VBrick: Mechanical brick slip system

Handmade, Waterstruck, Extruded Brick and Natural Stone Slips.

VBrick is a unique brick slip and stone façade system, that combines the natural beauty of real genuine brick and natural stone, with cost-effective fast-track installation. It offers a facing brick or stone finish for projects where a facade system is required, rather than traditional masonry. 

The VBrick facade system is comprised of genuine and extruded brick and stone slips, specially designed to fix mechanically to an extruded 3 course anodised aluminium backing section. These extruded sections are installed in horizontal rows onto the backing structure and the brick slips are intserted into place. 

This mechanical ‘insertion’ feature ensures a high strength facade whilst enabling some adjustment of the brick slip position during installation. 

VBrick brings exciting new and existing colour and texture combinations to the market with the possibility to match traditional brickwork including linear & T2 metric classified bricks. 

Key features

Brick: Handmade

Handmade brick slips are made by pressing or throwing clay into wooden or metal moulds by hand. The bricks are then dried and fired in a kiln. This manual process gives each brick slip a slightly different shape, texture, and colour, which adds to their charm and aesthetic appeal. Unlike machine-made bricks, these bricks are not compacted or cut by machines, leading to irregularities and variations that gives them their natural bespoke appearance. This traditional method allows for customisation in size and shape, making them a popular choice for projects needing a specific aesthetic or when matching reclaimed bricks. VBrick benefits from the cutting and profiling service for the system requirements. 

Brick: Extruded

The clay mix is pushed through a die (a VBrick shaped opening) in an extrusion machine. This forms a continuous column of clay with a consistent cross-section—often rectangular or slightly textured to mimic real bricks. The green (unfired) slips are dried slowly to remove excess moisture; this prevents cracking during firing. The dried slips are fired at high temperatures (around 1,000°C or more). This hardens the clay, giving the slip its strength, durability, and final colour. Some slips may be glazed, textured, or coloured post-firing, others are left natural for a traditional look. 

Brick: Waterstruck

Waterstruck bricks are made using a traditional “soft mud“ process where wet clay is pressed into moulds lubricated with water. The excess clay is then struck off, giving the bricks their distinctive textured appearance and rustic aesthetic. This method, which omits the use of sand in the moulding process, is what gives waterstruck bricks their unique, slightly irregular look and feel. VBrick benefits from the cutting and profiling service for the system requirements. 

Stone

The natural stone slabs are carefully selected from established stone quarries featuring many different colours, textures and stone types are available with limestone being the most popular. The stone is calibrated to ensure correct tolerances are achieved for the system connection, the 28-30mm thick stone is then kerfed (grooved) for the mechanical fixing of the stone to the horizontal track. Following installation of the stone, the slips are then pointed using Instarmac specialist pointing mortar as specified. Stone available in metric brick size. Ashlar available in 215mm x 440mm. 

Range Dimensions

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