Your Questions About Brick Siding Prices

Chris asks…Home insurance. Is this good enough?purchase price of house 362,300
approved loan 290,000
sq ft. 2100
brick/siding
house built 1964
electrical and plumbing updated
2/1 bath
no basement
not in flood plain
2 car garage/3 beds

USAA quote:

Dwelling 202,000
Personal Property 151,000
loss of use Unlimited
personal liability 100,000
medical payments to others 1,000
deductible of 500.00
fire burglary credit 75,41
PREMIUM 457.52 a yr.

Should I ask to increase my dwelling (202,000)

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Your Questions About Abercrombie

John asks…When does abercrombie start selling shorts for the spring?I was just wondering when Abercombie and Abercrombie kids starts selling shorts on their website for the spring and summer.Mr. Thin Brick answers:Usually right after christmas is over...literally the night before christmas eve is when we do our spring preview floor set and have our winter clearance sale so try checking then, we just got shorts in our shipment today.James asks…How is abercrombie and fitch different from

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Your Questions About How To Hang Something On Brick

David asks…How can I hang Christmas Stockings on a brick chimney???It's my first year with a real chimney and my kids want to hang stockings but I just can't figure it out. I can't drive nails through brick, or tape them either. What suggestions do you have? Can you recommend something you saw at a store & which one? Thanks!
THANKS EVERYONE, YOU ALL HAVE SOME GREAT SUGGESTIONS! =)

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!Mr. Thin Brick answers:On indoor brick the 3M command adhesive hooks work. They are

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Your Questions About Brick For Walls

Steven asks…My schools prom theme is an urban setting. We are making brick walls. What is the cheapest way to do this?I don't plan on actually making a brick wall im looking for suggestions to make a wall appear to be brick. Should I paint brick walls, or should I print off paper images and tape them. I don't know how to do this cheaply and make it look realistic.Mr. Thin Brick answers:Start with a grayish background, like the color of grout, then use sponges and different colored paints to

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Your Questions About Pictures Of Red Brick Houses With Siding

Lizzie asks…How to choose exterior colors for a small, L-shpaed ranch with low roof?All of the pictures on the internet have pictures of large dream houses, so it harder to imagine how the color schemes would work out on our sweet little home. We will re-do both roofing and siding. The net says that using similar, light colors will amke the home look larger. The roof is low, however, so it seems that the roof would not be too"heavy" visually if we went a tad darker than some of the

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Your Questions About Fandango

Donna asks…Fandango.............................?Is Fandango's prices the same if you buy them at the theater? Also, how do you get the tickets...Do they mail them, print something out, or pick them up when you are at the theaters...

Is there any Prom. Codes for Fandango for $24 w/o tax?
./././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././././/./././././././././goodMr. Thin Brick answers:I see a little silhouetto of a man. Scaramouch, Scaramouch. Will you do the

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Your Questions About Brick House

Donna asks…How is a brick house built?How does a brick house differ from a wood framed house with siding? Can the siding just be replaced with brick? Or are the bricks in a brick house load bearing? Also, how are windows put into a brick house? A web-site that details the building of a brick house would be very helpful--it just has to be general, I'm not really going to build one, but my younger cousin was playing with his blocks and some questions came up...and I can't answer them.Mr.

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Your Questions About Fake Brick Wall

Robert asks…Where can I buy fake brick for a wall? but cant be wall paper. I'm looking for that loft kind of look.?Mr. Thin Brick answers:A building supply store.Sandy asks…I need fake brick walls for art show display, suggestions?I have a student art show in 2 days and I need to cover 2 walls that are 12x12 each. I was originally going to use cardboard that is painted to look like bricks, but I don't have enough time. I am now thinking that I will spray paint the brick lines on some bed

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Your Questions About Brick Siding Colors

Mandy asks…how do you stain a large deck and seal it? or how does the processes work staining a deck?suggestn on colors?What are some attractive colors? The deck is rather large? my yard is a beautiful golf green color and my house is tan siding with redish orange brick front? its on the corner so it has to be 1attractive because it is seen by every one?Mr. Thin Brick answers:First go to your local home improvement center and purchase the following, considering the deck is not new.

If the

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Your Questions About What Color Siding Goes With Red Brick

Betty asks…What colors would look better on the outside of our home?We are painting our home this summer and I need advise. I am going for the 'homey - primitive' look. We wlive in a split level home. The roof is brown shingled, 1/2 of my home is tri-colored brown brick (Chocolate, light brown and beige). For now, our front door is painted barn red and siding is beige with dark green shutters.

I want to paint our home a light olive green, same red door and either black shutters with barn

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Your Questions About What Color Siding Goes With Red Brick

Sandy asks…What colors would look better on the outside of our home?We are painting our home this summer and I need advise. I am going for the 'homey - primitive' look. We wlive in a split level home. The roof is brown shingled, 1/2 of my home is tri-colored brown brick (Chocolate, light brown and beige). For now, our front door is painted barn red and siding is beige with dark green shutters.

