Matching existing brick

18 years ago

I am going crazy looking for brick to match our existing brick. It doesn't have to be exact, because it won't be up against the old brick. But it's got to be real close.

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ron6519
18 years ago
Mason Contractors will be able to match most brick as they have contacts in a few supply yards.
Ron
freedee
Original Author
18 years ago
I have a mason who is doing just that....for two months! My landscaper, who wants to build the project, says he is working on it too.

Is there a company that will make a brick to match existing brick?
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User
18 years ago
What age of brick are you trying to match?
freedee
Original Author
18 years ago
16 years old.

I'm about to give up. My husband says maybe we should just use stucco. When we were originally building the house, we asked the builder for stucco. He wouldn't do it because he said that in dense shade it has problems. We do get a green film on our cement parged retaining wall as well as many other surfaces. The brick is not affected by this. The cedar is holding up pretty well too. I'm afraid of the stucco being a constant problem.

The other problem is asthetic. our home has a brick front and cedar siding around the sides and back. I'm not so sure about introducing a third material.

I looked into teracotta. There is a company that makes teracotta decorative accents. They also make a material that can be used to clad exteriors. I understnd that it's expensive, but maintance free.
trancegemini_wa
18 years ago
freedee Ive found it's very difficult to match old brick for my house, brick styles change so what was popular 16 years ago will be different today. even when we've bought bricks and run short and had to buy more, the same brick from the same manufacturer is different because it came from a different batch.

what I have found though is that the bricks dont really have to be an exact or very close match. e.g. my house has a creme coloured brick with large blobs of red clay in it, there is nothing available even close to it, but I did find a creme brick with a pink mottling and it complements the existing brick really nicely. It doesnt stand out at all but if you put the bricks side by side there is a big difference between them. But I've discovered that as long as the new brick has the same tonal qualities to it, they will go together and not stand out as different or mismatched once the project is completed.