There are a lot of do-it-yourself’ers out there that attempt to perform their own brick repairs.
Many of them are using various products from their local hardware store or kits that are found on
line.
As you have probably noticed, most of these kits or crack repair tubes and various other
products don’t give the desired effect. These products are intended to seal cracks, but they are
not intended to make the cracks go away.
If you have not used one of these products, you may still have seen their results on homes in
your neighborhood. They tend to leave a noticeable lightening bolt repair across the side of the
home. This is known as the LBE or lightening bolt effect.
In this article I will explain the main reason there is so much cracked and broken brick and masonry siding on homes in the Dallas and Fort Worth area of Texas.
Unless a car or some other foreign object strikes your home the main reason for your brick or masonry siding to be cracked or broken is movement of your home’s foundation. It is the foundation which supports the brick and any movement in the foundation will result in movement in the brick or masonry siding. Masonry being very brittle will immediately start to crack. The cracks start out as hairline cracks and become worse with time.
