is double brick more desirable?
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Brick is better every time.
If they're exposed interior bricks I'd suggest, as others have, boarding over them unless they're nice looking bricks (not brown, or 70's red etc)
If they're exposed interior bricks I'd suggest, as others have, boarding over them unless they're nice looking bricks (not brown, or 70's red etc)
It's harder to renovate / take out walls in a double brick home, however I'd take a full brick house anyday.
Possibly, provided the footings are adequate. The lintels above windows and door openings may need to be upgraded as well.
Other pros would be lower maintenance (if not gyprocking over) and less termite risk.
What are the 'scientific' reasons behind the obsession with double brick?
I don't know too much about it, but I went with the flow when purchasing and went for double brick.
What's wrong with brick veneer, fibro or weatherboard anyway?
I have heard they are noisier and colder (all thinner than DB = less soundproofing).
Anything else?
I don't know too much about it, but I went with the flow when purchasing and went for double brick.
What's wrong with brick veneer, fibro or weatherboard anyway?
I have heard they are noisier and colder (all thinner than DB = less soundproofing).
Anything else?
I'm no scientist, but that's reason enough for me.
I prefer brick veneer / steel frame like Victorian built houses. Faster to build, easier to remove walls (design pending) and has a good R rating as you use insulation batts between the brick and plasterboard. If you use steel over timber you don't have to worry about termites either 
I got stuck with double brick in W.A cause its how it is done over here. A lot of work if you want a GPO / data point on an internal wall later on. The R rating of double brick isn't all that good either and most builds that I saw going on weren't using thermal beak wrap and the R value of brick veneer Vs double brick is negligible from the research I've done. The last house I lived in during summer had internal wall temperatures hitting 30C!!! It keeps plenty of brick layers employed and the brick works running. The people that have been living in WA forever tell me that Midland brick had a big campaign years ago spruiking the benefits of double brick....
I got stuck with double brick in W.A cause its how it is done over here. A lot of work if you want a GPO / data point on an internal wall later on. The R rating of double brick isn't all that good either and most builds that I saw going on weren't using thermal beak wrap and the R value of brick veneer Vs double brick is negligible from the research I've done. The last house I lived in during summer had internal wall temperatures hitting 30C!!! It keeps plenty of brick layers employed and the brick works running. The people that have been living in WA forever tell me that Midland brick had a big campaign years ago spruiking the benefits of double brick....
Some older buildings have the 'raw' brick like that which people have occasionally painted to make it less hideous. Many of them are apartment buildings and people have painted them rather than plaster or plasterboard because it's cheaper.
These days the WA internal brick walls are all plastered so that they do look the same as gyprock.
These days the WA internal brick walls are all plastered so that they do look the same as gyprock.
it's considered to be one of the best campaigns ever - when sales dwindled they managed to convince everyone that 2 bricks are better 1. Buyers are now scared witless of purchasing other than double brick but they have no idea why. it's thermal properties, earthquake resistance etrc are shocking but it is so entrenched in the WA building system that tehy keep making exceptions to the point where somehow it is now rated as some sort of ecoproduct... amazing.
thats pretty ugly.
u could use texture/render paint and products to get it to a flat finish but would be effort.
dunno what local rules r but in my area on the east coast the only advantage of dble brick is less or no underpinning for going up to a 2nd storey extension. singles and fibros sometimes need expensive work before you can get permission from council.
u could use texture/render paint and products to get it to a flat finish but would be effort.
dunno what local rules r but in my area on the east coast the only advantage of dble brick is less or no underpinning for going up to a 2nd storey extension. singles and fibros sometimes need expensive work before you can get permission from council.
Not in Perth. Even in new estates in the middle of nowhere targeting FHBs most, if not all homes are double brick. Doesn't really make sense to me
