Mortarless Brick

Brick veneers are an interesting alternative to siding or traditional masonry.
Novabrik uses a patented mortarless, interlocking, overlapping brick siding product. It can be used in new residential or commercial construction or it can be used in a retrofit application to replace aluminum or vinyl siding on a house.

Because the bricks hang on the wall, there is no ledge or steel support needed.

Application
In new construction, the building is covered in home wrap. Water and Weather proofing membranes are used around doors and windows to make a tight seal. Furring strips are screwed into studs over the home wrap, secured with special screws every ten inches along the stud.

The bricks will be screwed into these furring strips to hold them in place.
For the starter course, a 1”X6” starter board is used at base of wall.
A special plastic channel is screwed into the starter board and the first course or row of bricks sits in this channel.

The first row is screwed into the furring strips on the studs. Then the next four courses of brick are stacked on top of this starter row.
Every four courses, bricks are pre-drilled and screwed into the furring strips with a Nova screw. Each Nova screw can hold up to 300 pounds of bricks securely in place, so security and quality of installation is assured.

Corner bricks
Special corner bricks are used to cover the transition points at the corners of the walls. These pieces are screwed into the studs with a five-inch screw for maximum hold. Each one is also held in place using construction adhesive.

Brick cutting
Bricks are cut using a diamond tipped masonry blade with either a chop or miter saw.

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[boward]

I built my house 20 years ago! It was time to put brick on the front porch but my Mason was very busy could not get him back to do my small front porch somebody suggested this brick and we put it on!! It looks as good as it did 20 years ago when we put it on holding up very well !!👍👍

[JAW]

Did some research for y’all asking how much. A simple Google search led to it saying it costs about the same as regular wood siding but less than traditional brick. You’re welcome.

[Lilmiket]

Man, that is so cool. I love these new products coming out these days. So innovative!

[pme]

I did my entire ranch house with this a few years ago. I’m very happy with it.

[TerminusHostilia]

I'd use composite material for furring strips.

[billgateskilledmyuncle]

Didn't know Dr Phil did bricking in his free time.

[DanBurgaud]

GREAT IDEA! AWESOME PRODUCT!
Gotta keep this in mind when remodeling.

[WhizFlipper]

What I missed this video when I was building my house. Dang.

[joanndegiorgio]

This is great! I want to do this to my home. Dress it up out front. Thanks 😊

[seancollins]

It's a very cool product. Looking in from Ireland 🇮🇪

[watching-and-judging-you]

So, I used to be an installer for NovaBrick. It’s a pain, sags after a few months, and does not prevent any moisture from ruining the wood furring strips you need, to mount them.

[selvelan]

Why not put tyvek over furing strips but what do i know?

[asicomovienes]

Just for looks and decoration, but no strong wall at all, still looks good

[thihal]

Easy to install, but what happens when you need to replace one?

[dangremaus]

Nice advertisement for the
product but no description of how to locate it?

[frankierwhereyouralwaysast]

Whats the name of the company that installed this?

[milagrosroman]

I have an old brick home 1925, so if I buy this brick so I need to remove the old brick in order to install these?

[pathfinder]

Can this product be placed over existing stucco house?

[HgHg-ypft]

And you dont have to worry about the inevitable tuckpointing repairs in the future if you use mortar for the traditional masonry work. Good product, i might give it a try.

[christopherdekonstrukt]

Garage has termite damage in framing at overhead door and to fix correctly the entire 11' section of wall would have to be rebuilt. House has mortar brick face on front which would have to be removed to replace garage header wall.