Brick wall covering

An arrangement for securely attaching bricks to the surface of a substructure, said arrangement comprising:

• a sheet of foam plastic insulating material affixed to the surface of a substructure and having a plurality of spaced slots on its outer surface;
• adhesive means disposed on an outer surface of said sheet for receiving and bonding to the bricks;
• spacer means attached to the outer surface of said sheet and extending through said adhesive means for aligning the bricks in spaced, parallel rows on said sheet, wherein said spacer means includes a plurality of strips each adapted for insertion in an retention by a respective one of said slots;
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• support means attached to the substructure adjacent to and in engagement with a lower portion of said sheet and a bottom row of bricks so as to provide support therefor.

A wall construction comprising:

• a base wall;
• a brick veneer comprised of a plurality of bricks arranged in a spaced, aligned manner;
• an insulated sheet disposed between said base wall and said brick veneer and having a plurality of spaced, linear slots in an outer surface thereof;
• first means coupling said insulated sheet to said base wall;
• second means coupling said brick veneer to said insulated sheet in a manner permitting relative movement between said brick veneer and said base wall, said second means including adhesive means disposed on the outer surface of said insulated sheet for engaging said bricks and spacer/support means disposed in the slots in said insulated sheet for supporting said bricks in a spaced manner on the outer surface of said insulated sheet;
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• third means coupled to said base wall for providing support for said insulated sheet and said brick veneer.