On Mar 25, 9:37 pm, wrote:
On Mar 25, 10:10 pm, "Mike Holmes" wrote:





the vapor wrap will be destroyed, rendered useless by debricking.
consider altering your color choices as long as the brick is of a type
and quality consistent with your alternate lifestyle.

On Mar 25, 10:01 pm, wrote:

Hello,

We bought a brand new home which is being built as I write. The front
of our house is about 1/2 brick and the rest is siding.

Long story short -- they put the completely wrong color brick on the
front, which I noticed after I swung by a few days later (the job was
already done). Now they are going to tear down the brick and put the
correct one up.

My question is this -- how do I make sure that they tear it down
carefully, prep the surface correctly again and put the new brick up
correctly? I don't know what to look for or what to ask the job
foreman about in order to make sure we don't have any brick detaching
or water damage in the future. Do they have to rip off the old
flashing? Will there be possible damage to the house wrap (the house
is wrapped all around). Can they accidentally punch holes through the
plywood? I don't even know what else could go wrong or what to watch
out for.

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What do you mean by color choices? Altering the color of the brick?-

Do you always complain when someone gives you a free gift. You got
the front of the house bricked for free. I dont think any type or
color of brick could look all that bad. If you talk it over with
them, they will likely give you the present brick job for free, just
to not have to replace it. After all, it will cost them the loss of
all these bricks and the labor, PLUS the labor to remove them and then
the cost for the new bricks and labor. Tell them you'll accept what
is there now as long as you are not charged.

On the other hand, you might be a perfectionist and unless you get the
exact stuff you ordered, you will have a massive coronary or a
stroke. In that case have them tear the whole house down and start
over. Yes, there will be damage from removing the bricks,
particularly the house wrap.

Next time hire some professional builders that know how to read
blueprints. It sounds like you got some backwoods redneck cooters
doing the job for you.