Going Full Brick after Vinyl Siding?

[IROC]

Like many others in the southeast, our house took a beating in the storms a few weeks ago. We need a new roof, new siding, new gutters, downspouts, garage doors - even a new mailbox (luckily all the cars were in the garage).

The house is brick on the front and three sides are vinyl siding. We're getting quotes for replacing the vinyl, going to hardie board, etc., but one of our neighbors has gotten a quote to simply brick their whole house (and are claiming it is a only a couple of thousand $ more than vinyl). Is it truly that easy? Is there nothing else that has to be done? I would have thought that it would have major impacts to brick a house after it's already built I realize that given enough money, anything is possible...).

Any experiences doing something like this?

[stomachmonkey]

The brick is not really structural so yeah it's really not that difficult.

If it's really not that much more I'd seriously consider it.

[azasadny]

From what I remember when we added to our house a few years ago, the builder (our next door neighbor) built a "brick ledge" to support the bricks, then tied the new brick veneer to the exterior wall with metal straps and was careful to leave weep holes at the bottom of the wall for water. He was also careful to keep mortar from clogging the space between the brick veneer and the exterior wall so water could run down and out instead of infiltrating the walls. Turned out nice and I wish we could have afforded to have the entire addition covered with a brick veneer...

[IROC]

We currently have brick all around the the base of the house (crawlspace house) and then siding above that on the three sides. While I realize that anything is possible, I figured that full brick would get complicated when it came to windows, etc...

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by azasadny

From what I remember when we added to our house a few years ago, the builder (our next door neighbor) built a "brick ledge" to support the bricks, then tied the new brick veneer to the exterior wall with metal straps and was careful to leave weep holes at the bottom of the wall for water. He was also careful to keep mortar from clogging the space between the brick veneer and the exterior wall so water could run down and out instead of infiltrating the walls. Turned out nice and I wish we could have afforded to have the entire addition covered with a brick veneer...

This is how our house is constructed.

[JJ 911SC]

Originally Posted by azasadny

From what I remember when we added to our house a few years ago, the builder (our next door neighbor) built a "brick ledge" to support the bricks, then tied the new brick veneer to the exterior wall with metal straps and was careful to leave weep holes at the bottom of the wall for water. He was also careful to keep mortar from clogging the space between the brick veneer and the exterior wall so water could run down and out instead of infiltrating the walls. Turned out nice and I wish we could have afforded to have the entire addition covered with a brick veneer...

Mike

You don't even need a "brick ledge" or even mortar...

It's a DIY project with simple tool; NOVABRIK -> Welcome

1 Day for this panel;



2 Days for the larger one;


It take less time for a solid wall (no window).

PM me if you need to be convince