Look Out Below! (Published 2015)

Acme Brick Company, established in 1891, has significantly expanded its product offerings beyond traditional brick to become a comprehensive source for residential and commercial building materials. The company now provides a diverse range of products designed to enhance homes of all sizes and locations, reflecting a strategic evolution from its brick-centric origins. This expansion includes various innovative and traditional materials for exteriors, interiors, and outdoor living spaces, catering to both aesthetic preferences and functional requirements in contemporary construction and design. For exterior applications, Acme Brick offers a wide selection of thin brick products, which are hard-fired from natural clay. These thin bricks are notable for their versatility, cost-effectiveness, and ease of installation, requiring no additional wall support due to their light weight. They are suitable for both exterior facades and interior accent walls, with an extensive color palette available from brands such as Cherokee Brick, CityScape, English Cottage Series, Fusion, King Klinker, Marion Ceramics Vee Brick, Metro Brick, Old Carolina, Pacific Clay, Pine Hall Brick, and Royal Thin Brick. Installation methods include traditional tiling or specialized support systems like SpeedyMason. The company's cladding systems encompass a broad array of modern and proven options. These include terra cotta panels with diverse colors, textures, and shapes from Agrob Buchtal; an Acme-developed support system for panels made from natural stone and manufactured stone; durable steel panels that mimic the look of natural wood; embossed steel panels in lap and board-and-batten profiles from Quality Edge; high-pressure laminate panels with a proprietary installation system from Pura NFC for both residential and commercial use; high-density fiber cement from KØL in natural colors; and natural slate panels from CupaClad with multiple installation options for stone exteriors. Acme Brick also supplies advanced fireplace systems, offering lightweight, pre-engineered, modular units that surpass traditional scratch-built fireplaces in thermal efficiency and application range. These systems are available from leading manufacturers like Earthcore (Isokern), MFI (Mason-Lite), and Stone Age. For outdoor living areas, the product line includes a variety of landscape products such as elegant BrickTile fired clay pavers and pool coping from Marion Ceramics, traditional solid paving brick from brands like Pacific Clay, Pine Hall, Whitacre Greer, and Yankee Hill, economical concrete pavers and retaining walls from Keystone Hardscapes, porcelain and natural stone paving units from Savannah Stone Source, and low-maintenance synthetic turf from GrassTex. Interior and entrance enhancements are also a key focus. Acme showrooms feature a broad range of porcelain tile, mosaics, hardwood flooring, and luxury vinyl plank options for both flooring and wall applications. The company also provides robust and aesthetically pleasing iron doors from "Love That Door," "Exclusive Iron Doors," and "Stately Iron Doors," with options for single or double designs and accompanying hardware. Furthermore, for secure package delivery, products like the Box Gobbler from MB Sentinel are offered, featuring numeric keypads to deter theft. Finally, Acme Brick collaborates with regional producers to offer natural stone, cast stone accents, and manufactured stone products. These include cladding options from MStone and the Stonebrook line of veneer thin stone, with partners such as Apex Stone, Coronado Stone, El Dorado Stone, Horizon Stone, Jacobs Stone, Kirby Stone, Quality Stone, Scott Stone Supply, Semco Stone, and Texas Stone Design. This expanded portfolio positions Acme Brick as a comprehensive provider of high-quality building and design materials. #BuildingMaterials #HomeDesign #ThinBrick #CladdingSystems #FireplaceSystems #LandscapeProducts #Flooring #IronDoors #NaturalStone