Rim Snaps

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The Rim Snaps™ are ideal for vertical applications and are perfect for accommodating corner brick on returns.  Climbing forms, columns and residential foundation forms work well with the Rim Snap system as the product attaches to vertical forms to produce a real brick façade integrally-cast into concrete.  At this time, the Rim Snap™ functions with 2×8 standard size thin brick. Advantages include:

  • No mason required
  • Flexible gasket rim holds brick in place and forms cove mortar joint
  • Attaches to vertical form
  • Accommodates more varieties of thin brick
  • Templates can be reused!
  • Holds corners tightly in place

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The Rim Snaps™ Easy Installation:

Step One
Staple Rim Snaps™ to Plywood Form
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Step Two
Insert Brick into Rim Snaps™ Liner & Assemble Forms
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Step Three
Pour Concrete, Cure & Strip the Forms
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Corners are a SNAP! Pin-staple Rim Snap™ templates to the plywood form.

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Rim Snap™ features a rubber gasket border with suction-like grip to hold thin brick securely into forming system.

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The Valley Creek bridge in Woodbury, MN, features brick-embedded four-sided columns and walls. A limestone base on piers and abutments complements the traditional brick design. The 2-span bridge carries 6 lanes of traffic up and over busy Interstate 494.

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Rim Snaps™ can be installed easily into column forms.