Reclaimed bricks dilemma

[Brenno123]

Hi,
building a traditional farmhouse at the moment and the stonemasons have made a of a mistake with some of the reclaimed bricks....we are using different coloured reclaimed bricks(reds, orange reds, salmons and the very odd yellow thrown in)...the majority are reds, broken by the orange reds and salmons and sparsely broken further by the odd yellow. in one part of the house they kinda went overboard on the lighter colours and it looks bad....they didnt put enough red bricks as witht the rest of the house.

2 questions:

is it a big deal to remove some of these bricks and slip in some red ones when mortar sets?

can you get a dye and mix it with anything to darken the bricks?

thanks in advance

 

[Jaid79]

Hi,
building a traditional farmhouse at the moment and the stonemasons have made a of a mistake with some of the reclaimed bricks....we are using different coloured reclaimed bricks(reds, orange reds, salmons and the very odd yellow thrown in)...the majority are reds, broken by the orange reds and salmons and sparsely broken further by the odd yellow. in one part of the house they kinda went overboard on the lighter colours and it looks bad....they didnt put enough red bricks as witht the rest of the house.

2 questions:

is it a big deal to remove some of these bricks and slip in some red ones when mortar sets?

can you get a dye and mix it with anything to darken the bricks?

thanks in advance

Why dont you ask your stonemason/bricklayer?

When I worked in london as part of a large refurb. We would in some cases build an extension. Due to the brick in the existing house been weathered, dirty, aged and the new brick been bright. It stuck out like a sore thumb. To over come this we done some brick tinting, get chimney soot and water it down the apply three or four time to the new brickwork. Hey presto you wouldnt know the diffrence. I'm not sure that helps you vastly but it would tone do the yellow brick against the red.

Jaid