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I’m not an architect, designer, or expert by any means, but I’d imagine part of the issue, at least, is that modern bricks have very little variation in color, size, or shape. They lack, colloquially, “character.”
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Hire some drunks with small hammers to go over the bricks before assembly.
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agreed about the uniformity. the most interesting bricks I get to see semiregularly are on the inside walls of my dentists' office, which is built in an old factory space. the bricks are pretty wildly different in color and composition... a lot of them contain a lot of sand, and a couple of them are almost pure kaolin (so they're whitish instead of rusty). maybe the color, too. most modern brickwork is in that... uh, dark brick-orange to dark brick-red range. or maybe it's even just the bricks themselves aging... I'm pretty sure that the iron in them continues to oxidize as time goes on.
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Also those could be factory built panels of concrete backed brickwork that are hung off the frame of a commercial building in big prefab sections, hence the uniformity and blandness. Not universally true but definitely popular for large structures when you want a brick facade.
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Blindeye posted:Also those could be factory built panels of concrete backed brickwork that are hung off the frame of a commercial building in big prefab sections, hence the uniformity and blandness. Not universally true but definitely popular for large structures when you want a brick facade. I’m gonna assume it’s this, because there’s an absurdly large amount of brick-laying patterns and variations out there thanks to regional tastes and historical fads. English bond, Flemish diagonal, Dutch pyramidal etc etc.
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Blindeye posted:Also those could be factory built panels of concrete backed brickwork that are hung off the frame of a commercial building in big prefab sections, hence the uniformity and blandness. Not universally true but definitely popular for large structures when you want a brick facade. I've done this, it sucks. Brick doesn't travel well. It's better to just stack it in place. It works great in precast concrete on parking garages and buildings though. Of course that is very thin brick and doesn't have much in common with brick. Just a brick look. That all just looks like a uniform set of brick with a tight color range. Give it some time to weather and the contrast of the mortar will fade, and some areas will fade or get dirty, but that's about it. I think it looks nice.
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Fruits of the sea posted:I’m gonna assume it’s this, because there’s an absurdly large amount of brick-laying patterns and variations out there thanks to regional tastes and historical fads. English bond, Flemish diagonal, Dutch pyramidal etc etc. You can see the seams in the third picture too where the panels meet up. The houses are likely normal brick (can't hang panels off stick construction) but the commercial building is 1000% precast.
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Blindeye posted:You can see the seams in the third picture too where the panels meet up. The houses are likely normal brick (can't hang panels off stick construction) but the commercial building is 1000% precast. I doubt that's precast. Those are control joints for the brick since it's a long wall. Generally every 30' or so. Perfectly under the corner of the window is an ideal place for that since cracks propagate from corners.
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Apr 29, 2021 19:08
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  Diffuser works great this way diffuses the air into the drop ceiling.
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Those look like the cheapest variation on brick veneer, to me
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Apr 29, 2021 21:36
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There are companies for hire that will tint/dye/stain bricks to break up the monotony or blend in repair work.
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Obligatory plug for the 99% Invisible episode about the old brick houses in St. Louis being torn down by brick thieves, because the old bricks are in high demand due to being more interesting and weathered. It's a really a podcast, but there's an article with pictures, too. https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/dollhouses-st-louis/
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I suspect the reason we think brick looks good is not really that brick is innately nice - it's just ok. It's more that what we think of as a typical brick building was built in a time and style that included some ornamentation and flourishes even on utilitarian buildings. Kind of like brutalism but in reverse: most plain concrete slab buildings are ugly in a way that makes me hope they were at least cheap. Some gems exist, but they are not our default association for untreated concrete.
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drat, son. https://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/sinkhole-appears-in-floor-of-ramat-gan-living-room/2021/04/20/
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I've never been happier to live on a solid chunk of rock. Also I checked the Hebrew language news sites and there are still no new updates on this.
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Amazing that they live on the third floor 
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oh loving no (Stolen from a group I run on Facebook)
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kastein posted:oh loving no plumbers.jpg EDIT: I think my favorite part is the 3" deep cut for some 1~0.75" OD pipe. CarForumPoster fucked around with this message at 04:29 on May 2, 2021 |
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I'm pretty sure if you'd just drilled through the joists in the middle with a big enough bit, you could have run those pipes through with less work, and to code!
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kastein posted:oh loving no Nope.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:I'm pretty sure if you'd just drilled through the joists in the middle with a big enough bit, you could have run those pipes through with less work, and to code! Should have used one of those drill bits that looks like it's covered in ball bearings. 
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Megillah Gorilla posted:Should have used one of those drill bits that looks like it's covered in ball bearings. Drill... bits. Right. 
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No flared base so they're drill bits
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Zamujasa posted:Drill... bits. Right. Sounds about right. 
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Wood rasps. So what?
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CarForumPoster posted:plumbers.jpg My favorite part is the use of nails as pipe hangers "If the owner ever sees this work, I'm not getting paid, so why make any effort"
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I literally shouted "ohhhohoh yyYYYEEEAHHHH" as I copy/pasted that to my interior designer sister, thanks.
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Needs a ring on one of the pieces of siding.
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Matryoshka SexDoll posted:This could be purely personal preference, but can someone with better understanding of design explain to me why this new style of brick sucks so much? Is it because, unlike older brickwork, there aren't any architectural flourishes to offset the extremely rectangular shape of the facade? Maybe it's the tiny bricks? I see this everywhere in newish construction and can't quite place why I dislike it so much. It looks like someone put a uniform placeholder texture over a wall in a 3D modeling program and then the masons copied it verbatim. I really like older brickwork so I know it isn't just "I hate brick". are these even brick buildings? it wouldn't surprise me if these are just decorative brick cladding, or some kind of brick-looking EIFS
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I have questions.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:I have questions. its soundproofing, which is an essential part of any wine cellar.
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Slanderer posted:its soundproofing, which is an essential part of any wine cellar. I thought masonry was the preferred soundproofing to hide dead bodies in wine cellars. I read it in a story once
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I thought it was a bathroom and the wine glasses were a David Lynchian touch.
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Lutha Mahtin posted:are these even brick buildings? it wouldn't surprise me if these are just decorative brick cladding, or some kind of brick-looking EIFS The first and last ones appear to be actual brick, just in a boring rear end running bond pattern. The two in the middle are facades.
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Slanderer posted:its soundproofing, which is an essential part of any wine cellar.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:Should have used one of those drill bits that looks like it's covered in ball bearings. I have one, there's no way in hell you're going to get anything resembling those example pictures out of one. Maybe the second one if you get supremely lucky and it binds the first moment you touch it to wood.
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Dareon posted:I have one, there's no way in hell you're going to get anything resembling those example pictures out of one. Maybe the second one if you get supremely lucky and it binds the first moment you touch it to wood. They sort of looks like they're trying to walk the line between forsner/conical/auger/hole saw bits and actual saws. Imo, anything that requires more accuracy than a zip or jig saw probably requires a router or dremel tool.
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