Additions On Brick Home With Siding

The additions are often sided in wood siding or cedar shake.

Additions on brick home with siding.

The brick home pictured here uses siding as an accent over the garage with strips and shakes in the same color. These days brick siding is usually a veneer constructed outside of a home s wood frame structure with mortar used to hold the bricks together. What kinds of materials do you see in use in your area. The last thing you want is an addition that looks tacked on or out of place.

The siding adds a modest decorative element on a home that might look less interesting in solid brick. White siding with brick and black shutters is a classic color combination that s not going out of style any time soon. Red brick home with cream colored siding and black shutters with a red brick driveway. The metal siding on this brick house is used to clad only the bump out addition pulling its black color from the darker.

Are there other houses in your area that are a similar age that have had additions added. Under normal conditions brick siding will last the life of the building with little more than an occasional wash with the hose. You want to choose siding materials for your addition that match or complement the rest of your home. It is very common in my area to have additions added to older brick houses circa 1920 s.

Brick siding is generally not a structural part of a house but rather a veneer constructed on the outside. A large part of giving an addition the same look and feel of an existing home is selecting a proper exterior siding. Brick is commonly found on colonial tudor and english cottage exteriors providing a beautiful look that has been used for hundreds of years and has stood the test of time. Some are done with board and batten.