Chicago Common Brick Flooring
Again history holds the answer.
Chicago common brick flooring. This does not include installation which can add another 3 to 10 per square foot. Add to wish list add to compare. Makes a great looking building brick for rustic walls. But why chicago brick.
The solution is thin sliced flooring bricks. Antique thin brick paving tile sliced off the top and bottom of reclaimed chicago common brick. Today mediterranea s craftsmen have painstakingly re created the look feel and aura of vintage chicago brick in an all new porcelain tile series. During the great chicago fire of 1871 hundreds of people died and over four square miles of the city were destroyed.
It is the real brick that was sawn in half about to a one inch thickness to accommodate the needs of the flooring applications. This makes brick flooring less expensive than natural stone and many ceramic tile installations. 8 x 3 5 8 x 1 2. Chicago thin brick veneer sliced from reclaimed antique brick.
These tiles are each colored in a pink or salmon or rose tone and flecked with black iron deposits and textured by the marks of our cutting. Brick flooring cost. Brick pavers range in cost from about 3 to 10 per square foot depending on the specific type of material. Color ranges from pink to salmon to light buff.
Identifying authentic chicago bricks is easy when you know what to look for. We pick and mix various batches of these popular antique brick to obtain our unique v 01 blend of colors. Chicago brick veneer tile l shaped corner linear ft. Chicago by mediterranea for the first time delivers the authentic look and feel of chicago brick in a porcelain tile series available in four colors that remain true to the tradition of america.
These bricks were sliced from the same hundred years old chicago bricks. After the fire the city was rebuilt much of it with what we now know as chicago common brick. Chicago common fossilcut brick flooring sq. 3 piece sample of our 1 2 slice from the interior of a reclaimed chicago brick so it has a sawn face on both the top and the bottom.
Reclaimed chicago common brick 1 pallet 534 pieces per pallet full range of colors pink salmon terra cotta buff black this batch tends to be on the rougher side chips missing corners etc.