Brick Cladding

Brick cladding or brick facing is an excellent material for wall resurfacing. We have 2 types, Cut/sawn brick cladding slips and moulded brick cladding slips, the difference between the range of slips is that one is fired as a tile while the other slips in our range are actually cut from solid bricks which is of course a natural laminate and makes a very effective facing.

The 'moulded' pre-formed tiles is the range to use for those of you who want to achieve a more modern look, other advantages are that they come in a range of thicknesses down to 7mm thick (ideal for internal use) they are more easy to use than the hand cut brick cladding slips as they can be spaced just a like a normal tile, they are easier to point and offer a more uniform pattern (the hand cut brick slips are better suited for an older type of look the pointing is better finished off by bagging (the mortar beds when dry enough are rubbed with a piece of Hessian sacking)

All the brick cladding tiles are available in solid pistol bricks for corners. For those of you that are interested in the specifics of our brick cladding we have included some details about the bricks that are used.

Bricks can be mainly divided into three main categories which include 1) clay bricks, (2) concrete blocks and (3) calcium silicate bricks. The standard dimensions of clay and calcium silicate bricks are the same; the standard dimensions are 230 x 110 x 76 mm. The standard dimension for a concrete block modular is 390 x 190 x 190 mm.

Hard-burned brick should be used for face work exposed to the weather, and soft brick for filling, foundations, and the like. The mainstay standard US brick measures approximately 8 x 4 x 2.25 inches (203 x 102 x 57 millimeters), and has a crushing strength of between 1000 and 15000 lbf/inē (7 to 105 megapascals) depending on quality. The modern standard UK brick size is 215 x 102.5 x 65 millimetres.

Regardless of size, bricks are usually manufactured with the depth equal to half the length (assuming that the brick is laid horizontally), in a 1:2:4 ratio. This allows for several convenient layouts which must necessarily interweave the bricks in any structure, often both at the corners and within the wall depth in order to ensure the greatest possible durability of the structure.

A highly impervious and ornamental surface may be laid on brick either by salt glazing, in which salt is added during the burning process, or by the use of a "slip," which is a glaze material into which the bricks are dipped. Subsequent reheating in the kiln fuses the slip into a glazed surface integral with the brick base.

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