I would never consider attaching awning to brick veneer.
Attaching awning to brick veneer.
You have to mark out your brackets in the same way as if you were mounting on a flat wood surface.
Yes brick walls make a great anchor point for sail shades and awnings but you will want to mount the bracket to the mortar between the bricks.
The other category of brick veneer is often called thin brick or brick tile.
Always attach awning to structural wall behind the veneer.
Z brick facing bricks are used indoors and outdoors to provide the warmth of handmade bricks without the size weight and high cost of traditional bricks.
If you just put screws into the mortar it will eventually crumble around the entrance hole and just pull out.
Z brick is the first manufacturer of brick veneer in the usa and continues to lead the residential and commercial thin brick veneer industry.
You cannot attach a roof to your brick veneer for structural purposes.
If mounting over brick veneer you must use a longer lag bolt to secure into framing.
After you have the structural support you can attach between the brick and the addition for weatherproofing purposes.
You must attach it to the structural portion which is the wood frame.
If it was masonry you would have no problems.
However brick siding is merely a single layer and does not provide any structural support for the wall.
This consists of very thin clay or concrete like brick pieces that are only about 5 8 to 3 4 inch thick making them more like ceramic tile than like building brick.
Since the 4 brick had 2 air the anchors were cantilevered 6.
Also when using screws it s imperative that you use countersinks for the screws.
Faux stucco or metal buildings with no backer material.