Call me weird but I actually really really like this rough look. Now in the first world I get why you cant get away with keeping your house exterior like this as there's probably code preventing you from doing so(and even if there isn't, it attracts too much negative attention from outsiders) but is there any reason I shouldn't keep the walls on my home's interior like this? Not only is it cheaper and less laborious than properly plastering a wall but more importantly, it looks fucking sick.

>>2915466 (OP)
nowt wrong with plain brick facades

>>2915534
yeah but that's the pretty brick for aesthetics, not the industrial stuff

>>2915565
Industrial?

>>2915565
That's not industrial that's just a sloppy job and looks like shit

>>2915466 (OP)
psychologically speaking, why is this style aesthetic but the slum brick isnt?

>>2916287
one is neat, orderly, and intentional
the other is haphazard, sloppy, and generally reeks of favela

>>2916289
Is it just the cultural association or genuinely ugly?

>>2915466 (OP)
In the first world we usually insulate brick walls on the inside because colder climate and heating is expensive. You can have unfinished brick wall inside but just interior walls, or as a false wall, or you’d want an insulated cavity wall. The first two defeat the purpose of using brick, the third one is so expensive that you might as well go with actually nice bricks.

>>2916291
If you look at >>2915466 (OP) it’s ugly imo because there are sudden changes in pattern, the gaps aren’t consistent and most of the lines aren’t straight. If these bricks are laid properly it can look good, in bolivia they often put them really neatly and it looks pretty clean.

>>2916319
I find Gaudy architecture like La Sagrada Familia to be ugly for the same reason

>>2916291
their culture and people are genuinely ugly

>>2916287
I notice that I like the old brickwork a little better, maybe because modern brickwork is just too straight, the bricks are all perfectly shaped with sharp edges and they are all perfectly aligned.
Old buildings have this imperfection in them, but still you can tell it was done skillfully, it's a weird balance that is lacking is modern brickwork but also in the slum brickings.

>>2916574
>Old buildings have this imperfection in them, but still you can tell it was done skillfully, i
>>2916412
>their culture and people are genuinely ugly
So its just cultural associations.
Like ebonics, which people think its horrible when used by blacks but charming when used by rednecks

>>2915466 (OP)
>>2915565
>>2916287
Third worlder here, they fucking suck.
Most handyman here are complete retarded and do sloppy jobs, even in the images you can see that the mix is not uniform and the bricks not leveled.
Shit hollow bricks also sucks for insulation but luckily most of the year is warm.

>>2915466 (OP)
No yards around where I live even sell the classic red brick anymore.
>interior
As long as it's supported properly it shouldn't be a problem. Like don't have it on a layer of OSB and 4 foot joists it's going to sink immediately.
Even exterior, as long as it's just a facade it shouldn't suck. But if you've got the cash for facades, I don't know. Red brick is so "trashy 2001 uk suburbia", go sandstone or something.

>>2916784
Yet if it was solid brick someone would excuse it as being rustic and/or having soul, eh?

>>2915466 (OP)
Funny that this would withstand the la fires while celebrity mcmansions of 10s of millions of dollars were obliterated

>>2915466 (OP)
>is there any reason I shouldn't keep the walls on my home's interior like this
the way hundreds of thousands of people have been doing the last 20 years because its trendy?

>>2916287
>>2916289
oh yes so aesthetic

>>2917027
The lack of eucalyptus would also help.

>>2915466 (OP)
Painting brick is retarded. If you live anywhere that it freezes the water gets into the brick, freezes and starts to spall. Not only that but you take a surface that requires no regular maintenance and make it in to one that does.

>>2916588
I disagree.
The brickwork in OP just looks cheap, sloppy, and overall bad. I don't think it would make a difference if it had a different cultural background.

>>2917050
I agree, but in some cases it makes a little sense. if you have a tiny backyard with brick walls, painting some walls white to reflect some extra light can help make the yard feel a little more spacious and less dark, it makes a tremendous difference.
If done with the right paint, it will not go anywhere for at least 5 years. Still, I would never consider painting an entire brick house.

How to seal the brick so there's no crumbling dust when you touch the clay/cement?

>>2917244
You don't. This is why brick needs to be repointed every 50-100 years. If you seal anything you're keeping in water and accelerating spall and decay.

A brick fascade is fine, but brick really lets everything seep in, so you have to tie to a wall, provide some sort of drainage/water proofing on the backside.

>>2917119
>If done with the right paint, it will not go anywhere for at least 5 years
Use lime based paint and it will not only last plenty decades before it wears away (doesn't peel really, just slowly dissolves). But also won't affect the vapour permeability of the substrate at all.
Plastic paint doesn't belong anywhere near masonry.

>>2917118
is there any way to make something pretty with that kind of brick?

