How to Install Brick Veneer Windows

Locate all wood hidden behind the walls around the window frame using a stud finder. Mark all the studs within the area that will be bricked. Sand the entire surface that will be bricked. Drill holes in each stud, spacing them about 12 inches apart. Drill holes every 6 inches along the edges by the windows and the edges by the walls.

Wrap lath around the window area to be bricked, cutting out each section with tin snips and fastening the lath to the window frame with 3-inch screws screwed into plastic disk washers and then into the wall holes. Overlap all seams in the lath by 6 inches minimum.

Cover the lath in mortar using a trowel. Get the mortar into all the little spaces behind the lath and under all the seams. Keep it completely smooth and apply the mortar to a thickness of about one-quarter-inch on top of the lath.

Let the mortar dry for a few hours, then scrape it with a garden fork until the area is scratched and uneven. Let the window area dry for 48 hours.

Apply one-quarter-inch of mortar to the rear of each brick veneer, and hold the veneer in place on the window frame for 60 seconds. Start at the top of the window and work downward. Keep the bricks even and next to each other all around the window, then creatively and symmetrically add them to the areas around the window as desired. Cut bricks to fit unusual areas or to make patterns.

Wipe off excess mortar and let the bricks dry for a few hours. Apply grout in between bricks to the intended depth. Allow the bricks to dry for 48 hours before applying any weight to them.