2006-12-13 13:22:26 · 11 answers · asked by Tess 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
brick ties, originally designed and tested by engineers.
building codes require 22 gauge, galvanized steel or better, in some places, hot-dipped galvanized steel is required. Measures approximately 1 1/4 inches by 7 " or 8 " long, and the installer nails it on the wood framework or sheathing with 1 3/4 " galvanized or hot-dipped galvanized "roofing nails" (with the wide head), then bend the brick ties to an L shape and the horizontal half of it goes in the mortar between the bricks. They cost approximately 6 cents each. They must put one in every two square feet of wall space.
The bricks support each other's weight, sitting on a foundation wall of course, but the brickties are necessary to attach the whole brick wall to the wood frame, to keep it all together.
2006-12-17 12:48:00 · answer #1 · answered by million$gon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you look at the side of a house under constuction just before the brick is laid, you will see that every so often there are these little corrugated metal brackets that are sticking out from the wall, & have been nailed on.
As the bricks are laid in, these brackets lay in the mortar line & tie the brick veneer to the frame of the house once the mortar has cured.
2006-12-13 13:31:30 · answer #2 · answered by No More 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-03 13:49:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they have a strip of thin metal called a brick tie that is nailed to the house and the other end is laid in the mortar joint to hold the brick to the house. Now that Will be fifty dollars for telling you a trade secret
2006-12-13 13:31:29 · answer #4 · answered by roy40372 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Brick ties. But they`re not structural. Your brick is actually independant or the framing. It basically stands on it`s own.
2006-12-13 20:52:22 · answer #5 · answered by william v 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There are small metal strips called "brick ties". These are nailed to the framing, and set in between the bricks in the mortar joint.
2006-12-13 13:29:16 · answer #6 · answered by Don 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Heheheh... all of the above answers have given you information based on the centuries old 'brick'.... but there is a new product out....NovaBrik... no martar application... it screws to the framing. VERY FAST application... and yes, it is brick.. just not your traditional brick, heheheh
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2006-12-13 23:33:02 · answer #7 · answered by thewrangler_sw 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are small metal straps which get attached to the plywood, then extended to go between the bricks
2006-12-13 14:26:53 · answer #8 · answered by thebedperson 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the ones that answered brick ties win. but there is also a brick ledge that is poured when they do the foundation. basicly the foundation is a lil wider so the brick has a ledge to sit on.
2006-12-16 11:45:24 · answer #9 · answered by hometech02 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. it is not attached to the side at all. You are on the internet, google up some instructions on laying brick.
2006-12-13 13:48:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