Attaching Awning To Brick Veneer

Z brick is the first manufacturer of brick veneer in the usa and continues to lead the residential and commercial thin brick veneer industry.

Attaching awning to brick veneer.

Z brick facing bricks are used indoors and outdoors to provide the warmth of handmade bricks without the size weight and high cost of traditional bricks. This consists of very thin clay or concrete like brick pieces that are only about 5 8 to 3 4 inch thick making them more like ceramic tile than like building brick. Since the 4 brick had 2 air the anchors were cantilevered 6. Also when using screws it s imperative that you use countersinks for the screws.

You have to mark out your brackets in the same way as if you were mounting on a flat wood surface. Always attach awning to structural wall behind the veneer. Yes brick walls make a great anchor point for sail shades and awnings but you will want to mount the bracket to the mortar between the bricks. The other category of brick veneer is often called thin brick or brick tile.

With the mounting bracket as your guide mark out the hole location on the masonry surface and drill a hole about 3 1 2 deep using a masonry drill bit. I attached a 5 overhang awning with kickers using 3 4 thd rod embedded in hilti 270 in 12 concrete wall. However brick siding is merely a single layer and does not provide any structural support for the wall. I would never consider attaching awning to brick veneer.

If you just put screws into the mortar it will eventually crumble around the entrance hole and just pull out. Faux stucco or metal buildings with no backer material. If it was masonry you would have no problems. You must attach it to the structural portion which is the wood frame.

After you have the structural support you can attach between the brick and the addition for weatherproofing purposes.