Pour footings and wall.
Pour concrete against wall.
The poured concrete wall has more mass or interlocking cement paste crystals to resist the cracking force.
The addition of reinforcing steel to either wall system complicates the issue.
If the wall exceeds four feet in height footings should be poured separately.
Create contraction joints every 4 6 feet.
Concrete should never be poured up against steel siding and or trim.
The best thing to do and it s the code in va is to put aluminum coil in between the wood and the concrete.
2of4 in this video ninja screeds the extension to the driveway all in real time.
The expansion joint material ejm will eventually deteriorate and leave you a bigger gap then what the concrete settling away from the brick will.
Allow concrete to cure.
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.
In this video we show you how to pour your basic 16 x 12 concrete slab.
You will be fine pouring concrete up to the brick.
Some contractors will put expansion joint material against the brick because the concrete will crack away from the brick.
See below for more information on contraction joints.