Your Questions About How Much Will It Cost To Brick My House

Mr. Thin Brick answers:

Buy a containerized cargo shipping container and convert it into a house. There’s a lot of them for sale at good prices. It would probably be best to have the work done in the lower 48 states where supplies and labor are cheap; or pack it with all the supplies for conversion and then ship it. Load it with the building supplies, appliances etc. To do the conversion in AK. Then ship it. I’d also pack it with food (canned) and other goodies, perhaps things to sell. The more remote you go the more expensive supplies become. Anything you ship there will be 300% or more in costs. The reason for this is twofold. Some increase is to defray shipping costs. The other reason is that stores in remote areas keep their prices artifically high because they have a monopoly.

Look for pictures and ideas on the web for converting containerized cargo shipping containers to houses. I’ve seen it done and it was economical and they turned out pretty nice.

Try to google “cargo container homes” and check them out.

Mr. Thin Brick answers:

Foundations are usually concrete, even pier an beam, or crawl space homes. If your home is brick and built above the ground with brick around the perimeter of the house it is often called foundation, but a true foundation supports the house, not hides it, even in San Francisco.

A home built with a covering of brick hiding the underside of the home is pier and beam or crawl space foundation so the brick doesn’t really support it, it just covers up what’s hidden underneath.

The type of problem you describe is common for many homes built on piers. The mortar holding the bricks together will deteriorate over time and gradually the bricks hiding the underpinnings of your house will fall apart exposing the underside of your home to anyone who cares to look.

This can be repaired or it can be replaced and you can do the work yourself if you don’t mind learning a new skill. If the missing brick is still around you can clean it up and get yourself some mortar mix or mix up your own with a little cement, sand and water. All it takes is time and you’ll learn how to do it best as you go.

If the brick on your home’s foundation is all that concerns you, it can be done in stages or all at once. But, if it truly is concrete being poured, it should all be done at once to avoid weakness in the finished product and seams where it should be smooth.

If it’s brick work and you’re willing to do it yourself, the cost can be as little as $50 with you doing all the brick cleaning and re-mortaring, but if you hire it done this can cost several thousands of dollars, depending on the honesty and integrity of who you hire.

No one can put a price on someone else’s work and without dimensions, height and perimeter or length of distance to cover, it would be impossible for anyone to give you an exact figure, and then only if they were doing the work.

Mr. Thin Brick answers:

Celeste, it depends on how strong is your foundation. It’s important that you get a local estimate and not rely on guesses found here on Yah, as a lot of factors really bear on the cost of such a project, including the following: The cost of material and labor greatly varies by location.

A local remodeling contractor can easily assist you in this project of yours (as they usually handle additions). If you negotiate well with the contractor and he buys the building materials for you, you may try to have him pass the discounted cost of the materials to you in exchange for giving him the job, as usually contractors get discounts (called “contractor’s discounts” or “contractor’s price”) when buying from suppliers because of the many purchases they make as required by their jobs.

As I said, free estimates from local remodeling contractors are the key to your success in this home improvement project of yours. Here’s a great link to a handyman site that offers free very resourceful information to assist you in your project, and, ultimately, select a local remodeling contractor in an effort to get the best deal for you:

REMODELING CONTRACTOR INFO:

http://yourhandymanzone.com/Your_Handyman_Zone_Free_Estimates_Additions.htm

I’m sure you’ll find the information you need, specifically the tips, useful as it relates to being treated fairly by contractors and exploring the consumer-wise approach of getting free written estimates to find the best contractor in your area.

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The Internet. Just whatever is available online and what I have on my mind, including the inclusion of relevant sites, like the one cited that came about from my efforts, which is intended to be useful. Helping people get the relevant info they want is great.

Mr. Thin Brick answers:

That would require a complete new system be installed.

Mr. Thin Brick answers:

Not knowing where you are I can’t guess very accurately, but I am guessing about $40,000 based on prices in my area. The city that you build in also makes a difference, because some will have code requirements that increase the building costs.