{"id":1203,"date":"2005-07-01T14:48:02","date_gmt":"2005-07-01T14:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2008-07-28T16:26:51","modified_gmt":"2008-07-28T16:26:51","slug":"removing-brick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2005\/07\/removing-brick\/","title":{"rendered":"Removing Brick Facade? Help!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just purchased a “Brownstone” in Carroll Gardens that the previous owner had bricked over with a brick facade. We can see some metal pins, I think they are called “tie backs” or “tie ins” that one of the tenants says were put there to help hold together a crack in the brownstone underneath the brick. There is also water damage under the stoop we are told by M&H Construction is there because water is getting in through the mortar that is between the bricks on the steps. This seems to be the case as you can see that someone tried to repair a crack in the mortar with a slightly different color mortar.<\/p>\n

So my question is, do we remove the bricks, try to fix up these problems, and then cover it back up with brownstone stucco or cement or do we put the brownstone stucco or cement over the brick?<\/p>\n

Also, has anyone used Acrylic Stucco and if so do you recommend it?<\/p>\n %<\/span><\/span> | %<\/span><\/a> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just purchased a “Brownstone” in Carroll Gardens that the previous owner had bricked over with a brick facade. We can see some metal pins, I think they are called “tie backs” or “tie ins” that one of the tenants says were put there to help hold together a crack in the brownstone underneath the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-1203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-restoration"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2005\/07\/removing-brick\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Removing Brick Facade? Help!","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2005\/07\/removing-brick\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2005\/07\/removing-brick\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Restoration","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Brownstoner"}],"creator":["Brownstoner"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2005-07-01T14:48:02Z","datePublished":"2005-07-01T14:48:02Z","dateModified":"2008-07-28T16:26:51Z"},"rendered":"