Glen-Gery Brickwork Design Guide -- Color Mortar Blend

Mortar is no longer limited to shades of white and gray! When it comes to the appearance of your new home, you can express creativity, enhance architectural elements or take color to new horizons of artistry with combinations of brick and color mortar.

Mortar color makes up 20 percent of a brick wall's surface and strongly affects the outside look of a home. Use mortar to work in contrast with the color of brick for dramatic impact or to heighten brickwork details. Or, use mortar as a complement to brick to achieve a soft silhouette of color.

Glen-Gery makes 26 ready-made mortar colors, plus an unlimited number of custom colors. Glen-Gery Color Mortar Blend is made from the finest Portland Cement, lime and approved pigments. It meets both BIA-MI Type N, and ASTM-C270, Type S specifications and is the only mortar type recommended by the Brick Institute of America, as well as other brick masonry experts.

Glen-Gery Color Mortar Blend is not only beautiful and cost-effective, but offers many other benefits:

• Strong compressive strength
• Stronger bonding strength
• Better rain penetration resistance
• Excellent workability
• No field mixing
• Predictability from batch to batch