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Posted by saraciss (My Page) on Mon, Nov 2, 09 at 17:43
| We're using weathered gray Nichiha shakes for our exterior, and another material for the apron (bottom few feet of the house). My husband is pretty set on brick, but I'm having a hard time visualizing this combination. I can't help but think that stone might look better... Does anyone have either of these combinations? I'd really like to see some pictures of both. Thanks in advance for any help! |
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RE: Nichiha shakes and brick (or stone?)
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RE: Nichiha shakes and brick (or stone?)
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| A brick veneer "apron" creates a difficult to detail material change especially at windows for no architectural benefit that I can think of. I would put that money into more important features elsewhere on the house. |
RE: Nichiha shakes and brick (or stone?)
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| Thank you! Bobber, your house is beautiful! I'm looking really for brick just around the bottom of the house and shakes on the rest, but this does help give me some idea of what different materials look like together! Thanks again! |
RE: Nichiha shakes and brick (or stone?)
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| If memory serves me correctly, I believe fellow GW poster "kateskurous"(?) was using those shakes with stone. You might want to do a search on this forum or maybe send her an email. Personally, I vote for stone or nothing. Good luck! |
RE: Nichiha shakes and brick (or stone?)
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| hi there, and yes we are using the weathered gray nichiha with eldorado stone. i think i posted a pic a few weeks back for you. either way, the stone is not up yet. it's one of eldorado's stacked stones in a color called olive grove. i prefer the stone (obviously!) but i have seen gray, shingled houses with red brick which i thought were stunning. i think it depends on the home really. do you have any drawings? this is the front elevation showing the stone placement.
 and this is the house in progress; we need a lot of grading:
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RE: Nichiha shakes and brick (or stone?)
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| Ok, how do I post a photo? I have some of my house- which is not very different from yours, Kateskouros. Smaller. I like the stone with the shakes, but was hoping someone had a photo of brick with it so I could compare the two. anyway, if I can figure out how to post a picture, I'll do it. Thanks! |
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