Cracks in Brick Veneer - Replace Siding on Whole House??

[Sean McCluskey]

Hi BP, I need your help on scoping this out while I am under contract.

The house appears to be in great shape other than the brick veneer siding dropping off, which appears to have started at the back corner of the house.

The brick is a veneer and not structural. There is very minor tuckpointing to do in the basement (block).

The falling brick has affected the siding's fit with two windows and one door. But there are no signs of water intrusion into the house. It's not recently painted either.

GC who walked it obviously recommends replacing the whole house siding at a cost of $13,000. But I want to get your unbiased opinions, do I need to remove this? Can I just leave it and tuck point it / seal it up for now?

Get a mason to do repairs to the brick siding? Or, have a vinyl siding company replace just the back corner of siding?

[Keaton M.]

@Sean McCluskey

I’m a structural forensic engineer and those are big cracks in multiple places. That’s significant movement that I would imagine would effect other parts of the house such as the basement. It looks like They’ve been repaired before and continued to move. The basement may be dry right now but that does not mean it has always been. I would dig into the house and seller more to find what other damage there has been.

Also, I wouldnt switch to siding. That seems like a bigger cost than what it’s worth.