Brick or stone veneer provides a traditional siding material for exterior chimneys with no danger of flammability.
How to wrap a brick chimney with siding.
Follow your chalk guide lines.
Tuckpointing or repointing is done to restore the mortar that holds the masonry units of the chimney together.
Next comes a layer of wire mesh material called metal lath which is stapled over the tar paper.
Use concrete screws to hold the furring strips in place.
I reported a brick chimney that had a good amount of spalling.
Fasten the furring strips by using a drill affixed with a masonry bit.
Drill through the furring strips and into the bricks behind them.
Apply concrete mixture to the wall with the flat metal trowel and use the trowel to smooth the concrete over the bricks and fill in the voids between the.
Affix furring strips horizontally around the base of the house.
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Set up a ladder to install furring on the higher portion of the chimney.
Space the masonry screws about a foot.
The buyer just sent me a text to see if i thought this was ok.
How to use siding on a chimney.
The sellers contractor wants to put vinyl siding over it instead of replacing the brick.
Screw pressure treated 2 by 4s vertically to the surface of your chimney with masonry screws and a power driver.
Start at the bottom and work your way up.