Looking to spice up a dilapidated building with a fresh new brick face? Consider these valuable recommendations from the Brick Industry Association's technical guru, Brian Trimble. 1. Make sure the ...

Every exterior cladding is capable of leaking to some degree; wood, vinyl, brick, and stucco. Bricks and mortar are porous, and water sprayed on an outside wall of an older brick building can show ...

It takes up to eight hours for 15 degrees to be transferred from the exterior brick face to the surface of an inside wall, compared with only one hour for exterior wood cladding. The most common ...

Changing aesthetic preferences, cost considerations, and technological advancements in construction materials make brick facades ... between the exterior wall and the cladding material.