Lender · Salt Lake City, UT · Member since 2013 · 155 posts · 24 votes
Does anyone know about how much per square foot it costs to stucco over brick? This deal I am looking at has ugly brick siding and there is no way to salvage it. I am thinking about just putting stucco over the brick but I am unsure of the costs or if it is even possible.
Stucco can't be applied directly over brick and be expected to stay. You'll need to cover it with the backer-board, and netting. The brick will continue to crack and chip and there goes the stucco.
If you do something that is in poor practice, hiding faults, that can be seen as fraudulent acts and the issue of a contractor being liable for one year on work goes out the window, fraud may begin when it's discovered, so you need to stick to common practice.
I agree with Ben, a thick coat or paint would probably do it and I don't care for painted brick either. You might be able to re-glaze the surface too, I suggest you ask a mason about the best cure. :)
Ty, I have no idea on costs but I don't think I've ever seen a brick home ugly enough to stucco over. Paint maybe...that must be one ugly duck...got any photos?
Stucco can't be applied directly over brick and be expected to stay. You'll need to cover it with the backer-board, and netting. The brick will continue to crack and chip and there goes the stucco.
If you do something that is in poor practice, hiding faults, that can be seen as fraudulent acts and the issue of a contractor being liable for one year on work goes out the window, fraud may begin when it's discovered, so you need to stick to common practice.
I agree with Ben, a thick coat or paint would probably do it and I don't care for painted brick either. You might be able to re-glaze the surface too, I suggest you ask a mason about the best cure. :)
When you say "ugly brick siding" do you mean the house has a brick veneer (true brick wall built outside the frame) or it has a masonry siding textured to look like stone or brick?
If it is the latter, rip it off and reside the house {also be a good time to look at water/air movement and insulation}. If it is real brick, then you need to determine why it is spalling and disintegrating - usually due to the brick not drying ... common causes are poor drainage plane behind the brick (are your weeping holes plugged) or the brick was reliant on escaping heat to dry from the inside and the interior wall insulation & vapour barrier have been improved.