Bricks
At County we stock a wide selection of bricks, from all the major manufacturers. If we don't have what you want in stock we can get it.
Stock Bricks
- Traditional type of brick with a slightly irregular shape.
- Made by using a mechanised moulding process known as soft mud moulding.
- A wide range of colours are available.
- In price, as well as style, stock bricks fall between the wirecuts and the handmades.
- Currently one of the most popular with self-builders.
Extruded or wirecut bricks
- Suitable for almost every type of application.
- Available in a wide range of colours and textures.
- Made by extrusion of a continuous column of clay which, as the name implies, is cut by the wire.
- Surface textures can be applied by additions of sand or texturing the face e.g. rusticated or dragfaced.
- Highly automated production process makes wirecuts relatively inexpensive compared to some other types of brick.
London bricks or Flettons
- London bricks are only manufactured by Hanson.
- Made from deposits of Oxford clay, require little fuel to fire them and so are one of the most economically priced bricks.
- Available in a wide range of colours and textures. § Popular for matching existing brickwork.
Engineering bricks
- Used for their performance characteristics rather than their appearance
- Most suited for ground works, manholes and sewers, retaining walls and other situations where strength and resistance to frost attack and water are the most important factor.
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Tue, May 27, 2008 7:29