I want to paint our home a light olive green, same red door and either black shutters with barn

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Your Questions About Mason Line Strength

Lizzie asks…What type of string should I use to build a mousetrap car?I am building a mousetrap car for maximum distance. I have fishing line, and mason nylon string, but I'm wondering what type of string should I use for minimum friction and the best result.
Also, should tensile strength be a consideration?Mr. Thin Brick answers:Unless you are using an unconventional method, you want maximum friction from the string, not minimum. You need the string to hold on to the axle or whatever you

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

Donald asks…How much less would it cost for me to help build part of my house and to help bring the stuff to Point Lay, AKInfo from other question: I am estimating around $65,000 to $70,000 depending on the type of electrical, water heating and cooling, roofing, etc. I am going to put in. I plan on only having 200-300 sq. ft. of living space (not married and don't plan on getting married so I won't need the space). I will have a finished concrete basement and have 2 wood fire burning places

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Your Questions About How To Remove White Stains From Brick

Chris asks…I need to Know how to remove white calcium stains from dark brick and multi-colored flagstone?Mr. Thin Brick answers:Efflorescence is a white powdery substance that can often stain brick. These efflorescence brick stains are caused by deposit of salts. The mortar used to construct your brick wall has a fairly high amount of salt.

To clean efflorescence brick stains, use a stiff bristled brush and water. Scrub the area and the stain should clean off the brick. If the stains are

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Your Questions About How Much Does A Brick Cost

Helen asks…How much does it cost in labor to lay brick?I am looking for some way to ballpark the amount it will cost in labor to lay brick.
I don't want to supply the dimensions of the house, etc... I am basically just looking for how labor is calculated.

I will be supplying all the materials, so I know what that will be. Is labor calculated by square foot, number of bricks, or does the mason look at the plans and say "I'll do it for $xxx"?

Also, there is a little bit of decorative brick

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Your Questions About Abercrombie Kids Coupons

Mandy asks…What's A Website That Have Printable-In Store Coupons?I'm going back-to-school shopping & I want to save because I have only $1OO. Yes, I'm low on my budget cuz I'm just 12 years old. I want a website that has these stores:

-forever 21
-aeropostale
-hollister
-abercrombie (kids)
-zumiez
-Delia's
-& anything that involves teen fashion. & YES I have tried looking in the stores websites, but nothing. Thanks( :Mr. Thin Brick answers:For Aeropostale, Hollister, and

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Your Questions About How Much Are Bricks For A House

Lizzie asks…00,000 BTU gas furnace-How much house can it handle?Can a 100,000 btu furnace adequately heat a 2,650 sq. ft., 3 bedroom, 2.5 brick ranch on a slab? It is a house I am looking to buy and currently they have one furance for the main part of the home and a seperate hvac system for the family room which was added on, which is 20' by 27'. I would like to have ducts from the main furnace added to heat and cool the family room, rather than use two systems. Any thoughts?
Thanks,

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Your Questions About Ez Wall

Maria asks…ez quick 10 points, just need a legitiment advice?During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. I know not how it was - but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom

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Your Questions About Ez Wall

Paul asks…ez quick 10 points, just need a legitiment advice?During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. I know not how it was - but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom

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Your Questions About What Color Siding With Red Brick

Lizzie asks…Need suggestions for front door color?I have a 70's red rick ranch style home. We have had vinyl siding put on- it is a beige color. We also had a new roof and it is black-charcoal. We had new windows also they are beige trimmed. What color would work for my front door? I am looking for a color that will pop. I don't want red- I feel like I have lots of red already with the brick.Mr. Thin Brick answers:Black or chocolate brownMichael asks…What color should I paint my

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Your Questions About Brick Siding Ideas

Joseph asks…I wont to paint the out side off my house as the brick work getting shabby any ideas please .?Mr. Thin Brick answers:Are you really sure that painting it will achieve what ever it is you're looking for. Personally I dont like to see painted brickwork & imagine that sooner or later it will peel/flake somewhere and trying to 'patch' it up will always be noticeable. If I were you I'd consider all other options first.....once you paint it...thats it, you cant 'un paint'it if you

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Your Questions About How Much Do Bricks Cost

Donald asks…How much do fireplace bricks cost? Per brick price?Mr. Thin Brick answers:I sell bricks at a brick yard
(Brickyard in Canada, although we sell bricks made in Canada AND made in the USA imported ones too)

Firebricks for inside the firebox of the fireplace are about
$ 1.40 to $ 1.60 each, and the surface that shows is 4 1/2" x 9", usually installed flat like a pancake, with fireclay / refractory cement, so you would need about 3.5 bricks per square foot.

