When you install siding over an existing brick masonry or stucco wall creating a level substrate.
How to cover a siding exterior with brick.
If you paint the brick you will always have to maintain it and it leaves the addition looking like an after thought.
If you have manufactured stone siding follow the manufacturer s recommendations for cleaning.
Use concrete screws to hold the furring strips in place.
Use a soft bristle brush water and a cleaning product made specifically for cleaning masonry.
Depending on the size of your project you can potentially finish installation in a single weekend.
Brick veneer siding and or faux brick siding is a lightweight more affordable alternative to full brick siding that delivers the look of the real thing.
You must apply a rigid sheathing material to the studs then secure the siding to the sheathing.
This customer chose genstone to cover exterior brick because of the ease of installation.
Cut furring strips to the appropriate length using a circular saw.
Bite the bullet remove the facade that s why they are fake to be removed later build the addition and get the siding of your choice.
Nail the boards in place using siding nails along the furring strips.
Install the planks from the base of the wall upwards so that the overlap of the next plank covers the nails used to place the previous plank.
Place the hardiplank boards against the furring strips.
Drill through the furring strips and into the bricks behind them.
Step 3 attach furring strips vertically along the sides of the house.
If you remove the brick you never have to deal with it again cause it s in the land fill.