Brett Landscaping & Building Products has launched a new range of concrete facing bricks.
With “vast experience in the creation of high-quality concrete landscaping products,” the new brick range is said to represent a “natural expansion” for the supplier and offers housebuilders, architects, brickwork contractors and builders’ merchants a “UK manufactured product with many desirable qualities.”
The new Stonehurst range has been manufactured with high compressive strength, low porosity and excellent weather resistance to provide a durable façade solution. Suitable for the outer walls of buildings, the bricks are nominally sized at 215mm in length, 100mm in width, and 65mm in height in line with the traditional UK standard.
The bricks are crafted in frogged and perforated formats, come with a choice of smooth or textured finishes, and are available in five accessible colours most often used by the UK’s largest house builders.
The range is manufactured and tested to BS EN771-3: 2011+A1 2015, the industry specification for masonry units. Concrete facing bricks have a lower carbon footprint compared to traditional clay bricks, typically producing 60% less carbon during the manufacturing process, offering a low carbon alternative to traditional clay bricks.
The bricks are manufactured at Brett Landscaping’s Leicestershire site at Barrow-upon-Soar and offer a short lead time and nationwide delivery.
Mark Barter, Head of Commercial Sales, Brett Landscaping & Building Products said: “The launch of the Stonehurst range represents a natural progression for Brett Landscaping & Building Products. We have decades of experience in the production of concrete landscaping products and have exceptional relationships with merchants, housebuilders and architects across the UK.
“The Stonehurst range has been developed in conjunction with house builders and can be produced at volume in a timely manner from our manufacturing site in central England. This will offer a more resilient and predictable supply chain to builders, especially for volume projects.”
Further, with the UK government launching the £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme to deliver 300,000 new affordable homes in the next decade, and separately, the Scottish Government pledging up to £4.9bn over the next four years as part of its Housing Emergency Action Plan, the construction supply chain has to find ways to meet demand for affordable housing.
Mark added: “The UK government has made enormous commitments to build a new generation of housing over the next decade, so the construction sector has to find new solutions to the productivity challenges faced by the industry. We have developed the Stonehurst range, applying our history of technical excellence and high product quality to a new brief as we look to support the house builders that need to deliver the homes.”
Click here for more information on the new Stonehurst range from Brett Landscaping & Building Products.
