What is brick veneer house?

bungyjumping999

What is brick veneer ? is it a good / safe house exterior? is it expensive to build this kind of house?

What is weeping holes ( picture 2) ? Brick veneer house has weeping holes as specified in the drawings.
Appreciate comments , thank you.

Leonfish, will appreciate your comments?  Thank you.

John.G

贴砖............

bungyjumping999

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无情无泪

贴砖，转是装饰，不是建材，所以不是真正的砖房，主要看里面建材是什么

bungyjumping999

无情无泪 发表于 2013-7-18 19:06
贴砖，转是装饰，不是建材，所以不是真正的砖房，主要看里面建材是什么

at the back is brick

onetreehill1

看到墙上一个一个的洞，不怕水进去吗？贴砖里面的是什么材料？房屋主体木框架是否防水处理的？ 这个才是要看的关键。

bungyjumping999

onetreehill1 发表于 2013-7-18 19:30
看到墙上一个一个的洞，不怕水进去吗？贴砖里面的是什么材料？房屋主体木框架是否防水处理的？ 这个才是要看 ...

the holes are called weeping holes. brick houses have these holes, that is what building inspector said.
Looking for some more opinions from people with contruction background ? thanks

onetreehill1

bungyjumping999 发表于 2013-7-18 19:32
the holes are called weeping holes. brick houses have these holes, that is what building inspect ...

OK, but you still haven't answered my questions: what's the inside material under brick? is the house wood frame treated?

bungyjumping999

onetreehill1 发表于 2013-7-18 19:36
OK, but you still haven't answered my questions: what's the inside material under brick? is the ho ...

not so sure at the moment. agent said is steel framing ??

Just want to know what kind of brick house it is from people with this kind of experience. thanks

MEATLOVER

去CITY COUNCIL花35块（北岸是这个价），他们有原始图纸的复印件，一看便知。
从你的描述来看是砖房，那个孔是用来排出潮湿的空气。

bungyjumping999

MEATLOVER 发表于 2013-7-18 21:48
去CITY COUNCIL花35块（北岸是这个价），他们有原始图纸的复印件，一看便知。
从你的描述来看是砖房，那个 ...

thanks, already purchased property file.... drawing did talk about engaging a consulting engineer overseeing this brick construction.

bungyjumping999

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leonfish

被点名了就说两句，先看下图。



其实nz的 砖墙就是 rainscreen caldding, 砖本身是不防水的， 雨水是可以穿过砖的， 但是因为有cavity 所以这里面是属于低压地带， 没有driving force 让雨水到达里面的framing， 所以只会往下溜，weep holes 就是为了让雨水流出砖墙的，所以weeping holes 一般在会积水的地方，例如砖墙底部，window head。 而为什么在砖墙的顶部也需要 weep holes呢，那是因为当不下雨的时候，风可以进入，从而dry the whole system. 有童鞋会担心潮气会进到屋子里面，答案是不会，因为building paper 是会有效的阻挡潮气。 在砖墙上面再上一层plaster + 油漆，就更好啦，因为water ingress 就更难啦。

有兴趣的童鞋可以google “rainscreen cladding”。

NewLynnHse

leonfish 发表于 2013-7-19 09:16
被点名了就说两句，先看下图。

阿海

看上去就是砖房然后砖的表面批灰盖住了。

结构就像13楼说的那样。

wee hole就是为了排水的。

bungyjumping999

leonfish 发表于 2013-7-19 09:16
被点名了就说两句，先看下图。

Thank you.  Very knowledgeable.
hmm, just wondering construction costs for this kind of house? is it higher?

bungyjumping999

阿海 发表于 2013-7-19 13:20
看上去就是砖房然后砖的表面批灰盖住了。

结构就像13楼说的那样。

Thank you.     :)