We created a new video - How to Install Thin Brick over an Interior Wall.
Ironrock Begins Refractory Recycling Program
Refractories are the plates, posts, and blocks that let our tile and brick go through our kilns. Although they can withstand high temperatures, they are easy to break. Each year, we replaces broken refractories. In the past, broken refractories have been crushed into aggregate along with fired scrap but recently we began a program to return them to our local refractory supplier to use as grog. Grog is ground up refractories that help new refractory pieces use less energy and material to fire and produce. This helps our supplier because they need more grog.
Ironrock is pleased that our broken refractories will be re-used to make new refractories and add to the list of materials we recycle and re-use.
Learn more about Ironrock's recycling program.
New Video! Installing Thin Brick Outdoors
Metropolitan Ceramics offers both METROBRICK and Royal Thin Brick product lines. Here is a new thin brick installation video – Installing Thin Brick on an Insulated Exterior Wall. All steps of wall assembly are shown as well as a focus on installing the thin brick using tile setting methods.
Thin Brick Program Offered Through Metropolitan Ceramics Now Includes Blends
The METROBRICK® Fast Ship Offering – available from Metropolitan Ceramics® – now includes six timely blends along with an inventory of seven popular colors. All colors and blends are available in modular size and wire cut finish. There are also two accent ideas to consider. Custom blending and accents are also options.
Single color orders are usually shipped within five days of placement. Blends will usually ship within two to four weeks of placing an order. Orders are typically limited to 10,000 sq. Ft.
On construction projects, tight deadlines are always an issue. Often, long lead times just won’t work and anxiously waiting for a material is never a good thing. Sometimes delays can’t be helped but as the old saying goes, “time is money.” With the METROBRICK Fast Ship Offering It’s nice to know there is one product you can count on when the clock is ticking.
METROBRICK thin brick is extruded, kiln fired, low absorption brick. Visit the Metropolitan Ceramics website to learn more about the Fast Ship offering and their other fine quarry tile and paving tile products. www.metroceramics.com
Metropolitan Ceramics Offers Thin Brick
Thin brick presents a number of advantages when compared to the use of full bed brick. The natural resources/energy saved in production, shipping, and construction are prime examples. And thin brick can be installed around the home or business using tile setting methods. With thin brick, you can quickly and easily add a real brick veneer virtually anywhere. Metropolitan Ceramics now includes two thin brick lines in its product offering.
Royal Thin Brick is a tumbled product, giving each brick a unique worn and distressed appearance. The bricks are Queen Size (2 3/4″ x 7 5/8″) – taller than modular brick for a more robust look. Corner pieces are also available. Royal Thin Brick is the perfect choice for adding a decorative brick element to any design. A brick accent wall, kitchen back-splash, or fireplace surround are some examples. Royal can be used indoors and out for both floors and walls. With Royal Thin Brick you can add real brick anywhere around the home or business.
METROBRICK® Fast Ship is TBX Grade thin brick with strict sizing and tolerances. The face is wire cut texture. Size is modular (21/4″ x 7 5/8″). Corner and edge cap pieces are also available. The program is comprised of seven colors and six blends. The color palette includes a charcoal color and two (flashed) range color products. Use METROBRICK anywhere a clean brick finish is desired both indoors and out. Examples include as an accent wall, to change the look of a concrete slab walkway or patio, enhance the appearance of a foundation, or add curb appeal the front of the building.
