These are Also Red Bricks. -Vermont-

The exterior brick has a Waterstruck texture.

Is it named this because there are signs that look like the brick has absorbed water, or that jets of water has made this texture?
 

Either way, even a flat surface type of brick can bring out this antique impression.
 

This brick (Modular) is a little smaller than the MAX size we usually use. It's 7-5/8'' long and 2-1/4'' high.

There are as many as 10 small holes to put a rebar through it, but this may make it difficult for a thick rebar we use to get entangled with the mortar tightly.

In that respect, this Hanson brick doesn't seem to be suited for Japan.

 

But this colour which looks like having some dark brown has a more sophisticated atmosphere than a usual red brick, wouldn't you say?

A picture of the brick's building looks bright as it gets sunlight, and the change of colour also gives a very good effect.
 

They are indeed genuine Canadian laid bricks, aren't they?
 

Because Brick is Simple, the House is So Beautiful. -Madere-

These are orthodox red bricks. These bricks seem to be everywhere, but how will they look when they are piled up into a large wall?

 

As I wrote before, Hanson Brick conspicuously has a real presence that no other companies' bricks can have regarding size and texture.

Bricks from Toronto, which has a brick-cladding history, is manufactured bearing in mind how they'll look when laid together.
 

 

How do you feel about the house whose exterior is decorated with this brick?

The contrast is exquisite: white with shades of ivory in the garage, window and the eaves of the roof, dark brown in the garage door, black roof and red wall.

Also, because there's a difference of altitude on the floor between a residence area and a garage area, the house shows a rhythmical exterior, too.

The rhythms of regularly laid bricks to this rhythm are harmonious.

The design of Canadian bricklaid houses are wonderful, but we at HOME MADE alone import this brick into Japan.

That's exactly why this design can be realized by HOME MADE even in Japan.

High-grade Hanson Brick having both low moisture absorption efficiency and firmness because the bricks are baked hard.

Something can be built of only costly brick.

 

Winter is coming soon!!

Please look at this picture.

There is a wood stove on the 2nd floor at the house that we have an Open-House from 20th November, Saturday. This is a simple free standing type. You can put kettle on the flat-top of that. I meant no dryness in the room.

Both Body and Chimney of this stove is made by double structure, so it doen’t matter if you touched it. This is a High safety standard model from Canada.Unexpectedly, it has a large amount of space.so, You can make a roasted sweet potatoes too.

The Fire-set should be used for clean up the stove sometime.therefore, It is not just a decoration.

We installed full-bricks around the wood stove as same as that for a brick cladding wall.It’s quite different with flat bricks. obviously, There is much benefit of outstanding thermal effect.

We also installed dry-wall for wall and ceiling, it looks like a natural interior though.Para-Paint has a beautiful color variation. and it’s original elegant wall really suit for a dark-brown floor and ceiling.

It’s very important to have something image or view when you built the House.

If you have any question. do Not hesitate to contact us.
Contact:http://www.homemade-co.com/otoiawase/index-en.html

House address: 8-3, Hachiman, Maebayashi-cho, Toyota-shi, Aichi Pref., Japan

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Luxuly Home!! No Scaffold!!

One of our HOME will have an Open house on Nov. 2oth(Sat), 21st(Sun), 23rd(Tue).

Look at this !! An exterior wall with bricks is just like a Stone built.

The arch-style entrance made of bricks carry each other. You might feel its gonna be dropped off. but, No problem!! There are many constructions made by same method such as The Meganebashi in Nagasaki, Japan and The Roman Aqueduct in Italy.

As you also can see from a picture, we have a unique 'Quoin' on the wall beside an Arch.

"What is a Quoin?"
Those square-designed layout are made by bricks dislocation. One of the great technique!It just looks like a Castle ,doesn't it !!
We will have an image of 'Forever' after we look at this. just about our dream.

The thick brick-wall is possible to have it's original bay-window.

The stainless steel Chimney is remarkable, too.

You know? A rain gutter made by aluminum does Not need to re-paint again and it’s also long lasting. That’ sounds nice!!

The open house is coming soon. so, We feel a bit upset right now. But we constantly inform you what’s going on the Open house one after another.

House address: 8-3, Hachiman, Maebayashi-cho, Toyota-shi, Aichi Pref., Japan

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Careful for the details

At last Weekend, a lot of customers came to House Open House in Moriyama-ku, C's house. Thank you.

I guess that they could see design capped with a considerable impact, it may be lucky.

Well, last week renovation in I's house has proceeded smoothly and I removed the old concrete roofing materials and installed the new asphalt shingle roofing.

Let me introduce a bit of the thing.

The roof, according to the shape of the house, is facing various directions. Joint lines happen on roof valleys and ridges where face a different roof direction.

There is a weakness at heavy rain and wind, so I put a waterproof metal sheet on. We call it flashing.

In this photo you can see that I installed a stainless steel sheet baking color paint as flashing under the roof at the valley.

The old flashing was made by a steel painted with a color and I could not use it because of fairly rusty.

The customer says that it has been re-painted six years ago, but I could not confirm the re-painted finish.

Accordingly, I discussed with the roof worker, I decided to use stainless steel in the future without fear.

Of course, It takes an extra cost, this is my conscience to do so. So, I do not request it to the customer.

As for flashing, two things are important: (1) that the asphalt shingle roofing covers it enough, (2) Waterproof adhesive called asphalt coulking, contains properly on the flashing at the part in contact with the roofing. They will cover up weaknesses at the roof.

Even at the Japanese concrete roofing, and this asphalt shingle guaranteed 30-year, such underlayment work (Flashing and Felt) will prevent a leakage basically.

Anyway, my blog is a maniac, so people reads this and he may become an annoying customer for ordinary Japanese builders.

Exterior Renovation Just Started!

I started to assemble a scaffolding in I's house, Nisshin city on last Thursday. It was a little rainy day but I did it as much as possible.

This house was built 16 years ago. As far as you see the picture, it looks beautiful, but the painted concrete roof is discoloured and the inside of wood siding also receives damage by water or moisture for a long time.


It is so sorry that a customer waste much money at this time. I suppose that it would be necessary, if a renovator had taken an action properly at re-painting 6 yaers ago.
(For your reference, most of Japanese roofing materials is made of concrete and is painted on surface for water resistance.)

The discolouring occurs by that he did not clean the surface enough and painted on the stain.

When a customer came to me for advice, he said that a piece of the roof dropped off on land.


I checked it on another day, a new paint came on the back at cracking line as the picture.

It means that the crack occured before re-painting and the renovator knew it then. He does not have a common sense for his job.

I would like to come up to a customer's expectations because I could get a good relationship with him by this trouble.

By the way, I will install a Canadian asphalt shingle roofing which has a function of algae resistant and 30 years warranty. For exterior cladding, I will install the same PVC siding as I posted it before.