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McNear Brick & Block

MANUFACTURER OVERVIEW

McNear Brick & Block is a family-legacy clay brick and concrete masonry manufacturer headquartered on the shore of San Pablo Bay in San Rafael, California. Established in 1868, McNear has evolved from hand-produced brick moved by rail and sailing vessels into a current manufacturing operation serving architectural, landscape, restoration, commercial, civic, institutional, and residential projects. The company manufactures clay thin brick, face brick, and paving brick; the BrickFast™ Type McN thin brick panel system; concrete interlocking pavers; VERSA-LOK® segmental retaining wall systems; and EuroStone landscape blocks. McNear ships brick products nationally and supports regional Northern California projects with concrete pavers, retaining wall systems, and related landscape masonry products.

PRIMARY PRODUCT LINES

• Thin Brick — veneer-format clay brick for interior and exterior walls, floors, ceilings, site walls, steps, and paving applications
• Face Brick — full-depth clay brick in coordinated colors, textures, sizes, shapes, caps, copings, and treads
• Paving Brick — thin and full-depth clay pavers for mortared and sand-set landscape installations
• BrickFast™ Type McN — galvanized steel panel system with mechanically engaged thin brick
• Concrete Interlocking Pavers — modular paving systems in stone, cobblestone, weathered, traditional, thin-veneer, and permeable configurations
• VERSA-LOK® Retaining Walls — mortarless pinned segmental retaining wall systems for gravity and reinforced wall construction
• EuroStone Landscape Blocks — modular aged concrete units for seating walls, steps, planters, columns, and fire pits

CLAY BRICK PROGRAM

• Sandmold Series — soft, hand-crafted, antique character in an extensive range of color blends
• Old California Series — distressed and reclaimed-brick appearance for historic, restoration, and aged-material applications
• Town Series — varied textures and colors for residential, retail, civic, institutional, and public-building applications
• Commercial Series — clean-edged wire-cut, die-skin, and rug-textured brick in coordinated colors
• Standard, Modular, Norman, Utility, King, and Centurion formats
• Flats, corners, edge caps, header flats, corner caps, bullnose units, copings, caps, and treads
• Custom color blends, shapes, sizes, and historic brick matching available for project-specific requirements

CONCRETE PAVER PROGRAM

• Slatestone and Slatestone Backside textures
• Cobblestone and Cobblestone Backside textures
• Belgian Cobble and Old County Cobblestone styles
• Special-order permeable pavers for runoff reduction and groundwater recharge applications
• Bullnose finishing units for stairs, pool edges, and related transitions
• One-inch pavers for installation over suitable existing surfaces
• Circle kits, edging units, multiple laying patterns, coordinated shapes, and blended color options

RETAINING WALL AND LANDSCAPE BLOCK PROGRAM

• VERSA-LOK® Standard retaining wall units
• VERSA-LOK® Square Foot systems for larger-scale wall construction
• Handy-Scape® units for lower-height landscape wall applications
• VERSA-Green® plantable retaining wall units
• VERSA-LOK® Mosaic systems combining multiple unit sizes for varied wall patterns
• Caps, corners, pins, structural adhesive, geogrid reinforcement, and installation accessories
• EuroStone modular blocks for seating walls, garden planters, steps, stairs, columns, and fire pits

TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND MATERIAL INFORMATION

• Clay brick products meet ASTM C216 Grade SW requirements
• Thin brick products meet ASTM C1088 Grade Exterior requirements
• Concrete interlocking pavers meet ASTM C936 with a minimum average compressive strength of 8,000 PSI
• VERSA-LOK® segmental retaining wall units meet ASTM C1372
• BrickFast™ panels conform to ASTM A653, with system performance evaluated under ASTM E330
• McNear clay brick products contain 30–100% post-consumer recycled content
• Clay brick products are suitable for freeze/thaw climate applications when selected and installed in accordance with current technical requirements

PROJECT SUPPORT AND APPLICATIONS

• Technical and installation information
• Product brochures and current specification resources
• Product samples
• Custom brick development and historic brick matching
• Installer and project-resource referrals
• Applications including walls, veneers, paving, walkways, plazas, patios, streetscapes, steps, pool surrounds, planters, seating walls, fire pits, columns, and retaining walls

MANUFACTURER NOTE

Manufacturer information, product lines, colors, textures, sizes, shapes, recycled-content percentages, technical standards, performance values, regional availability, shipping coverage, accessories, and installation requirements can change. Always review McNear Brick & Block’s website and current product documentation directly to confirm details before specifying, purchasing, or installing products.