Matching Brick + Brickmold Problem

[LS2Swapped92]

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I had to re-frame a garage door that was added as it wasn't done correctly prior. There was no iron lintel, the opening was smaller, etc. I've essentially matched the right side with the left side so both garage doors match perfectly.

There are three problems though:
1) I need to match the brick on the garage with new brick but not sure how

2) The brick on the right side is pulled away from the wall further than the left side, leaving a pretty large gap that brickmold didn't cover adequately enough. The left side I could get away with caulking the seam to hide the gap, but the right side not sure what to do with.

3) The edges of the brick I cut with a circular saw weren't exactly perfect like the other side. Is there something I can do to cover up or fix the cut edges so it looks more "clean"?

The goal is to make the new door match the old door exactly while making the whole thing look professional. Finish work has never been my expertise, so not sure what to do here

 

[3onthetree]

1) I need to match the brick on the garage with new brick but not sure how

Since you won't be able to find a perfect match, you can either:

A) fill it with any same size brick and cover it with a wood/polymer/stucco/eifs crosshead over both doors, similar to this:


B) remove part of the brick over the old door, and:
- b1) find a brick that pulls out one of the colors of the existing brick, like a darker brown that also goes with your trimwork, and put a soldier course over both doors
- b2) put in a cast/limestone/stone crosshead over both doors, like this:


C) remove brick from the ridge, starting at the top and work your way down, and use it to fill in over the new door. Fill the gable with lapped siding in what would look like a large faux gable vent (probably coming down guessing half the ridge height).

D) remove brick all the way to the top of the doors, in conjunction with a crosshead or frieze board or just lapped siding above it, and not worry about matching the brick at all, similar to this:

2) The brick on the right side is pulled away from the wall further than the left side, leaving a pretty large gap that brickmold didn't cover adequately enough.
3) The edges of the brick I cut with a circular saw weren't exactly perfect like the other side. Is there something I can do to cover up or fix the cut edges so it looks more "clean"?

You'll have to put a jamb fascia to also hide the exposed brick cores.

making the whole thing look professional

That would have been toothing in finished ends on the brick rather than sawcutting them.

 

[firebirdparts]

When I added on to my house, I matched the brick the hard way. I went to the brick place and looked at what they had. You can look at a lot of that online and in fact I ended up buying out of town.

I didn't find any tricks or shortcuts, but in the end I was very successful.

 

[The Cobbler]

how easy does the mortar clean off the brick?
looks like you need about 40 bricks plus the side of the door where you cut them.
you might be able to get the bricks along the side out and flip them end for end. it will be a lot of work I suspect and count on some broken ones.
cut a faux window in the gable end to get the brick you need from there.
or,
trim out the bad areas with 1x and cap it to match the facia . saw cut the horizontal mortar joint along the head pcs of trim & tuck the siding into it , re mortar & caulk

 

[Stuart in MN]

Find the brickyards in your area and go visit them with a couple of your bricks. You never know, they may still have some of the same kind available. Also, see if there are any architectural / building salvage yards in your area, they may have matching bricks as well.

 

[yeldogt]

You have to go look for a match ....make sure you clean the existing brick prior to matching the mortar.

Or you cover both with new trim proud of the brick.