It will take 3 to 5 days to complete at 70an hour for a total cost between 9 880to 13 250for a 1 000 square foot house or addition.
Brick vs siding r value.
Material alone regular hardi siding runs approximately 1 15 sf where artisan runs 2 40 sf and brick runs anywhere from 2 50 5 00 sf depending upon the brick you choose.
Brick siding is substantially more expensive than stucco.
Frankly it won t make a big enough of a difference if you re planning to sell the home.
There are six standard size brick per sf so this range will allow for an allowance of 0 42 0 83 per brick.
The truth is no standard siding material offers very good efficiency.
In fact that is code in many areas.
Get vinyl unless the buyers really want brick then let them get new siding on their own.
The bricks cost from 8 to 10 per square foot and mortar and grout 6add another 200to 450.
Brick has a lower maintenance cost compared to vinyl.
Even as a veneer however brick is heavy and therefore difficult time consuming and expensive to install particularly if done correctly.
Here is a list of rounded per inch r values of various common building and insulating materials plus the total r value of products made from these materials.
While brick homes may look as though they ve been built from the ground up brick is usually installed as a veneer over the existing surface of the house as is fiber cement siding.
Cost and value brick costs about 6 to 12 per square foot while vinyl siding costs about 2 to 3 per square foot.
Laboris a large part of the cost.
Most energy experts suggest that your home s walls should have at least an r 13 energy efficiency.
For instance if you have a material with an r value of 12 attached to another material with an r value of 3 then both materials combined have an r value of 15.
As we said before the r value measures the thermal resistance of a material.
Notes to the table above.
Brick 0 2 per inch r 0 72 for a common face brick wall wood 1 per inch r 3 5 for a 2 x 4 stud fiberglass or cellulose 3 per inch r 11 for 3 5 inches.
Brick will increase it slightly more than vinyl.
Notes on the r value k values of different forms of asbestos.
Homeowners who live in provinces that are dominated by vinyl or stucco will find that their brick house has a higher market value.
Brick homes tend to have a higher market value because they have unparalleled durability craftsmanship and aesthetic.
The higher the r value the more efficient the building material is.
The energy efficiency for building materials is known as r value.
