Exterior Ideas Needed: 1929 brick home needs new siding
Hello everyone,
I'd love any ideas/tips for exterior rehab of only the southside of my 1929 brick veneer home I've just purchased that needs some love :-).
In the pictures (here's a video too) you'll notice it's a pretty large wall that the brick failed on, so I'd like to use a different siding material that isn't as expensive as redoing with brick again (hard to find, labor expensive). I plan on leaving brick on other remaining 3 sides.
I like the classic character of the home, but in a good way, the lines are very clean and might be able to pull off an exterior that's leans a tad modern on southside.
I was thinking of using old growth cedar lap siding with a deep red stain on this entire side. Any suggestions on window trim style and color would be amazing. Definitely open to other siding and window style suggestions though that are reasonably economical (and beautiful!). Luckily, this side isn't fully exposed to the street with the home next door blocking it - you'd only see this side if you drove toward it.
What style is this home? Doesn't look like a traditional tudor.
All ideas are greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Failed brick to the left of the house
Neighbor's home is to the left (that's his car in his driveway in the bottom left corner).
Failed brick is to the left of the house
Shiplap siding and the 5 windows I need to replace - Suggestions?
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years ago@gracie01 brick veneer (not structural), if old and moisture gets in, can falter and fall.
It's not the brick that fails, it's the wall ties holding the brick to the backing material, either wood or metal framing or another brick or stone wythe that fails.
Failed wire brick tie.
In some cases, through negligence or ignorance there may not even be ties!
Edinburgh Oxgangs Primary School veneer wall collapse. No ties used at all, according to a BBC investigation.
Brick veneer is largely a 20th C. phenomena, with the first documented use occurring in 1899. As the metal ties rust away, support is lost and the veneer moves. In only one municipality I've built in, were longer-lived stainless ties required. Otherwise there were no requirements re ties. If the mason were supplying ties, count on the cheapest and flimsiest available. In the house we're currently living in, the masons used nails to tie the brick to the structural block. Where the back of the block is visible in the garage, around the end of each nail a quarter sized section of block has fallen off as the nail rusted. The house will be demolished by the next buyer, so there's no concern.
Drew Sing thanked worthy- 6 years ago
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