Happy new year to everyone! We hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday season.Have not posted in a while due to the holidays but that does not mean things around the green bungalow were not being done. Our brick is being put on this week. I went out today to see a small sample of what it was going to look like before they went crazy and set a ton of bricks. Above is a shot at the back corner of the garage.
This is a shot from straight on. We went with a older looking brick to try and fit in with the surrounding homes. What you may notice in the first picture is the brick is real thin. Let me assure you it is not a fake brick product. It is brick...just 1/3 the thickness. This makes it more green than standard brick for a couple of reasons. First, it does not take as much material (obviously) to make the brick as a standard brick. Second, since the brick is thinner it takes less energy to make (when they fire the brick to harden- I read somewhere that it takes 1000BTU to harden a thin brick vs. 4000BTU for a standard one) and less energy to transport because they weigh less. It goes on like cultured stone and has the same kind of mortar between bricks that a standard brick has.
Our fireplace was also set over the holidays. I can see Santa fitting in there next year!Check back again soon for more pics of how the brick is looking!
This product is green on many levels. Those listed above account for the "embodied energy" of the product. Less burning means less fuel, less volume means less transport fuel.....man you guys are saving squirrels and birds and everything! Of course, the most important thing, is that the product saved you a great deal of money as compared to a 4" thick brick veneer. It's also a pretty impressive look - but why no picture of the whole house showing the brick go up ??? You better head back over there and get more pics !
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