I hate my 70’s brick chimney. Its white brick now a horrible grey from Seattle rain. I have seen locals getting stucco put over their brick homes. Looks much better and more modern, which is my preference. But I don’t see an lath going in over the brick. Can stucco go straigt on over brick and adhere properly? Also, is tinted stucco preferable to painted? I am very leery of such a product in our climate, but as a covering for brick it may be more stable?
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I have stucco'd (actually parged) brick chimneys in the past. There is a detail in this link for the process I've used (new brick/block). I didn't read enough to determine why you need lathe with old brick, but not with new.
http://www.californiastucco.net/Application.htm
http://grantlogan.net/
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It looks like lath is needed if the old brick is not stable or too smoothe. Gives tooth.http://www.etherhuffer.typepad.com
If the brick is sound and you have the typical 3/8"-1/2" mortar joints, then yes you can apply the base coat directly over the brick without lath. We did this three years ago to our brick walls and chimney and the results are still good with no cracking or delamination.
Clean the brick well to get rid of any accumulated dust and dirt and use the fiberglass-reinforced stucco for the base coat. If you really want to Monk out, paint the brick with concrete bonding adhesive. We dampened the bricks with a water mist just before applying the base coat and then kept it damp for two days to let it cure through. The finish coat we used was Dryvit Sandpebble troweled on about 1/8" thick. Some might prefer the "real" three coat stucco, but for our house two was all it got.
I am thinking about a 3 color geometric pattern to make it modern. May have to wait till the wife leaves town on that one. Here in Seattle I hear good things about Dryvit, if applied correctly.http://www.etherhuffer.typepad.com
well, that's the thing...IF APPLIED CORRECTLY...I wish I didn't know now, what I didn't know then
BIG IF!
My, What a large if! And what part of IF doesn't work well?http://www.etherhuffer.typepad.com
Generally I use lath on all stucco work. If you
don't then the lines of whatever is below reads through. You can get away with it on some brick, if it's relatively new and the same type mortar is used as stucco base. I always lath it for consistency and assured tooth.