THE METRO®BRICK ADVANTAGE

Weight advantage - METRO®BRICK weighs @ 20 % of full bed brick

• METRO®BRICK uses 20% of the raw material - clay and shale - to produce.

• It only takes 20% of the trucking to get the raw material from the mine to the
..factory.

• It only uses 20% of the amount of fuel (normally natural gas) to fire thin brick.

• Kiln emissions from thin brick are 20% of full bed brick.

• Delivery of finished thin brick can be done on any type of truck (Flat-bed, Box
..etc), allowing back hauls. Full bed brick delivery trucks are normally owned by
..the brick manufacturer and haul empty back to the brick plant.

• Trucks hauling full bed brick normally carry 12,000 bricks. Trucks hauling thin
..brick typically haul over 60,000 bricks.

• Special cuts and sizes are available from METRO®BRICK thus saving shipping
..of full pieces that have to be cut at the job site and the excess discarded in
..landfills.

SITE DISTURBANCE - METRO®BRICK advantages

• No special or additional foundation is required for the structural support of
..METRO®BRICK.

• The weight of METRO®BRICK is engineered in the wall system. Full bed brick
..requires additional foundation for its support, requiring additional steel and
..concrete.

• Post installation clean-up for thin brick is significantly less than full bed brick.
..Little or no cleaning agents are required at the jobsite when using thin brick.

• If thin brick is used in precast concrete or tilt-up construction, scaffolding is not
..needed for brick work. Panels can be erected from either outside or within the
..perimeter of the structure, thus allowing more existing trees to remain.

SUSTAINABILITY - METRO®BRICK advantages

• Because METRO®BRICK absorptions are much less than full bed brick, spalling
..and efflorescence are reduced or eliminated. The building facade can basically
..last forever.

• With the thin brick attached to the wall system, minor repairs require only the
..removal of the affected bricks. Full bed brick building repairs are much more
..costly and difficult.

THE METRO®BRICK MANUFACTURING PROCESS

Ironrock , through its METRO®BRICK brand, is proud to say we are doing
our part to be good stewards of our environment in the following ways:

• All unfired clay is reground and recycled into our finished products.

• The heat from our kilns is also a heat source for our dryers.

• Our fired scrap is made available for use in making roadbeds as well as
..being reground and recycled into our finished products.