Decorative brick facade module for walls

Abstract

Described herein is a decorative fa ade module for mounting on a wall. The module comprises a wall engaging face and an opposite decorative face. The wall engaging face includes wall-mounting elements. The decorative brick face includes decorative bricks separated by delimiting elements such as grooves. A decorative brick wall covering can be made of such fa ade modules by adjoining a number of modules in a jigsaw-type arrangement on a wall structure. The grooves can be filled or coated with material.

1 . A decorative fa ade module for mounting on a wall structure, said module comprising: 
 a wall engaging face; and    a decorative face opposite said wall engaging face, said decorative face including decorative bricks separated by delimiting elements;    wherein said fa ade module is adapted to be mounted to a structure for providing a decorative covering thereon.    
   
   
       2 . A decorative fa ade module according to  claim 1 , wherein said fa ade module further comprises well-mounting elements for fixing said fa ade module on the wall structure.  
   
   
       3 . A decorative fa ade module according to  claim 2 , wherein said wall-mounting elements comprise apertures formed through said modules for receiving fasteners therethrough.  
   
   
       4 . A decorative fa ade module according to  claim 1 , wherein said delimiting elements comprise grooves.  
   
   
       5 . A decorative fa ade module according to  claim 4 , wherein said grooves are configured to receive cemententious material therein.  
   
   
       6 . A decorative fa ade module according to  claim 1 , wherein said module further comprises a number of peripheral sides adapted to mate with corresponding sides of a similar fa ade module disposed adjacent to said fa ade module.  
   
   
       7 . A decorative fa ade module according to  claim 6 , wherein said fa ade module is in the form of a panel, said sides being jagged for jigsaw-type assembly on the wall structure of a plurality of said facade modules.  
   
   
       8 . A decorative brick wall covering comprising decorative fa ade modules, said modules being mountable side by side on a wall, each said module comprising; 
 a wall engaging face;    a decorative face opposite said wall engaging face, said decorative face including decorative bricks separated by delimiting elements; and    peripheral sides adapted to mate with corresponding sides of a similar fa ade module disposed adjacent to said fa ade module;    wherein when said fa ade module and said similar fa ade module are mounted side-by-side on the wall structure, thereby forming a contiguous decorative brick wall.    
   
   
       9 . A decorative brick wall covering according to  claim 8 , wherein said fa ade module further comprises wall-mounting elements for fixing said fa ade module on the wall structure.  
   
   
       10 . A decorative brick wall covering according to  claim 9 , wherein said wall-mounting elements are apertures formed through said module for receiving fasteners therethrough.  
   
   
       11 . A decorative brick wall covering according to  claim 8 , wherein said delimiting elements comprise grooves.  
   
   
       12 . A decorative fa ade module according to  claim 12 , wherein said grooves are configured to receive cemententious material therein.  
   
   
       13 . A decorative fa ade module according to  claim 8 , wherein said sides are jagged for jigsaw type assembly of said fa ade modules on the wall structure.  
   
   
       14 . A method of making a decorative brick wall, said method comprising; 
 (a) providing decorative brick wall modules, each said module comprising a wall engaging face, a decorative face opposite said wall engaging face, said decorative face including decorative bricks separated by delimiting elements, and sides adapted to mate with corresponding sides of an adjacent like module; and    (b) mounting said modules side-by-side on a wall so that corresponding sides of adjacent modules abut.    
   
   
       15 . A method according to  claim 14 , wherein after step (b) there is a further step (c) of coating said delimiting elements with material; and  
   
   
       16 . A method according to  claim 15 , wherein in step (c) the abutting sides are coated with material.  
   
   
       17 . A method according to  claim 15 , wherein said material comprises cemententious material.  
   
   
       18 . A method according to claims  14 ,  1 , wherein there is a further step of removing any module edges that do not fit on the wall.  
   
   
       19 . A method of making a decorative brick wall module, said method comprising: 
 (a) providing a panel having a decorative bricks thereon separated by grooves;    (b) cutting said panel so as to form modules having jagged sides adapted to mate with corresponding sides of adjacent like modules.