A buddy of mine owns this house where the exterior brick is crumbling/spalling and it may be time to fix it.
Doesn't look like any have completely failed, but some have little chunks out of them.
When I started to research this, I went into it with this knowledge;
His Dad had this house built in 1965 and was a cheap ass. No extra's, keep costs down, etc.
He told me that his Dad had purchased used brick/salvaged brick to save money at the time. It's an 'old chicago' look of just old red clay bricks. Probably salvaged in the Oklahoma City area, just a guess. So, these bricks are 56 years old plus however old they were from the first time. That might make these bricks 100 years old.
I thought that these bricks were failing due to age, just being out in the weather that long. The problem doesn't seem to be very deep, but a lot of the bricks are seeing problems.
After researching this, I'm being told that spalling can be caused by mortar that is too hard, and won't let the clay brick have any micro movement, which is natural for it, thus breaking the brick before the mortar, causing spalling.
I've discovered a technique called German Smearing, (no homo), and it takes white stucco as a thin coat, and you put it on the wall, then you knock it down before it dries, and then sponge it, giving it an antique look.
But what it does is puts mortar in all the joints, and fills the crumbling brick and supports it.
This is something that needs to be done before he can sell the house.
Anyone done this?, known anyone who's done this?, heard of this?,
Seems like the idea is sound, and a cheap way to fix the problem.
I could do this.
@Peter Gozintite
@Bayou Tiger
Doesn't look like any have completely failed, but some have little chunks out of them.
When I started to research this, I went into it with this knowledge;
His Dad had this house built in 1965 and was a cheap ass. No extra's, keep costs down, etc.
He told me that his Dad had purchased used brick/salvaged brick to save money at the time. It's an 'old chicago' look of just old red clay bricks. Probably salvaged in the Oklahoma City area, just a guess. So, these bricks are 56 years old plus however old they were from the first time. That might make these bricks 100 years old.
I thought that these bricks were failing due to age, just being out in the weather that long. The problem doesn't seem to be very deep, but a lot of the bricks are seeing problems.
After researching this, I'm being told that spalling can be caused by mortar that is too hard, and won't let the clay brick have any micro movement, which is natural for it, thus breaking the brick before the mortar, causing spalling.
I've discovered a technique called German Smearing, (no homo), and it takes white stucco as a thin coat, and you put it on the wall, then you knock it down before it dries, and then sponge it, giving it an antique look.
But what it does is puts mortar in all the joints, and fills the crumbling brick and supports it.
This is something that needs to be done before he can sell the house.
Anyone done this?, known anyone who's done this?, heard of this?,
Seems like the idea is sound, and a cheap way to fix the problem.
I could do this.
@Peter Gozintite
@Bayou Tiger
