Kalahari Travertine FBA

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COVERAGE

Class	Facebrick FBA
Coverage	52/m²
Description	Clay, 17 hole vertically perforated
Mass	2.3 Kg
Size	222mm (length) 106mm (width) 73mm (height)

BRICK FORMAT	Bricks per m² based on single-skin construction with 12mm joints	Square meters per 1000 bricks
PB	42	19.23

Clay bricks suitable for a super facebrick finish.

Vertically perforated product – no unsightly voids on window and door reveals.
Labour savings – not necessary to plug corner voids before plastering compared to horizontal perforations.
Aluminium window and door frames can be fixed with standard wall plugs.
Heavy mountings/safes can be fixed with rawl bolts – brick does not have large internal voids compared to horizontal perforations.
Robot setting with process control ensures consistent quality lower mortar usage and ease of plastering.
Palletised and shrink wrapped – lower site wastage and pilfering.
Modern tunnel kiln fired using embodied energy – low emissions.

All clay raw material is mined on site, blended with zero waste. Mined areas are rehabilitated to original agricultural state.
Where possible, production processes are scheduled for off-peak periods to help reduce demand on the National Electricity Grid.
Energy to fire our Clay products is sourced as a by-product from Saldanha Steel. Drying energy is derived from waste wood from a local pallet hiring company.
The Plant is automated which means no forklifts are used to move bricks within the production process, leading to fuel savings and emission reduction.
Lighter, stronger product translates to savings in building design as the structure bears a fewer load.
As bricks are lighter, considerably more product can be transported to site, meaning a reduction in vehicle numbers and therefore lower emissions per square meter of walling.
Bricks are palletised at 600 units per pallet as compared to the standard 500, leading to less pallet wood usuage and a reduction in shrink wrap and improved site management.
Our uniform brick requires less mortar to lay and reduces site wastage.
The favourable geographical location of our factory gives us the advantage to easily and efficiently reach major Cape Town building sites.