality than mine. The pictures in my original post are all from internal walls. Does this make any difference?

Hi Mirrmu83, thank you for the detailed comments. I've pointed some of the problems that you mentioned above to my builder. Now waiting for him to get the bricklayers to…

I think so, too.

Thank you .
This gives me some reassurance that I'm not being unreasonable. I will let the building inspector to provide feedback and try to hold this builder accountable. To…

Best luck to you on finding a good custom builder and hope your building process goes smoothly. After reading some topics on this forum I realised how expensive Sydney is.…

Thank you! I know Sydney is very expensive so will hopefully hear some feedback later on Sydney brick laying prices.

Hi JB1,
Thank you for the response. I engaged with this expensive builder with the expectation that he will deliver superior quality based on a few his previous customer feedback…

Hi arcadelt, appreciate your feedback and the pictures. From your pictures, It appears that your brickwork is much better quality. Do you mind sharing how much labour cost did you…

Hi thank you for your reply. I have engaged a building inspection company and will get them to go onsite to inspect the brickwork soon. My builder advised that the…