Twenty-two Reasons For Building
With Quality Brick

• Brick is of the earth, conceived in fire.

• Quality clay brick never grow old.

• Brick is the oldest man-made building material.

• Nothing offers more charm than a log fire in a brick fireplace.

You can grow a vine on a brick wall.

• Brick offers Romance, charm and glamour in great
abundance.

• There is versatility and great variety in brick pat-
tern bonds and mortar joint types.

• Brick homes offer Identity and distinction without
gaudy conspicuousness.

• Termites don't eat brick and neither do rats.

• The resale value of a brick house is considerably
higher than frame.

If you pay for maintenance and upkeep, it costs
800% more to maintain a painted wall than a brick
wall.

The annual fire insurance premiums on all brick
houses is considerably less than on wood frame
houses.

• A brick fence can offer complete seclusion, and
perforated brick walls may offer privacy and ventila-
tion without exclusion.

Brick homes are a lot easier to finance.

• Brick doesn't have to be painted.

The Convenience offered by brick is rarely
matched by any other building material.

• Brick just looks stronger.

• It is fire safe, and provides greater resistance to
fall-out protection.

• Brick is solid, durable, lasting and it doesn't fade.
• Brick houses are quieter because brick walls ab-
sorb more sound than frame walls.

• Brick is available in 10,000 colors and textures.
• Touch this brick - feel its rich texture.

Builders

warned of
bad brick

All builders currently
buying brick direct from
independent truckers im-
porting brick are warned by
GHBA that such brick is
substandard, and GHBA is
initiating action to control
this practice.

The substandard brick is
not a fired or burned brick
and will not meet absorp-
tion requirements for resi-
dential construction in the
Houston area. Truckers
bringing the brick in are
also not paying the appro-
priate taxes that other
brick suppliers in the city
pay, such as sales tax.