Step 2 attach a 2 by 2 inch wood furring strip to the walls centered on each of the chalk marks.
How to cover a brick wood siding with stone.
Use a tape measure to measure the distance between each needed mark.
Depending on the size of your project you can potentially finish installation in a single weekend.
Options for covering exterior brick.
The 1 by 6 treated pine deck boards on the bottom step had to be cut to fit around the bottom railing beam.
We cut it into the same shape as the stringers except extended it all the way to the ground.
After the wood risers and treads were all screwed in we finished the outsides with the same plytanium siding panel that we used for the porch skirting.
Mark the length of the brick wall with chalk every 24 inches.
This customer chose genstone to cover exterior brick because of the ease of installation.
When you install siding over an existing brick masonry or stucco wall creating a level substrate.
You must apply a rigid sheathing material to the studs then secure the siding to the sheathing.
But it is not as easy as troweling mortar onto the brick and applying veneer.
Yes you can install stone veneer over brick.