Allow concrete to cure.
Pour concrete against wall.
You will be fine pouring concrete up to the brick.
Pour footings and wall.
The expansion joint material ejm will eventually deteriorate and leave you a bigger gap then what the concrete settling away from the brick will.
Some contractors will put expansion joint material against the brick because the concrete will crack away from the brick.
In this video we show you how to pour your basic 16 x 12 concrete slab.
I would advise locating a vinyl siding company and getting them to break some scraps that they ve laying around about an inch much higher than the concrete will be poured and as far out from the house as the scraps will go.
The hollow block wall is depending solely on the strength of the thin mortar bed between each concrete block.
See below for more information on contraction joints.
2of4 in this video ninja screeds the extension to the driveway all in real time.
Create contraction joints every 4 6 feet.
If the wall exceeds four feet in height footings should be poured separately.
The poured concrete wall has more mass or interlocking cement paste crystals to resist the cracking force.
We go over all the necessary steps for your concrete slab to come out perfect.
The addition of reinforcing steel to either wall system complicates the issue.