Dear fellow builders and experts,
I would like to ask for your advice, opinion, or experience.
Tomorrow, our brick veneer is going to be installed, and now we have to decide whether to include an expansion joint or not.
Our builder, whom I respect greatly and consider very experienced, says we don't need one but is leaving the decision up to us. As laypersons, we are now faced with this choice. What do you think?
For your information, the house measures 10.20 x 9 meters (33.5 x 29.5 feet), and our bricks are ABC Hamburg coal-fired bricks. There were previously other buildings and trees on the construction site!
I look forward to constructive responses.
Best regards, symen
I would like to ask for your advice, opinion, or experience.
Tomorrow, our brick veneer is going to be installed, and now we have to decide whether to include an expansion joint or not.
Our builder, whom I respect greatly and consider very experienced, says we don't need one but is leaving the decision up to us. As laypersons, we are now faced with this choice. What do you think?
For your information, the house measures 10.20 x 9 meters (33.5 x 29.5 feet), and our bricks are ABC Hamburg coal-fired bricks. There were previously other buildings and trees on the construction site!
I look forward to constructive responses.
Best regards, symen
S
Sebastian7930 Jun 2015 16:04Is your house going to have a basement while there is a garage without a basement next to it? In that case, a joint should be installed – otherwise, as the building expert says.
The only other reason for a joint might be if you are building on non-native soil – for example, if one part of the house is on natural ground and another part is not.
Best regards from a fellow ABC brick house owner
The only other reason for a joint might be if you are building on non-native soil – for example, if one part of the house is on natural ground and another part is not.
Best regards from a fellow ABC brick house owner
S
Sebastian7930 Jun 2015 16:15Bush up to the roof?
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symen197130 Jun 2015 16:26First of all, thank you very much for your many responses.
Lexmaul79 schrieb:No, Lexmaul79, we are building without a basement and only with a carport.
Is your house going to have a basement and is there a non-basement garage next to it?