Best way to insulate the outside of a brick house

You can put up panels like InSoFast easily and cover with siding.

You can put strapping and foam board.

You can put up foam board like Dryvit and cover with a material that looks like stucco.

The InSoFast web site has a lot of information and videos that can \answer your questions. I have some inside the house on a poured foundation and it certainly goes in fast. Wish it was available when I did the rest instead of fiberglass and studs.

You can put up panels like InSoFast easily and cover with siding.

You can put strapping and foam board.

You can put up foam board like Dryvit and cover with a material that looks like stucco.

The InSoFast web site has a lot of information and videos that can \answer your questions. I have some inside the house on a poured foundation and it certainly goes in fast. Wish it was available when I did the rest instead of fiberglass and studs.

oil base paint on the interior is a pretty good vapor barrier. espically in a older home that has many coats of paint

Sealing from the outside in an area that requires heat pretty well guarantees moisture damage and mold. The vapour barrier MUST be on the warm side.

And spraying foam in around and behind electrical outlets and around other intrusions, like plumbing, makes a BIG difference as well.