Shropshire Building Supplies are able to source high quality handmade and machine made bricks for your building, extension or architectural project.
We sell to retail customers, as well as builders and architects. So if you’re a housebuilder, property developer or building an extension, we have a solution to meet your requirements.
Reclaimed bricks that have matured acquire a character over many years. No two bricks are the same, so they’ll give a feeling of individuality and warmth to your home. The colours, textures and shapes offer unlimited possibilities for your designs and ideas. Also the colours of reclaimed bricks vary from region to region around the UK.
Brick buildings were first constructed in England during Roman times – but they became popular during the 17th century, when the dwellings of the middle classes were being built from brick. Early brickmakers thought that redness was associated with good bricks, however the colour comes from iron in the clay, which oxidises during firing. This familiar colour gives brick built buildings much of their charm and character, but poses problems if you’re looking to extend or build adjacent to a pre-existing brick building, or even if you’re conducting renovation work. The use of new bricks in these circumstances is not in keeping with the original building and can look very unsightly if poorly matched.
Shropshire Building Supplies can offer a brick match service whereby we will endeavour to find you bricks that are as close as possible to those of the original building. If you have a smaple brick or would like one of our experienced staff to call at your site please do contact your nearest branch and we will take up the challenge of matching your bricks for you.
One of the beauties of using reclaimed bricks is that it helps preserve heritage as new building work can remain in character with its environment. However, this raises the broader question of sustainability and limiting its environmental impact, such as haulage – the process of recycling bricks incurs a smaller carbon footprint than using new bricks with their associated production and firing processes.
