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The good builders go back and fill the gaps with something colour matching, so it ends up being a lot less visible in the final product. Not invisible, but I don't notice it unless I'm looking a lot of the time.
Arrow Lofts 2 is a crappy pre-cast building, but they did the brick part with real brick. No idea why they'd spring for that after cheaping out on the rest of the building.
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I don't think pre-cast is necessarily crappy. You can make crappy buildings with precast, but you can also make nice ones with it.
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07-09-2021, 03:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-09-2021, 03:29 PM by westwardloo.)
So far its looking good to me. I guess they are painting the columns near the end of construction? can't wait to see what the curtain or window wall looks like. That will make or break this project in my opinion. Not loving the glove box. I hope they don't cheep out.
I like the precast brick panels. This is a rare example in this region of precast done right. (Arrow lofts is an assault to my eyes, but it provides housing) Those joints will be sealed with a colour matching caulking and the average person won't notice a thing. Projects that use actual masonry still need to install control joints periodically. There aren't nearly as many but it is still noticeable.
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That's really cool looking in my opinion
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08-12-2021, 12:33 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-12-2021, 12:36 AM by ijmorlan.)
Interesting observation about the supports! I noticed that and wrote a message about it, then noticed you had already mentioned it. I wonder if the middle 2 are made of thinner material?