Re-securing
the brick before stucco We are doing an extensive renovation that required
tearing down about 3/4 of the exterior walls of our
home. We have added new walls and we want to
stucco over the brick left on the remaining
walls. The problem is that some of the remaining
brick appears to be coming away from the house where
is it was severed from the walls that were demolished
for the renovation. Will stucco over the brick
re-secure it to the house or must we re-secure the
brick before we stucco over the old brick or should we
just remove all of the brick? If we need to
re-secure the old brick what is the best way to
accomplish that task? Thanks so much for any
advice you might have!
![]() You can reattach the brick by using brick ties. Sometimes the old nails fail on the wood framing holding the brick ties on. (I'm assuming the brick is brick veneer on wood framing). You can knock holes in the wall, nail on the tie and fill the hole with brick and mortar. If you have brick veneer over block you can do the same thing, and backfill the wall with mortar. I wouldn't do it if the bricks were way out of plumb. I would try to save the brick as much as possible because there is nothing better to stucco over than brick or block. You get a solid wall that won't crack. Thanks for visiting my site. Please check back again. |