Covering a full exterior extends to higher and harder-to-reach areas of your home will cost more. ... There are specific brick veneer and faux brick siding varieties that you can install yourself.

Thin brick veneer typically ranges from ⅜ to 1 inch thick, and this added layer affects the riser height of each step. That, in turn, could leave the end result out of alignment with building codes.

He recommends against all-acrylic house paint for exterior brick. If you do opt for a faux treatment, you might want to hire someone like Peter Woodworth, owner of the Brick Painters (877-653-4469 ...

Stone veneer or brick veneer, which are manufactured products about ½-inch thick, can look classier than a faux treatment. Hire a mason if you don’t want to tackle this job on your own. More ...

The Fenestration Manufacturers Association (FMA), the Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA), and the Window & Door Manufacturers Association (WDMA) have released a new document focused on ...

Q. As a fairly skilled DIY’er and fairly new homeowner (18 months), I appreciate the experience you bring to your column. I hope you can help us with a product recommendation. Our 2½-story, 1 ...

Brick veneer may be one of the most environmentally friendly exterior wall options going. And while it’s hard to quantify things like this, there are facts to go by. Article content ...

Iman Ansari, founding principal of AN.ONYMOUS, told AN, “rather than concealing its identity as a faux brick, our goal was to celebrate the material artificiality and thinness of brick veneer ...

It might sound too good to be true - a three-bedroom brick veneer house for $5,000. But there is a catch – you have to move it yourself. The for sale ad, posted to Gumtree, lists the house for ...