Brick Piers

[palmettoinspect]

The home I inspected had both brick and CMU piers. Mainly the brick piers were on the perimeter walls with a few CMU piers. All interior piers were CMU. Also the garage foundation walls were completely brick. The home was built in 1999. It's common to see independent brick piers in older homes around here, but I've not seen them used in a newer home. Anyone know a reason to use brick instead of CMUs like this?

Thanks

Kiel

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[AHI in AR]

I suspect that it was done either for esthetic reasons or in an attempt to save money. Possibly both.