Face bricks,

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Your Questions About How To Make A Yellow Brick Road

Daniel asks…Easy question! about a song?Simple, What do you think this song talks about

here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeDN9g74n7w

here are the lyrics
She's his yellow brick road
Leading him on
And letting him go as far
as she lets him go
Going down to nowhere

She puts on her make-up
The same way she did yesterday
Hoping everything's the same
But everything has changed

In my mind
Everything we did was right
Open your eyes, I'll still be by your side
How could

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Your Questions About Fake Brick Flooring

Daniel asks…Why are most British houses so badly designed?I know a lot of people will disagree with me here, but I don't care. It seems to me that when I think of British houses, I think of the majority of post-war houses-ugly brick boxes with plastic windows, no storage, bad plumbing, badly designed wiring and little to no ventilation, surrounded by hideous brown fences and pokey little gardens. And for variety, we have 'pebble dashing', fake concrete tiles and magnolia rendering. Why are

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Your Questions About How Much Does Brick Cost Installed

Sharon asks…How Much Value Does Central Air Add To My Home?I am planning on installing central air in my house in Denver this summer. It is a small all-brick house built in the 1940's. Some of the homes in the neighborhood have central air and others do not. The approximate value is $260,000. What kind of return on my investment can I get by adding air conditioning? i.e. when I sell the house, what percentage of the cost of installing the air will I recover?Mr. Thin Brick answers:I am a

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Your Questions About Panel Brick

Michael asks…Where can I find an out of print image painted by the Christian artist Harry Anderson?I'm looking for an image of Jesus knocking on a door. It shows jesus in front of a red brick building with a 6-panel white door. Jesus is in a white robe with a light blue tunic over it. There are iris flowers in the foreground and Jesus is holding a shepherds staff/Mr. Thin Brick answers:Hope this helps.
Http://picturesofjesus4you.com/gallery1.html
Just browse to see if it is thereMandy

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Your Questions About Brick Fence Cost Per Foot

James asks…Help me solve this question?A retangular garden of area 208 square feet is to be surrounded on 3 sides by a brick wall costing $8 per foot and on on side by a fence costing $5 per foot find the dimensions of the garden such that the cost of the materials is minimized.Mr. Thin Brick answers:Umm

square root of 208*3*8+square root of 208*1*5=cost in dollars when most efficient (a square)Sandra asks…Optimization problem?a rectangular garden of area 408 square feet is to be

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Your Questions About American Brick And Stone

Robert asks…Why don't Americans in hurricane- and tornado-swept states build their houses out of stone?If you build a house with solid brick, it won't be destroyed in a tornado or hurricane, and people wouldn't lose everything they have.Mr. Thin Brick answers:Many homes in those areas are built of brick, stone, or concrete blocks. None of them can stand against direct hits by tornadoes or major hurricanes.Nancy asks…Why aren't Canada's highways built from cobblestone bricks instead of

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Your Questions About Abercrombie Kids

John asks…What size shirts do i wear in abercrombie and fitch kids?Im a 5'4 male, with a medium size upper body and 125 pounds, can i fit into an XL in Abercrombie kids?Mr. Thin Brick answers:You can always go in and try somethings on. Its the only way you'll know for sure :)

good luck abercrombie is so much cheaper :)Laura asks…How can i become an abercrombie kids model in NY?Im 13 years old looking forward into becoming an abercrombie kids model but i don't exactly know what to do to

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Your Questions About Brick Siding Cost

Mary asks…Brick home vs vinyl siding home?I am looking to build a 1800-2400 sq. foot brick home . I am wondering what the cost of brick vs vinyl siding would be.

the home would be 2 stories with 2.5 baths and 3 -4 bed rooms. with a basement with drive in garage at basement level.

If I need more info just let me know and I will try to post more info. I am just trying to decide a vinyl siding vs all brick.

Thank you

the home will be in east TNMr. Thin Brick answers:I can't give you

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Your Questions About How Much Does It Cost To Brick A House

Joseph asks…how much does it cost to brick a house that is approx 1500 square feet?My house is approx 1500 square feet on the interior. It is a single-level ranch style home.Mr. Thin Brick answers:It will cost whatever the guy who does it wants to charge you. No one can tell you without seeing the job.

Call some bricklayers, get three bids on the job, check their references and pick the one you like best.Sandra asks…How much would it cost to redo exterior of house from brick to stones?I

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Your Questions About How Much To Brick My House

Maria asks…HUSBAND AND I WANT TO BUILD A HOUSE! How much will it cost?Okay we found a nice location for sale and we want to build our first home on it! My husband recently finished orthodontics school but worked as a dentist while he was in orthodontics school so we have some money saved up and would like to build a nice little home for us and our brand new baby! We are currently living in an apartment. Here's what we'd like our house to be like...

1 story. 3 bedrooms. 2 bathrooms. Kitchen.

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Your Questions About Brick And Stucco

Maria asks…does anyone know what cut brick or stucco brick is? i have serched for info on this, cant find any.?I do this for a living and would like to know if anyone else does this. I t is a process of putting 2 layers of mortor on a wall or foundation & cutting it out to lokk like a brick foundation or wall.Mr. Thin Brick answers:Its a template, like pouring steps with a piece of plywood leaves a smooth finish pouring concrete/mortar with a brick template leaves a brick finish. What i

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Your Questions About Fox News

Betty asks…Fox News..............?Being from England, i don't see much of it, however the bits i have seen from it are shocking...
Its like a flow of unbidden sewage coming through your house via the Television...
The presenters are way over the top, moronic, dramatic, emotional, fundamentalist Creationists that hate free speech and twist everything factual to fit their twisted beliefs.

My QUESTION is.... How did Fox News ever get on TV, who allowed this abomination?
Fox News is a crime

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