Elementix

Ibstock has just launched ElementixTM - a unique rainscreen cladding system that features some stunning colours and a patented fixing system that allows easier installation.

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From Pinhoe, the Exmouth Blend is a soft, lightly-sanded wirecut brick with varying subtle shades of red. It is aimed at the refurbishment and new build markets especially in planning sensitive areas, where it is necessary to match local brickwork.

Continuing the refurbishment and renovation theme, the Funton Imperial Salvage Stock has been introduced as a cost effective alternative to reclaimed London Yellow Stocks especially in the London region. It has significant benefits over true reclaimed bricks including guaranteed durability, consistent colour, ready availability. Its full imperial size format (228 x 110 x 68mm) ensures that it will match existing Victorian brickwork in terms of size as well as colour.

The New Burntwood Red Rustic from Aldridge is available in both 65 and 73mm formats for restoration work in the Midlands and North West. Similar in colour and texture to the original Burntwood Red Rustic, this new version should suitably blend with the original product.

The Smooth Grey from Throckley has been introduced to complement our existing range of high quality smooth facing bricks, further extending the range of colours available for the commercial and industrial specification market, especially in Scotland, the north of England and London.

In Scotland, the first product in the new Argyll Range is now available, the Argyll Buff Wirecut. In response to Scottish customers, this wirecut brick has a much warmer through-body buff colour and should meet both housebuilder and specification needs in Scotland and the North of England. Further product in the Argyll Range will be available in the Autumn.

The increasingly popular Ivanhoe Range has been extended with the introduction of the Ivanhoe Katrina Multi, a creased, dark red-multi stock brick showing hints of brown, grey and black. Contrasting with other bricks in the Ivanhoe Range, the Ivanhoe Katrina Multi is not only ideal for quality housing developments, including both large scale and self build projects throughout the UK, but its subtle colour development lends itself to urban and sub-urban infill developments where other bricks are considered too over-powering.

In addition the Ivanhoe Gold has been re-launched to maintain the wide range of colour options available to both national and regional developers throughout the UK.

The Bexhill Purple Multi is the new addition to the Bexhill Range from Ashdown, East Sussex. This dark red multi stock brick offers a darker alternative to our range of traditional stock bricks used by regional and national housebuilders in the South East.

Fireborn Freedom

Following the successful launch of the Fireborn large format clay blocks in 2003, Ibstock now offers designers the opportunity to
create blocks to their own scale. Fireborn Freedom is available in natural red, blue and cream, 327mm long, 102mm wide and in a
height ranging from 50mm to 290mm.

Now you have the choice to go large or small. For design advice call 0844 800 4576 to place an order.

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Fireborn Max

More developments in the Fireborn range with the introduction of Fireborn Max. The 440mm x 102mm x 215mm block lets you build on a bigger scale - it is the equivalent of 6 bricks in one unit and is up to 15% lighter than alternative materials. Call 0844 800 4576 for advice on designing with Fireborn Max or 0870 903 4006 to place an order.

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Swanage Bricks Used in Decorative Brickwork

Part of the Ancestry range, the Swanage grey-glazed headers are well used in diaper work on many buildings in the rural Wealdon areas of the South East of England.

Diaper work is an all over surface decoration of a small repeated pattern such as diamonds or squares. Many different diaper patterns can be created using coloured, projecting or recessed bricks. The patterns can range from simple diamonds to complex shapes and geometry.

As well as the headers, Swanage can also produce handmade special shapes to meet detailed brickwork needs.