How old is your home's brick? If your brick is considered historic, painting it could be considered a sin against history. #4 You Might Be Destroying a Bit of History That means the damage mentioned above is well under way - and it's showing up on your home's face. #3 It Can Look Really Bad, Really FastĪs the bricks begin to degrade, the paint starts to peel and flake away - making your house look neglected and nasty. When exterior brick erodes - and if the mortar between the brick erodes - your home's structural integrity is at risk. If you paint the exterior brick and there's moisture trapped in it, "once you go through a freeze-and-thaw cycle, degrade as moisture freezes inside it," Palmer says. #2 It Can Cause Serious Structural Damage It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it. Putting paint on it is like encasing it in plastic. Much like your beloved four-legged family member, your home's "brick coat" adjusts as needed to protect your home from rain, sleet, snow, heat, etc. "Once you put a membrane over the brick, it can no longer breathe," says Mike Palmer, a masonry contractor and president of the upstate New York chapter of Mason Contractors Association of America.īrick is the ultimate "coat" for your home, protecting it from all the elements while letting it breathe, too. Trapped moisture is the main issue in the relationship between brick and paint. Here are five reasons you shouldn't paint brick (plus a few exceptions when it's OK): #1 You'll Probably Destroy the Brickīrick "breathes." Unless it can't.
Although painted brick might be aesthetically pleasing today, it could be a big, fat regret in just a few years. In other words: Tread carefully, homeowner. You're itching to paint over that red-orange-brown color palette so your home's personality can shine through.Īlthough painting brick is doable - and sometimes even necessary (more on that later) - it's not an easy DIY paint project, and it can be a huge risk to your biggest financial asset. All the homes in your neighborhood are brick.
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