With the hot summer days quickly approaching, we’re sure a lot of you are hoping to find sanctuary somewhere in your house. What about your basement? After all, it’s probably dark and cool down there. But is it really somewhere you want to hang out? Luckily, it’s not too hard to renovate! Head on over … Continue reading Do you have the Basement Blues?
As a family-owned company, we grew up around bricks. We know the ends and outs of what it takes to create a great clay fired brick, but the history of brickmaking goes back WAY more than just us 😉 Bricks are one of the oldest building materials. The first bricks ever found were around Jericho, … Continue reading Short History Lesson
There are several different ways you can customize a brick, one of them is adding a texture! Keep in mind that a texture on a brick creates more shadows, resulting in a seemingly darker color. Industry nomenclature varies from region to region, but below are the textures we offer at Summit Brick... 1) Smooth 2) … Continue reading Texture Time!
Sustainability is something that is extremely important to us at Summit Brick. We strive to run all of our operations with the goal of eliminating adverse environmental impacts. As proud members of the United States Green Building Council, we make sure to be good stewards of the environment and meet or exceed regulations, standards, and … Continue reading Sustainable Summit Brick and YOU!
It’s that time of year again- the creative juices are flowing and you’re ready to tackle a new project around the house! Adding brick to that project is a great way to add a natural beauty and timeless feel. To make it easy to gather some more ideas, we’ve updated our Pinterest page. With boards … Continue reading You can do it, DIY!
Summit Brick Company is extremely proud to have been part of the new construction of Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver. Mortenson Construction, Davis Partnership, H+L and ZGF have done a spectacular job on a beautiful hospital. We were thrilled to be invited to the "Contractor's Open House" and once again, we were proud to have … Continue reading New Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital Opens 12/13/14!
Besides the fact that you should have your brick fireplace up and burning by now, there are more things to consider in masonry when these winter months are upon us. As the construction industry fights back from the recession, contractors may not want to stop large construction (or small for that matter) projects because of … Continue reading Cold Weather Masonry Construction
SBC has an innovative and talented customer here in Denver, Chalet Homes. We have done a lot of beautiful home projects in the Washington Park area with them and there is one in particular going up right now we think looks stunning. There is great masonry detailing and contrasting windows, but we LOVE the brick color. … Continue reading NEW, warm residential color
In this fast-paced world we are always looking for the "up and coming" restaurant, neighborhood, technology and fashion. We want to continue to help you stay ahead of the trend. Summit Brick Company is now a proud distributor of Creative Mines! We are very excited to add this to our product selection giving you a fresh … Continue reading New, up and coming look? We have it! SBC now carrying Creative Mines.
http://www.summitbrick.com We’ve listened to our customers. We know you need design at your fingertips at all hours of the day, in all the places that you go and we are presenting our solution: the brand new, color-driven Summit Brick Company website! Our new website is not only restructured with you in mind, but it has … Continue reading Brand new, design-driven, Summit Brick Company website!
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