The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-06
AGE Of BRICK WITH
ITS MANY Fashions
Continued From Page one.)

of texture desired. Brick veneers be-
long mostly IN three classes, sand
mould brick. smoOth-face brick and
Vitrified brick.
Sand-mould brick are the softest and
cheapest, the easiest to lay IN cola
weather, the quickest to lay at ali
permanent than other veneers. Inc
most commonly used brick Tor veneer
is a smOOth-faCe, hard-burned brick,
which can be obtained in great va
Tiety of cOlOrs some being clear colorsi
others having a notified effect which
comes from the clay with which they
are manufactured, known as iron clay.
producing black or dark brown spots
in the face of the brick, the body OF
both of these bricks usually running
from a yellow to a dark terra Gotta,
with no two bricks exactly. alike.
Various Kinds of Brick.
Vitrified brick, to which class belong
the common paving brick, are hard. al
most inpervious to moisture, difficult TO
Law but very permanent, ana when usSd
in their place properly are ATTRACTIVE
Manufacturers usually carry ABOUT elSlL
different shades Of eaCn KIND OF ptlCk'
f0ba darker shades are harder, also a lit
tie smaller in size. This variation IN color
merely comes from the distance they are
from the fire while burning Ia ihe KIN
Those nearest to the fire burn the hard
est shrink the most ana become the
darkest. The Eghtest brick in colcr
shrink the least and are farthest from
No set rule can be established for the
selection Of brick, the style OF the mouse
or building having q great zeal 10 %
with the appropriate kind Of color or
brick selected. Most people make their
selection by looking around TO see Wnere
they can find a home COR bulldlng)
similar to their home, having brlch eA-
terror which pleaseS them, and MAKE
theirs accordingly.
Ii is often difficult, however. to find
building both similar IN style and having
both TO save time and to be sure Of good
results to take the architects ADVICE IN
all matters Of this kind. An architect IS
such by reason of the fact that porn IN
him is the ability to design. An archi-
fect worthy of the name does not need
to look at other buildings in order TO Sc
lect the proper materials. he Designs IN
his head. sees the building before MN
cofuDIatp and his plans and specifications
are merely the mechanical means OF con-
| veying his head picture to the workmeh,
In other words. an architect is an arISt
who paints with materials.
A perfectly plain wall never looks as
well as one in which there is a slight va
Ration Of color. This is true Of all things
which are beautiful An ARTIST s tge
! Graves variety. The blush on q maiden S
cheek would not be charming If 1t were
/ a fixed color over her entire face.
/ When a perfectly plain or even color Is
used variety can be obtained IN the wal
| by using a mortar bead Of slightly d!L-
/ farent shade, but il harmony with II.
! Few people realize how important lea-
/ ture q mortar joint is. It makes a great
| deal Of difference as to what its color IS,
/ whether it is wide or narrow, deep struck
| or shallow. For perfectly smooth bricks
/ a narrow joint is preferable. For bricks
! with a rugged face and sand mold brick
| a wide Joint, deep struck, or one en-
| tirely cleaned out to q depth Of one-nalI
/ inch is preferable. This latter method
! gives the bricks a chance to cast a
! shadow over the joint and assists IN CIV
/ Ing a variety of color to the wall.
a variety is many times obtained by
| using vitrified brick Of slightly different
| shades Of the same color. This is some
! times carried to the extreme, but when
[ used in proper relation to the design IS
very attractive, but few houses can stand
I this treatment. They must be Of bold &c
tail and rather rustic tn appearance, tnf
/ Tudor Gothic style being one style III
/ which if can be used to advantage. IheSe
bricks, some times used as tapestry bricks
run through various shades of copper
/ olive greens and purDle-brOwns to GeeI
Il blue A browuish-gray, running into
l -ream-aud-cOffe shades, deep russets anc
! oven t0baccO-bTOwn, giving in mass the
effect of old ivory, are sometimes used
FaGs in Brick.
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