attaching brick to studs?

Question

Ok, so ive given myself a project, to build a shelter ( barn, shed... well see what it turns out like, then see what we can use it for), so i can lay bricks for the walls of this barn, but how do i attach the upright wood studs to the brick, is there anything inbetween, i need to know about or can the wooden studs be attached to the brick wall just by concrete screws, the rest i have knowledge on, like electric, plastering, but im just stuck on this part, i dont wanna start building and end up in a pickle mid way, my knowledge is on building is pretty intermidate i ghuess you could say, many thanks in advance.

Answer 1

well for a shed you dont really need to have a timber frame. You can just have double brick wall with piers. and then you can have your rafters sitting on the brick wall. Cavities are mainly for protecting the building from moisture, but if its not an inhabited building you can just have structural brick walls. The rule is you cant have a freestanding brick wall that exceeds 28square meters. so place ur piers as required. At the end of the day the most important thing would be ur slab.

Answer 2

Hi The best way would be to strip it all out and start again .Or the lazy way would be to pre drill the studs top middle and bottom use a 6mm or 1/4" wood or steel drill, then drill a hole into the brick work using a 8" long Masonry drill 5.5 or 6mm use the right wall plugs, the red ones in the UK and re fix the studs using no 8or 10 screws about 11/2 "to2" longer than the thickness of the timber studding. Cheers Bob a Job.

Answer 3

After you frame the wall (studs) put on exterior sheathing 7/16" OSB plywood you will need to nail brick ties to the sheathing about every 3rd in height and about 4' across the wall. Brick ties are about 7"long leave a space about an inch off the wall and bend the brick tie over the brick with the mortar on top place the next brick on top so the ties are not visible. Good luck

Answer 4

first you want to frame up the building with whatever you are using for studding then you can easily run your brick exterior or vaneer walls to attach the brick to the existing framing you will use brick anchors or as we call them wall ties these are nailed to the framing usually using 1-1/2'' galvanized nails . just remember that your door and window sizes a extremely important to get these to fit properly, the best rule to adding to these rough opening sizes is to only add 1/4-3/8'' overall to width and a half inch max to door heigth. good luck and remember it does not hurt to get the help of a professional as they know how to do the job correctly and you wont be tearing down something that you yourself did wrong. Also Time and Life publishes some very good home improvement books that cover this very subject and will walk you thru the hardest part of the job " the lay-out ". again good luck...

Answer 5

There's a code section for brick wall that wall must be build with 1" space for Air . Means after finish wall sheathing (covered stud by 1/2" ply wood ) then build brick wall 1" away from wood structure and you must put weep holes every 4' and connect wood structure to brick by metal plate every 2' high )
The metal plate is kind of strong net to stand in concrete and nail to studs every 2' in vertical and every 4' in horizontal direction .

Answer 6

using bricks is all right,but if you want a shelter,use 8inch blocks.when using blocks, you don't have to use studs or sheating. just lay the blocks as high as you want the building to be,then use anchors an a steel plat to put the roof on. less money an aggravation.then you can paint the blocks or leave as is. if you decide to go with bricks, use wall-ties to tie the bricks to the studs. but remember the frame work goes up first,then the bricks

Answer 7

when you see bricks going up on a building they are not attached to the walls or studs of the building. they leave an air space in between for insulation and or air circulation.
you need to read up on how to lay bricks as there is a certain way to do it so the wall doesn't fall on you.

Answer 8

challenging situation. do a search over google or bing. that may help!

Answer 9

tricky factor. do a search into google and yahoo. this could help!