WF563 Outdoor Terracotta Brick Wall Tile: 2013 Archive Guide refreshes the old page titled Outdoor Terracotta Brick Wall Tiles from China Supplier. The archive listed a slim full-body brick family and associated it with outdoor use and a China-supplier phrase. Those descriptors help trace 2013 history, but they do not establish a current product, legal seller, manufacturing source or suitability for a live exterior wall.
Read the archived supplier and tile record
The listing recorded a 240 × 60 × 11 mm main tile, two corner notations, approximately 4% water absorption and several generic functions. It also carried usage, packing, 20-foot-container capacity, minimum order, sample timing and order lead-time fields. These details may help trace an old enquiry but do not define a present supplier or product offer.
| Archive reference | WF563 |
|---|---|
| Archived main format | 240 × 60 × 11 mm |
| Archived corner formats | (174 + 50) × 60 × 11 mm or (60 + 60) × 240 × 11 mm |
| Archived material wording | Full-body tile |
| Archived absorption field | About 4% |
| Title status | Outdoor and China-supplier wording are unverified 2013 context |
The page’s only original body image remains for recognition. It is not a current product sample, supplier or origin record, or evidence of outdoor-wall suitability.
Clarify the old China-supplier wording
“From China Supplier” appeared in the historic title, but it does not identify the present legal seller, manufacturer, factory or origin of a specific contemporary product. Ask who would supply WF563 or a proposed successor now, where that exact item is made and which entity issues its drawings, evidence and quotation.
Keep seller, manufacturer, product code and production source distinct when they differ. Any old company credentials, certifications, capacity or continuity statements need current documentation. A traceable response is more useful than treating a location phrase as an absolute identity or origin conclusion.
Verify outdoor-wall use for the project
“Outdoor” is broad application wording, not a current suitability conclusion. It does not define climate, exposure, wall design, substrate, regulatory pathway, maintenance context or evidence for the complete proposal. The archive image can support appearance research only.
State the project country, building use and wall conditions in the enquiry. Request current product documentation relevant to that scope, then let qualified professionals assess the exact brick and building-specific wall. Do not transfer the old outdoor label from WF563 to another product or assembly.
Use the old tile details cautiously
The main and corner formats may help trace the former family, but they do not confirm current dimensions, tolerances, edge shape, colour, compatibility or availability. Request dated drawings and labelled samples for the exact proposed field and corner pieces. “Full-body” and about 4% absorption are archive fields, not current material or performance declarations.
Qualified professionals must coordinate the actual substrate, movement, interfaces and wall proposal with current information. This archive provides no generic loads, spans, support spacing, anchors or installation instructions. If a successor tile differs from the old listing, update elevations, quantities, sample records and procurement documents consistently.
Apply a strict historical boundary
Archive boundary: WF563, outdoor, China-supplier and full-body wording, the main and corner dimensions, about 4% absorption, acid, heat, non-slip, wear and firebrick functions, applications, packing, 20-foot-container capacity, MOQ, sample timing and order lead time belong only to 2013.
Old heat or firebrick terms do not establish present fire performance. Request dated evidence that identifies the exact product, specimen, method, result, scope and market. Let qualified project reviewers decide which requirements and approvals apply, keeping product-level documents separate from assessment of the complete wall proposal.
Reconfirm current colours, surfaces, sizes, corner pieces, quantity, packaging, minimum order, production window, sample status, delivery and payment in a written quotation. Link every sample, drawing, report and commercial response to the same present product and source.
Explore current tile and project resources
Review LOPO’s current terracotta tile overview for present product discussions.
Browse terracotta projects for module and facade ideas.
Visit the architectural terracotta gallery to compare tile, brick and panel applications.
Use the LOPO contact page for current company and product information.
Project references can support visual research, but they do not prove current product identity, manufacturing source, exterior suitability or transferable approvals.
Request a current WF563 brick proposal
Share the project country, outdoor wall area, elevation extracts, desired colour and surface, field and corner requirements, approximate quantity and programme. Cite WF563 and the archived sizes while asking LOPO to identify the current seller, manufacturer, source and exact product explicitly.
Email roger@lopoterracotta.com or use the contact form. Request representative samples, dated drawings, applicable evidence, company details and a project-specific quotation.
Maintain a register of company role, production source, product code, samples, drawings, evidence and commercial status. Separate appearance approval from outdoor-use review. Confirm that all current documents and the physical material identify the same candidate.
Create a comparison sheet for legal seller, manufacturer, production source, main and corner formats, sample codes, evidence scope, packaging, minimum order and programme. Leave unanswered fields open rather than borrowing WF563 data.
If the product, source, application evidence or programme changes, update elevations, quantities, approvals and commercial comparisons together. Keep WF563 as a 2013 archive lead until a current written response replaces every relevant field.
Review several current pieces together so colour, texture and normal variation can be assessed at useful scale. Record the viewing light, date and adjacent materials. A photograph may support coordination, but labelled physical samples should control appearance.
Ask which documents concern the brick itself and which address the wider wall proposal. This distinction prevents a company credential, generic function table or unrelated project reference from being presented as evidence for the exact contemporary product.