>>2917017
Yeah, honestly, it's all about presentation.
You can make solid bricks look soulful, cheap hollow bricks? No, it will always look like favela, also depending on the quality, and people cheap out a lot, any hit breaks them

>>2917268
Plenty of breathable coatings. Lime wash is probably the best. A siloxane-based "sealer" is pretty good, imo. Water just beads up and it's still vapor permeable. The only catch is they're a fairy new product, so we do not have any longterm experience with them. I put a siloxane "sealer" on the top bit of my chimney that stuck out past the roof a few years ago and it's been a great improvement. Our masonry, and thus our house, was getting super damp from the constant rain. House is noticeably more dry now. Should be good for at least 10 years.

>>2917305
>lime paint
Just use traditional lime wash and color it with lime wash compatible colorants. Lime wash is made from mature lime putty. Quite a bit of info online about how to make, apply and maintain effective lime wash. I can recall an article written by the Italians about what they do to preserve all their masonry.

OP, it's not really about the brick. It's everything else. The power lines, the clutter, the bright colors, the whacky lines, the the busy-ness. It screams, "I am dirty and this place is infested and disease-ridden".

>>2915466 (OP)
>>2915565
>hollow brick block as facade
Well it looks like shit compared to the smaller solid brick.
Didn't stop Yugoslavs from doing it on quite a few commieblocks, though.

>>2919067
At least they did a decent job of it..

>>2918865
>You can make solid bricks look soulful, cheap hollow bricks? No,
Why is this. If brazilians only had solid brick would you consider their favelas to be charming like some terrone village?

>>2919068
so theres nothing wong with the hollow bricks

Victorian brick home would be great

>>2916287
>>2916291
to put my biases aside i looked again. the huehue shit doesnt look terrible but unfinished. some of the lines are hella ruff

>>2916574
i think these look good because of how worn the actual bricks are. most all the edges are rounded

>>2915466 (OP)
Bricks need to breathe.
Paint causes moisture, which lead to structural issues.

One of the reasons so many rustbelt brick buildings are crumbling to shit is because some dickhead painted them in the 90s.

>>2916287
in our case, the walls are made from mass produced big bricks, but the outer side has a layer of fancy expensive ones so it looks better
we have both laying around just in case but the difference between the two is apparent. the older i get the more i learn about this house

>>2920536
north-western europe btw

>>2920477
>Paint causes moisture
Paint traps moisture. If you paint brick, then you need to paint it when it's dry and then you need to repaint it regularly so it doesn't crack and let moisture in. Since nobody's up for that kind of maintenance (on a material that is supposed to be maintenance free) it's better to say, "never paint brick". The only times it's okay to paint brick are niche and full of caveats, like you have a brick foundation in the ground and you want to out an exterior waterproofing barrier on it in conjunction with a french drain system, but that's not really paint and a brick foundation sitting in the ground is pretty stupid in the first place.

>>2915565
whoever build up those walls, deserve to be punished, what a horrible job

what you call this then? Student housing in Norway.

>>2915466 (OP)
>Call me weird but I actually really really like this rough look. Now in the first world I get why you cant get away with keeping your house exterior like this as there's probably code preventing you from doing so(and even if there isn't, it attracts too much negative attention from outsiders) but is there any reason I shouldn't keep the walls on my home's interior like this? Not only is it cheaper and less laborious than properly plastering a wall but more importantly, it looks fucking sick.

why do people make shit up like this? you pulled ALL of that out of your ass?

>>2919067
>>2919068
am yugoslavian
those building as ugly as they look can withstand a nuclear assault, an asteroid impact, and a level 12 earthquake on mercalli scale

>>2916574
handmade vs machine-made bricks

>>2918865
>cheap hollow bricks? No
No?

>>2923377

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>>2923378
Holy soul

>>2923378
i wonder how many years of stealing bricks from jobsites it took to save up for that

>>2916291
>>2916289
The favela element is due to it being incomplete.
It was meant to be covered and finished but they never do because it's a fucking favela. Either they get too many children and spend money on piling more bricks to make more room, fall into hardship or drugs or improve their lives and leave this hell.

>>2916574
Speaking of third world, you can't make a good looking decent brick external wall because a nigger is gonna spray his baboon rune on it in a week.

>>2916574
Speaking of third world, you can't make a good looking decent brick external wall because a someone is gonna spray his gang mark on it

>>2919191
yes. Hollow bricks don't get rough and mossy with weathering, they just look dirty.
It would be way less worse if they were laid with care and the mortar looked good but like i said and like you can see here >>2915565
it was meant to be covered up so they made it easy and ugly.

There's an old hollow brick structure shed thing in my backyard I would be interested in converting into my office.
What's the best way to minimize crumbling dust over rime specially when you touch the wall? Should I try sanding it or something?