Putting Siding On Brick House

Vinyl siding must be applied over a smooth even watertight surface.

Putting siding on brick house.

Use your drill and masonry bit to drill guide holes along your drawn vertical lines through furring strips and into the brick. Installing vinyl siding over a brick house suitable surfaces for vinyl installation. Vinyl siding can give an ordinary concrete home an appealing polished look and update its appearance. Mark the locations for your furring strips.

On the wall you ll need to mark the location you need for each. Step 2 attach a 2 by 2 inch wood furring strip to the walls centered on each of the chalk marks. In this video i am using lp smartside lap siding to side my house. Insert fasteners masonry screws or nails through the furring strips and into the guide holes.

Siding over brick exterior. According to the minnesota sustainable housing initiative as of 2007 material costs and labor for installing brick siding average between 9 70 and 15 30 per square foot. Mark the length of the brick wall with chalk every 24 inches. Things you ll need tape measure level chalk line 1 inch by 3 inch furring strips circular saw drill assorted bits concrete screws corrosion resistant nails tin snips utility knife snap lock tool.

Attach the strips to the wall. I am using special siding clamps that lets me do everything solo. Although the process of installing vinyl siding is relatively simple it helps to have assistance. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube.

Use a tape measure to measure the distance between each needed mark. As the brick laying continues place a 1 x 6 piece of corrugated metal every 16 vertically and horizontally to keep the brick face from falling away from the house. Then nail one side to the framing and embed the other side in the mortar. Step 3 install insulation caulking and siding panels.

Next you ll drill holes through the furring strips and into the brick using the. Of the nine most common types of siding brick along with stone which has comparable costs is the most expensive choice. How it s done step 1.