We operate differently than usual with brick joints and consider this one of many of our specialties at Correct Caulking!
Brick Joints also known as articulation joints are something that is left by bricklayers for expansion joints. They are required at a minimum every 6 meters in a standard straight brick wall. Just like timber, brick walls will have movement, which will require an expansion joint to wear this movement. If these are not correctly placed in brick walls, somewhere else like the mortar joints will wear the movements which will create cracking. Which you do not want!
This is commonly sealed using a polyurethane, However from our many years of experience we know that more often than not this will not last. We see many other great benefits in using a silicone:
Most commonly used in apartment & large custom home basements. Hebel blocks are laid by bricklayers as walls in basements that do not require structural support. Similar to brick joints there are expansion joints in these block walls for movement and also at wall junctions like an internals corner. We generally use a quality polyurethane for this unless of course this is exposed to sun, then we would go with a different product. When we are caulking these joints we find that hebel can be very brittle and get a better application with something like polyurethane that will stick to anything.
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