New Home Owners And Snagging Forum
Advice on buying a brand new home => Snagging and defects => Topic started by: Steven1985 on January 07, 2024, 04:43:54 am
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We have recently moved into a David Wilson home (21/12/23) and have noticed that the brickwork around our garden wall has a mixture of completely different bricks, I can understand there being a difference in shade but a completely different brick does not sit well with us.
We had a professional snag report completely but this was not picked up, only the amount of cement/mortar left on the bricks was highlighted. We have had a look at the 3 other properties which are exactly the same as ours to see if this was normal, but this is both the case!
All the other houses have matching brickwork throughout. I have attached pictures, as you will see I believe engineering bricks have been used at the bottoms for the first few rows?
My question is do we have case and should this be something that is rectified? As in rebuild the wall?
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The NHBC standards are not actually binding.
What the diagram is for is when different materials are in the same wall in this case a blockwork wall with bricks in it.
Engineering bricks are used as a dpc so this is acceptable.
Quite why though, they have a course of headers in the engineering brickwork I have no idea and some of the cut bricks at the corners are very poor quality brickwork.
Your snagging inspector does appear to have been very thorough!
And yes, you would have a long battle with DWH to get this rebuilt.
Please write to the CEO Dave Thomas and send him the photos and which region thinks this is acceptable. He will ask questions.
If you wait, you will have their excuses and reasons for doing nothing.
If the CEO is contacted it bounces back to the regions with a “sort this out” so you won’t be messed around by them. david.thomas@barrattplc.co.uk
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I used galvanized post bases bolted into the concrete between pavers, then ran 4x4s up with brackets—worked fine without touching the stucco and kept everything solid and lined up.
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Btw, I learned that some developers use engineering bricks at the bottom rows as standard practice, but the way yours looks in the photos does seem poorly done compared to others
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It sounds like the use of engineering bricks is a standard practice in some builds, but I agree that the quality and execution here seem subpar.
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I ran into something similar and ended up using surface-mount post brackets drilled into the concrete, just like others suggested. To avoid messing up the pavers, I reached out to Masonry Contractors in Carrollton (https://emersonproservices.com/carrollton/) to help cut a small section cleanly. It made the whole process easier and cleaner since they had the right tools for it, and I didn’t risk cracking anything.