Smooth Faced Sandstone - Large | Bricks, Pavers & Cladding by Timbercrete
Download the brochureA beautiful energy efficient alternative to busy little bricks.
The Large Smooth Faced Sandstone Series is uniform in shape and size. It has an appearance similar to that of diamond cut limestone, travertine or sandstone. It’s dimensions make it the biggest veneer brick in the marketplace, along with Timbercrete’s Ancient Stone. It’s larger size creates a sturdy and permanent feel, in contrast with commonplace, busy little bricks.
The 90mm wide Large Smooth Faced Sandstone Series shares the same external dimensions and appearance as the Timbercrete Super Insulating Series, making it a veneer or full brick version of the same style of block. This means it can also be used in conjunction with the Single Skin Super Insulating Series for internal walls, maintaining the beautiful large stone appearance throughout your house and increasing the ability of your home to maintain a comfortable uniform temperature.
Specialty Blocks in this series include:
- A Corner Block (L shaped)
- A Half Block
- A Veneer Block (also comes in a rough textured face,
see Textured Faced Sandstone information sheet) - They can be used as a veneer brick or full brick (double brick)
A Winning Combination
Timbercrete is the first brick/block company that has adopted a holistic approach to significantly reducing pollution and trapping carbon gas. This is achieved by selecting waste materials that are potentially high in CO2 gases, such as timber waste and the like. The carbon emissions from these cellulous waste products are trapped in a cementitious tomb.
The result is an environmentally ideal building product with greater insulation (R-value), combined with high thermal mass which reduces your energy bills. The combined outcome results in an environmentally superior product.
Environmental Benefits of Timbercrete Bricks
Timbercrete is an insulating light weight masonry product that stores many tonnes of carbon gas. The manufacturing process also requires much less energy (lower embodied energy) to produce and is far less pollutant than clay fired bricks. The outcome is a cleaner and healthier environment.
Improved Insulation of Timbercrete Bricks
Having high insulating properties means that thermally your house will always perform better and be more comfortable in summer and winter, compared with other denser masonry products of the same thickness, such as fired clay bricks or concrete blocks. Choosing Timbercrete will save you money on your energy bills.
Building Made Easy wtih Timbercrete Bricks
All Timbercrete bricks and blocks are lightweight and can be screwed and nailed into just like timber. When compared with a full clay brick wall which requires 100 bricks/m2, Timbercrete’s Smooth Faced Sandstone Series only requires 19 blocks/m2 for a full or double brick wall, while weighing 2½ times lighter than clay bricks.
Low Maintenance Benefits of Timbercrete Bricks
Timbercrete blocks are durable, maintenance-free, they do not need to be painted and repainted, nor are they fragile like plasterboard walls, and they are literally bullet-proof. Timbercrete’s low maintenance and durable quality makes it the ideal choice for homes, schools, commercial buildings, investment or rental properties and the like.
Specifications
| Increment or Module Size | 600mm long x 175mm high |
| Actual Size | 590mm long x 163mm high x 90mm wide |
| Mortar joints | 10mm to 12mm thick |
| Weight | 8.7kg (approximately) |
| Bricks per m2 | 9.5 |
| Construction wall type | Veneer Brick Walls or Full Brick Walls (Double Brick). Timbercrete can also be used as Bricks, Pavers & Cladding. |