There isn’t - cinder block and stucko-like I believe. Brick in front is brink. I was considering staining that the same grey as the side of the house. I wanted to see the brick and Blue and grey first. My next poll: Do I stain the brick the grey color?
I like the contractors and will probably use them again when I’m ready to paint the bedrooms so no “or else” stuff.
I am mildly curious if they tried to pull a fast one or if they legitimately forgot and think they did it right.
The kitchen flows into the family room and we had a whole conversation over where the color would switch from the kitchen color to the living room color (there’s a soffit that divides, so that was the obvious place to change the color). But they forgot that whole conversation and painted it all the same color!
They’d already painted the living room so the only new color I had to pick out was the kitchen color. But we had definitely discussed that the family room would be the same color as the living room, and as I said, where the color would switch.
My buddy’s parents bought their house in 1974. The original owner made them promise not to change the colour of the front door. It’s been painted once, but the colour was maintained. Hard to tell from the pic, but it’s a bright bubble gum pink. Pretty well known in the area as a bit of a landmark because it’s been that glaring colour for so many decades.
Should I paint the red brick grey?
- Yes, same Grey
- No, leave as is (Grey bottom, Navy Siding, Red Brick)
- 42 bottles of beer on the other wall
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I feel like there are too many colors. Especially when I put in a door that is another color.
I’m not a fan of red brick pretty much ever, so I voted to paint them. Our house has brick veneer all over the front and we ended up painting them white.
Can’t you just lower the legs in the front of the dishwasher? You should be able to put a socket on them (1/8 inch socket or so?). Most people like a slight front to back slope to the dishwasher so that the racks don’t come rolling out when you open it up.
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Probably? The front is also braced with a screw that goes up into the countertop. But I guess it doesn’t have to go all the way up.
I think some of your neighbors might object to “blue over gray” color scheme.
I’m not a fan of painting brick. One, it puts you on the treadmill where it needs painted every so often forever. Two, paint isn’t great for clay bricks. If you do paint it, I’d suggest doing a lime wash.
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Might as well live a little, right?
That front brace is usually just a piece of bendable steel that I thought was to keep the dishwasher from getting pushed further back into the kitchen cabinet. I wouldn’t worry too much about it.
The front legs are typically designed to go up and down. Use them to get things “level” and then secure the top brace.
We painted ours like 10 years ago and it still looks fine.
if it’s the piece I’m thinking of, you screw it into the underside of the countertop. Otherwise everytime you pull a tray out of the dishwasher, the dishwasher tilts forward.
Right - I said paint - but really you “stain” it with a special mix of paint that is made for brick.
I like this idea - however I do not like the teal door. My living room was painted that color and the first thing I did to the house is paint over that with a neutral tan. I can still sort of see the blue behind after 3 coats and it is annoying me. Good idea though and I’d like to do something bold for sure - I was thinkinng a deep red/burgandy.
There are to many colors with the red brick, the navy siding and the grey slab. Adding a colored door will add another color. I am probably going to paint the brick the grey. I also found “shark skin” to add to the paint for the stoop @dr_t_non-fan.
Eh, we have a brick house that is most definitely painted, not stained.
Staining brick is certainly a thing. But people do use actual paint on brick sometimes.
I love brick and would love to remove the paint, but I think it’s a one-way street and we can’t undo what’s been done short of having all the bricks removed and starting over.
Generally, paint cannot be removed. You technically could with chemicals but you’re talking thousands of hours. You can do it mechanically by sand blasting, but that is harmful to most bricks and would shorten their life.
So yeah, for all intents and purposes, you can’t go back.
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