KALAMAZOO GLAZED TILE
Plant
Carbon, Ind.
Manufactured by
CLAY PRODUCTS DIVISION
KALAMAZOO TANK & SILO CO.
First Cost No Greater— often much less. Upkeep costs practically eliminated. No paint, no repairs.
Product:
Vitrified glazed building tile.
Sizes:
5×8×12 (height x width x length in inches) . Also in corresponding shapes for corner, door and window closures. 5×4×12 sizes to match. Equal to six bricks in an eight-inch wall and three bricks in a four-inch wall.
Faces:
Mat-face: for houses, apartments, stores, etc., where a fine face is desired.
Smooth glazed : factories, stores, farm buildings, basements, etc.
Gym-tex : Wire-cut face for interior or exterior use in all types of buildings.
Color :
Wide “brown” range, from deep chocolate light buff. In uniform or mixed selections. Strength:
2000 lbs. to square inch, far exceeding building code requirements.
Kalamazoo T i 1 e — the most economical permanent building material. Attractive, beautiful, fire-safe.
Cost:
First cost no greater than frame construction (some say five to ten per cent less), 20% to 30% less than brick.
You Save:
(over frame)—studding, lath, sheathing, building paper, nails, siding and paint. (over brick) mortar and labor.
You Gain.
Greater warmth in winter, coolness in summer, permanence, beauty, lower insurance, minimum depreciation, lowered fuel costs (10 to 25%), fire safety.
Dry Walls:
Kalamazoo tile is burned at such high temperatures and the clay so perfectly fused that the blocks are absolutely impervious to moisture, and properly laid, cannot absorb moisture even through the mortar joint.
Above All:
Bear in mind that Kalamazoo vitrified glazed tile is not to be confused with cheap grades of
common partition, back-up and drain tile, but is a highly specialized product of 100% fire clay, comparable in every respect to
the finest face brick, and developed primarily for fine house construction.
The great variety of special shapes of Kalamazoo blocks, combined with t h e i r uniformity, makes them thoroughly adaptable to virtually every type of masonry construction. On the le f t is illustrated the construction details of a typical t w o story and basement building, t h e tile being available for four and eight inch walls, and multiples thereof.
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