Failed Brick Veneer Over Garage Doors

Leaving the wood products buried behind concrete is a surefire way to develop more problems down the road and having a brick veneer wall with no air gap won t work either.

Failed brick veneer over garage doors.

It s a bad spot to be in and fixing problems like this could easily cost six figures. Surprise there is no lintel. Not as cheep as caulk but looks better. Probably yes to both.

Bia brick masonry techniques for builders. The brick is sitting on the lintel so you would have to take out the door trim to get to it. As for a cosmetic correction you could cut out the cracked brick and reset new in their place. The garage wall and the brick veneer are a totally different arena altogether.

I have a 16 foot garage opening in a remodeling job whose exterior is brick veneer. Is that brick veneer. The wood frame behind all that brick is sagging at the doorway and has caused that crack. P i know this has come up before but most of the forums that i have looked at seem to pass the buck.

How it has stayed up i have no idea much less how it was done. Longer spans such as those over garage doors should be designed by a structural engineer to carry brick floor and roof loads. Some wood header manufacturers will design wood headers to carry brick loads. With brick filling in between and around the paths.

You could fill the crack and wait a year to see if there is more movement. Reface your garage door with this wood veneer and make it look like a 10 000 door. If any component is missing problems will develop. Bia brick masonry techniques for builders.

I have 5 courses of bricks above the oening. My question is what size lintel to install. If the brick veneer was installed properly there should be a moisture barrier over the sheathing a one inch air gap between the brick veneer and sheathing and last weep holes to drain moisture. Is it a double garage with one door.

The other nice thing is that the garage doors are not ugly metal or fiberglass doors but carriage style doors that look like they are constructed of multiple planks of wood. Sag in double wide garage door lintel beams can be tragic. The sheathing paper is needed to shed the water and keep the underlayment dry. Or you could get an inspector out to take a look and.

It is most likely not attached to the header at all. I am cutting a jigsaw. It s an attractive. It is only serious if it needs to be repaired.