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Brickhouse: The Texture of Fired Brick, Rated for Floors and Facades

Written by Pera Tile | Sep 17, 2026, 6:21:55 PM

Fired brick has a texture that architects keep returning to — the patina, the color drift from one piece to the next, the sense that a wall was built rather than installed. Brickhouse translates that language into a 9mm pressed glazed porcelain, made in Italy, engineered to perform where real brick can’t always go. See the full collection at peratile.com/products/collection/brickhouse.

The material

Brickhouse is a glazed porcelain field tile sized 2 3/8″ x 9 7/8″, produced through a pressed manufacturing process that holds tight tolerances while preserving the irregular, hand-fired look of masonry. Color variation is rated V4 — the highest shade-variation class — so no two installations read the same way twice. That’s a deliberate spec, not a defect: it’s what gives a Brickhouse wall or floor its handmade quality at scale.

Six colorways are available in a matte finish, each carrying the same warm, worked-clay undertone so the palette moves from bright to deep without losing the collection’s identity:

ColorwayProduct pageImage
WhiteView product
BuffView product
SilverView product
SmokeView product
ClassicView product
ChateauView product

Room-scene photography is also available for several colorways: Chateau room scene, Smoke room scene, Classic room scene, Buff room scene, and a mixed White + Buff room scene.

Where it performs

Brickhouse is rated for both walls and floors, interior and exterior — a rare combination for a brick-format tile, and the detail that opens up the most design opportunities:

  • Feature walls and facades. Interior or exterior, the format and shade variation carry a masonry read across large planes without the weight or maintenance of real brick.
  • Flooring. Rated for interior and exterior floors, with a DCOF ≥ 0.42 (R10-IW) for slip resistance in both residential and commercial applications.
  • Adaptive-reuse projects. Where the design brief calls for the language of original brick — exposed-masonry lofts, converted industrial buildings, warehouse-to-retail conversions — Brickhouse gives that vocabulary without sourcing constraints or structural load concerns.

The one exception: barefoot and wet zones on wall applications, and shower floors, which fall outside Brickhouse’s rated use. For those areas, pair Brickhouse with a wall panel or wet-area collection from the Pera Tile line.

Technical specifications

PropertyRating
BodyGlazed porcelain, 9mm, pressed
OriginItaly
Field tile size2 3/8″ x 9 7/8″, matte
DCOF≥ 0.42 (R10-IW)
Water absorption≤ 0.5% (frost resistant)
PEI ratingClass V
Shade variationV4
Minimum grout joint1/8″
ApplicationInterior and exterior, residential and commercial (walls and floors)

Specifying Brickhouse

For architects and designers working on a project where masonry character needs to carry across both vertical and horizontal planes — a facade that continues onto an entry floor, or an interior feature wall that meets a patio — Brickhouse is built to do both from a single collection, in the same six colorways.

Contractors get a porcelain body’s consistency: predictable coverage per box, stable sizing for layout planning, and a glaze finish that holds up to exterior exposure without the sealing and maintenance schedule real brick requires.

Ready to spec Brickhouse for your next project? Browse the full collection or contact your Pera Tile rep to request samples and get technical documentation for your submittal package.