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CalStar Offers Five New Masonry Shapes
ca1Star has added several new shapes to its production capabilities, expanding the number of styles available across Its lines of sustainably manufactured bricks, pavers and structural units. Many of the new products were developed in response to customer requests.
Like all caIstar masonry products, the new shapes are made with a process that Incorporates up to 37 percent recycled con�tent and eliminates the need for kiln-firing, typical of traditional clay brick, or the use of Portland cement, used to bind concrete masonry products.
As a result, each product requires up to 81 percent less energy to make, while emit�ting up to 84 percent less CO2. This dra�matic reduction in environmental footprint comes with no sacrifice to aesthetics or per�formance, and the raw material and energy savings actually equate to more affordable per-Lmlt costs, says caIstar.
Th e new shapes, which come in all of CalStar's available colors. include:
1) Engineer Brick: These 3 5/ 8-x 2 3/ 4-x 7 5/ 8-inch bricks install as quickly as a modular brick, but cover more square feet of wall with the same number of units, lowering installation costs.
2) Monarch Brick; This 3 5/ 8-x 3 5/ 8-x 15 5/8-inch brick is popular in commer�cial construction.
3) Full-ffeigtrt Thru-WaJI Units: In response to the success of calStar's original half�high 8-x4-x 16-lnch and 12-x 4-x 16�inch Thru-Wall units, the company now offers an 8-x 8-x 16-lnch and a 12-x 8-x i&inch Thru-Wall unil Like the original Thru-Wall, these new units combine the structuralpropertiesofconcreteblock with the aesthetics of brick.
4) 12x12 Pavers; lnitlally produced for the Toyota Center, home of the NBA's Houston Rockets, the nominal 12-inch x 12-inch x 60-mm units module with and are the perfect complement to caIStar's existing 4-x 8-inch Holland pavers. The pavers feature a smooth finish with chamfered edges.
"As the demand for CalStar's sustainable bricks continues to grow, so do requests for new shapes. We've been able to Introduce these new shapes as pro�jects and specifications have required them, and then add them permanently to our catalog,� says Michael Telischak, VP of manufacturing for CalStar. �Our flexible manufacturing capabHities allow architects to achieve desired aesthetics, wttlle also contributing to a lower carbon footprint and a more affordable masonry budget�
For more information, visit www.calstarproducts.com.
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