Hello everyone,
we are planning a facade for our single-family home with a plaster finish and recessed areas in brick (look). Normally, a brick facade is built as a second layer in front of the regular masonry. We are wondering how this would work with a mixed facade like this. The bricks would then protrude quite far from the plaster. Is this usually solved by using brick slips? I just can’t quite picture that...
Maybe one of you can help me.
we are planning a facade for our single-family home with a plaster finish and recessed areas in brick (look). Normally, a brick facade is built as a second layer in front of the regular masonry. We are wondering how this would work with a mixed facade like this. The bricks would then protrude quite far from the plaster. Is this usually solved by using brick slips? I just can’t quite picture that...
Maybe one of you can help me.
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nordanney29 Dec 2013 09:35@ypg: That’s frustrating when it’s not done well. We even wanted to get ideas from the house I mentioned, only to find out it was just facing bricks. Materials and workmanship can really vary that much.
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Bauexperte31 Dec 2013 00:22Good evening,
You have already been explained how it works with facing bricks.
Brick slips are a different matter—when done well, a layperson cannot see the difference. The problem in the past with brick slips was adhesion to the substrate; quite a few fell off, which is why these "replacement facing bricks" were used reluctantly by builders.
Today, it is supposed to be better; however, we still avoid these slips, especially when they are to be applied over large areas.
Regards, Bauexperte
KayLinus schrieb:
We are planning a facade for our single-family house with plaster and recessed areas in a brick-look finish. Normally, with a brick facade, the bricks are installed as a second layer in front of the regular masonry. We are wondering how this would work with such a mixed facade. The bricks would then protrude quite far from the plaster. Is this usually solved with brick slips? We can’t quite imagine that...
You have already been explained how it works with facing bricks.
Brick slips are a different matter—when done well, a layperson cannot see the difference. The problem in the past with brick slips was adhesion to the substrate; quite a few fell off, which is why these "replacement facing bricks" were used reluctantly by builders.
Today, it is supposed to be better; however, we still avoid these slips, especially when they are to be applied over large areas.
Regards, Bauexperte