How are the other windows trimmed? Draw the vertical and horizontal details.

Theres more to it than that. Since brick isn't attached to the framing directly, the weight carries to the ground thus a steel plate header must be installed or the weight of the bricks above will crush the window in time and fall off the wall.

Theres more to it than just cutting a hole.

You would need to install a lintel to hold up the bricks. This is not a job for the inexperienced.
Ron

I once removed a rear addition from a solid brick home and discovered that the 5' sliding glass door into the addition had a 1" pine lintel bearing the weight of one more storey of brick above. I left it alone and sold the home as is. I wonder whatever happened. And hoped that the buyer realizing that that part of the reno wasn't my doing!

It often takes some careful shoring to cut a window into a brick veneer wall. It is even harder on a masonry building (brick is structural).

The bricks above the new opening must be supported at ALL TIMES during the cutting and installation of the steel header.

The loads can be painfully large and require VERY solid shoring to not cause cracks to appear.

Unless you have a lot of experience it is not a handy-man type job.

Unless you have a lot of experience it is not a handy-man type job.

Indeed!

Lest I be misread, the fact that something hadn't fallen down on the house I referred to above was the exception that proves the rule.

I'm not the original poster but have wanted to add a window to our brick home. Does it matter how many rows of brick are above? In my case, there would only be 5 rows of brick above so would it be very difficult? We're in a very rural area & I've casually asked our three local contractors, but none seems too interested in the project. It's on the main floor of a one story house and in an open area with easy access both inside and out. The area where I want to add the window is in a room at the end of a hallway and it would really open it up and give the area more light.

In my case, there would only be 5 rows of brick above so would it be very difficult?

Only if something starts falling down! (See warnings above.)

Another issue that diy's overlook is that when you cut the opening for the window, along the sides you will end up with a lot of half bricks on veneer construction, even odder pieces on solid masonry construction, and a real dog's breakfast if you're dealing with brick and block construction.

Fewer rows above reduces the size of the shoring required, and makes the overall job a little easier.

It also creates issues with the roof overhang interfering with shoring placement though.

One of the many things that are done is to save as many bricks from the opening as possible.

These become the backup source for all the cut bricks needed to make a clean opening.

A wet saw is often required to avoid breaking bricks during cutting.
New bricks will not match perfectly unless the house is very new.

It is worth the effort to clean off the old mortar and use the old bricks.

We installed the right-side 9/6 window on this house last year to match the left hand one. And while we were at it, I made new jambs for both (the original 1817 sashes and jamb were re-installed elsewhere in the house) and had new sashes made and re-glazed them with vintage glass so it was undetectable.
It was a few hundred man-hours there. And with old, soft brick, not for the fainthearted. New steel lintels were installed @ both openings, with original style white oak lintels for show.

Thanks for the picture and the encouragement; although the idea of a few hundred man-hours as sombreuil mentioned is a little concerning. The picture makes it look like the window is original to the home - so good job! In our situation we have extra original brick from our build 14 years ago. Plus, the opening is on the backside of the house so no one will ever see it.

Hilltop - at the end or your corridor could you install a skylight or solartube instead? Sounds like it would be way easier!

Yes, donaldsg, we could probably do a skylight or solartube, although I would like a view even more than the light. We already have a solartube so I know that would work. Wish I'd have put the window in when we built.