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Originally Posted by azasadny View Post
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.
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