I am watching some workers put a brick veneer on a two-story building.
The underneath (sheathing?) is what looks like plywood. Then there is
black paper stapled to it. Then the wall is going up, a single layer
of brick against the paper.

My question is- is a single layer of brick on the outside of a
building going to stay up? Do they lean it into the building?

I know there are multi-story brick buildings, but I guess I've never
seen one being constructed so I never thought about it. For some
reason I thought there would be some sort of bonding to the underlying
material.

Just curious :

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

"Curly Sue" wrote in message
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I am watching some workers put a brick veneer on a two-story building.
The underneath (sheathing?) is what looks like plywood. Then there is
black paper stapled to it. Then the wall is going up, a single layer
of brick against the paper.

My question is- is a single layer of brick on the outside of a
building going to stay up? Do they lean it into the building?

You can nail a tie to the plywood or sheathing and put that into the mortar
joint. Should last 200 years or so if done right.

If your are really interested, look at BIA web site.
TB

Curly Sue wrote:
I am watching some workers put a brick veneer on a two-story building.
The underneath (sheathing?) is what looks like plywood. Then there is
black paper stapled to it. Then the wall is going up, a single layer
of brick against the paper.

My question is- is a single layer of brick on the outside of a
building going to stay up? Do they lean it into the building?

I know there are multi-story brick buildings, but I guess I've never
seen one being constructed so I never thought about it. For some
reason I thought there would be some sort of bonding to the underlying
material.

Just curious :

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

What you're not seeing (probably) is the brick ties they 'should' be
installing in the courses. They're nailed to the wall and are mortared
into the mortar joints.

.. . . or until the next minor earthquake.

www.bia.org

But typically ties are not put in correctly. They are supposed to be nailed
(preferably screwed) into the studs but since the wood is covered with
opaque paper, unless the mason has superman's xray eyes and can see thru
objects, the ties are not put into studs. That is why I would never again
build a brick veneer home unless the mason was a personal friend who I could
trust. Most of the brick veneer homes look good for a decade or too. By
then the mason is long gone and the fact that the ties are missing or put in
wrong and the lentils are too short or the flashing isn't right won't catch
up with him.


"Curly Sue" wrote in message
...
I am watching some workers put a brick veneer on a two-story building.
The underneath (sheathing?) is what looks like plywood. Then there is
black paper stapled to it. Then the wall is going up, a single layer
of brick against the paper.

My question is- is a single layer of brick on the outside of a
building going to stay up? Do they lean it into the building?

I know there are multi-story brick buildings, but I guess I've never
seen one being constructed so I never thought about it. For some
reason I thought there would be some sort of bonding to the underlying
material.

Just curious :

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!

On 6/26/2005 10:29 AM US(ET), Ray took fingers to keyboard, and typed
the following:

. . . or until the next minor earthquake.

She, as well as you and I, are in the Eastern time zone. I have never
felt an earthquake in the 67 years (that I would have recognized one)
here in NY.

--
Bill