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Residential Masonry | Why it Pays to use Brick

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Click here to download the Residential Cost Guide. This is our comparison of how brick stacks up against vinyl, cedar and EIFS systems.  This is an Adobe Acrobat PDF File. 

Face Brick - Why it Pays to Use Brick

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Why it pays to use brick

How to get an all brick home for less than 7% the price of a vinyl home

See also - Brick Technical Library

 

Brick

Vinyl

1" EIFS

Cedar

Difference in resale value

$8757

0

0

0

Cost of exterior

$2037

$388

$1930

$825

Painting & cleaning (every 4 years)

-

-

-

-

Insurance premiums

$397

$795

$795

&795

H`eating costs (finish only)

$168

$179

$130

$176

Cooling Costs (finish only)

$18

$45

$32

$44

Total 1 yr cost of exterior finish

$2620

$1407

$2887

$1840

Net Savings after 1 year

+$6137

-$1407

-$2887

-$1840

Brick's 1 year savings over:

 

Vinyl

1"EIFS

Cedar

 

 

†$7,544

$9,024

$7,977

Brick's 5 year savings over:

 

Vinyl

1"EIFS

Cedar

 

 

$4584

$11983

$9245

Brick's 10 year savings over:

 

Vinyl

1"EIFS

Cedar

 

 

$1465

$16264

$11147

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