Home & Garden

|

Home & Garden

Posts Tagged ‘brick’

How much would it cost to fix loose bricks on a home?

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

Located beneath a window maybe about a total of 16-25sq ft. Bricks are sort of popping out about .25inc. House was built is 1965, It’s about to have some minor foundation work done. Just wanted to know about how much it would cost to repair that section of brick. Thanks for your help! =)

Where can I find the California building codes for firewalls between town homes?

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

While moving my daughter’s new bed upstairs, I put a hole in the drywall, and while I was replacing the drywall, I found that there is no firewall separating my town home from my neighbors townhome. (A firewall is a wall made of brick or cinderblock that is used as a buffer to protect homes from fire.) I would like to find out if they are manditory in San Diego, CA, because they are back home…. Where can I find out?

What is the easiest way to remove paint from concrete walls?

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

the walls are the exterior walls of a walkout basement. It is painted white but i need to take it down to the bare concrete agian. It will look better with the brick home. Any ideas.

How do you “brick layer” interior hallway?

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

I would like to do little hallway walls with (real)brick. Is there a "half" brick out there, meaning the depth.? Has anyone paid to have this done, expensive? I would need little pieces of brick as well for smaller spaces above window and door.

Is it possible to put concrete overlay over an existing brick patio?

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Some concrete overlay installers gave me estimates for it without saying that it shouldn’t be done, but one installer said that it can’t be done over brick because the concrete will crack because the bricks are not flat. He recommended demolition and stamped concrete instead. I don’t know who to believe now.

About how much will it cost to replace my home that has vinyl siding with a brick outside?

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

My house is a 2004 build two story home that is your average size. Can you please give me an estimation on how much it will cost to replace my vinyl with brick.

What is the best way to remove paint from brick?

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

The jokers who owned our home previously pained the brick on the sides of the home. It looks bad and we really want to remove the paint, especially since we want to put a brick addition on the home. What is the best way to remove the paint without damaging the brick underneath.

I have an open kitchen living area. I was wondering if I could close it a little by adding brick columns?

Friday, October 30th, 2009

My house is already built, so can I go back and add brick colunms and a wooden beam to close it off a little. How hard would this be and about how much would it cost?

Approximatly how much would it cost to brick a small ranch style house?

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

I don’t have diminsions, but it is 1032 sq ft home with a garage. What kind of ball park figure am I looking at? If brick were 0 per pallet, what would it be for matterials and labor? Just a ball park.
There is wood siding on the house now. Lets assume all preperation would need to be done.

How hard is it to put up metal house numbers through brick?

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

We already have some old numbers up I am buying new ones in a more modern font and should I hire someone is it a drill that we need? How do they stay in place if the holes are drilled through the brick?