Lithium facing bricks

Brick types for a façade with character

Name: Vandersanden
Address: Riemsterweg 300, Bilzen-Hoeselt (Spouwen), 3740, EN
Telephone: +32 (0)89 51 01 40

Visualise the ideal façade for your project. The facade is an expression of your taste and style, has that wow factor, and stays beautiful for years. You can do it all with sustainable facing bricks from Vandersanden. A brick, boring? Think again!

Bricks are made from natural raw materials and last for more than 100 years. Thanks to many years of research and development, Vandersanden can now offer you – the builder, renovator, or architect – more opportunity than ever to make your mark.

There are generally 3 types of brick: hand-form, waterstruck, and wirecut bricks. Each has its own look, production process, and properties.

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Antro facing brick

Hand-form bricks – timeless and full of character

A hand-form brick has a coarse, grained surface and a characterful, timeless look. The name of the brick is a nod to its erstwhile production method – by hand. A craftsman would have rolled the clay through a carpet of sand, before pressing the sanded clay into a mould. The excess clay would have been removed before the mould was turned over for the unfired brick to be removed from the mould. It is the inserting of the sanded clay that gives the hand-form brick its typical grained texture. Machines have since taken over the hard work, and hand-form bricks can now be produced a little faster.

A special type of hand-form brick is the aged variant. Are you looking for the authentic look of old bricks, perhaps for a country style home? Our expertly produced aged bricks are very similar to reclaimed bricks, but come with a quality and colour guarantee.

Range of hand-form facing bricks

The waterstruck brick is fairly smooth with a lightly grained texture that is perfect for getting creative with. Water is key to the production process. The clay is not rolled through sand and is instead pressed into a wet mould. When the formed clay is removed from the mould, the water runs along the surface of the brick, giving the surface its texture.

Our waterstruck bricks

Waterstruck brick – a pure look and fine lines

Breslau brick

Wirecut bricks – robust and contemporary

Wirecut bricks with a smooth and angular appearance. Special techniques are used for added effects on the visible surfaces of the brick. How are extruded facing bricks made? The clay bar is pressed through a nozzle, thus producing the bar of clay. The bar is then passed by a wire cutter to be cut to size. The nozzle determines the length and width of these modern facing bricks; the wire cutter determines the height.

Range of wirecut bricks

Narrow facing bricks

Narrow facing bricks – with a thickness of 6.5 to 8 cm instead of 10 cm – offer many advantages over their wider counterparts. The extra space can be used for insulation or additional living space. The production of narrow facing bricks also requires fewer raw materials and less energy, and transport is more energy-efficient and has lower CO2 emissions.

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Pirrouet®: CO2-negative facing bricks

Pirrouet® facing bricks are a milestone towards a future with zero CO2 emissions. These facing bricks absorb CO2 instead of emitting it and are made from waste streams from the steel industry. During the production process, they absorb 60 kg of CO2 per tonne of material. Our CO2-negative bricks are produced in different colours.

Discover our new colors

Our range of bricks has once again been expanded. Curious about the new colors and textures? We’ve put together a handy overview for you.

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Design your facade online

With the texture generator, you design the perfect façade yourself. Thanks to advanced technology, textures are visualised in a highly detailed and lifelike manner.

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Get some advice

Selecting the right brick doesn’t need to be a difficult task. Try out the useful online colour selector and discover your favourites. Why not stop by one of our showrooms to view and compare our comprehensive collection of bricks in detail? Still not sure what to choose?

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