United States Patent: #4,773,201
Florida Product Approval: #FL14427
The Brick It™ Designer Metal Grid System (DMG) is the original patented Brick It™ thin brick installation system and our most popular method for installing thin brick veneer. The DMG panel is made from G-60 galvanized, non-corrosive metal and is formed into a patented structural shape designed to align brick courses, support each brick, and help ensure a mechanical bond between the thin brick, metal grid, adhesive, mortar, and substrate.
The Designer Metal Grid System was created to make thin brick installation easy, durable, and efficient. The integrated metal shelves support the thin bricks while creating clean, consistent mortar lines. The interlocking edges, located every three courses at the top and bottom of each panel, become triple metal shelves that provide additional support to each grid and reinforce the wall. These interlocking edges also help produce level and straight horizontal lines, creating perfectly aligned thin brick veneer every time.
Mortar anchoring slots ensure mortar joint bonding to the metal grid. A linear array of adhesive holes is designed to allow adhesive to create a mechanical attachment between the thin brick, grid, and substrate. These adhesive holes also allow adhesive to seep to the back of the panel and bridge any “oil canning” gaps that commonly occur from mechanical sheet metal fastening processes, resulting in a solid thin brick veneer installation against the wall.
Roll-formed continuous ledges make the DMG panel extremely rigid. In addition, the need for starter channels and special corner panels is eliminated because the panel adapts to those installation conditions. The system also allows for staggered corner panel installation, eliminating continuous vertical joints in the panel and adding strength to the thin brick wall assembly.
The Brick It™ Patented Designer Metal Grid System has been in use for nearly 40 years and was patented in April 1987. It remains one of the simplest, strongest, fastest, and most popular thin brick installation systems available for industry professionals, contractors, architects, designers, and DIY users.
Advantages of DMG System
- G-60 galvanized, non-corrosive metal
- Original patented Brick It™ thin brick installation system
- Patented structural shape aligns thin brick courses
- Integrated shelves support bricks and create consistent mortar lines
- Interlocking edges provide additional support every three courses
- Interlocking edges create level and straight horizontal lines
- Mortar anchoring slots ensure mortar joint bonding to the grid
- Adhesive holes provide mechanical attachment between brick, grid, and substrate
- Adhesive holes help bridge “oil canning” gaps
- Roll-formed continuous ledges make the panel extremely rigid
- Eliminates the need for starter channels and special corner panels
- Allows staggered corner panel installation for added wall strength
- Fast, simple, and efficient thin brick veneer installation
- Designed for contractors, architects, designers, and DIY users
