Shortage of bricks

[Ludwig]

I read in a building magazine that there is a shortage of bricks and builders are having to wait weeks to get their hands on some bricks. This leads the question what is the alternative if there is not enough clay anymore to make bricks to build houses. Stone, concrete, timber and blocks could all be in short supply is there was a surge in damand so what is the answer.

 

[Drago]

Straw? Prefab metal? Prefab plastic? Control immigration properly?

 

[TissoT]

Reason is the main brick manufactures (big boys) closed there plants down 7 years ago
There are some small manufactures around .. they could nt supply on a big scale ..

 

[Archie_tect]

The shortage is slowly reducing... just need to wait a few weeks.

Before the construction recession bricks were anything from £140/1000 but now brick factors can charge £400/1000 and bricklaying gangs can charge what they like.... that won't last forever.

 

[snorri]

Don't panic!

 

[coffeejo]

Control immigration properly?

Ah yes, those pesky foreigners, coming over here and... stealing our bricks?

 

[User6179]

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The shortage is slowly reducing... just need to wait a few weeks.

Before the construction recession bricks were anything from £140/1000 but now brick factors can charge £400/1000 and bricklaying gangs can charge what they like.... that won't last forever.

Boom and Bust all over again , Haulage must cost about the same as the bricks now.
Bricklayers were making more in 2000 than 2010 so if they are making fortunes now then good for them , the hardest workers on any building site IMO.

 

[JoeyB]

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Boom and Bust all over again , Haulage must cost about the same as the bricks now.
Bricklayers were making more in 2000 than 2010 so if they are making fortunes now then good for them , the hardest workers on any building site IMO.

Their labourers work harder in my experience!

 

[Archie_tect]

When a building site is held to ransom, it's hard to stay impartial.

 

[User6179]

Their labourers work harder in my experience!

A brickie once said to his labourer you may well have shovelled 2 ton of mortar into a wheelbarrow and dumped it on a mortar board today but I have picked it up with a small trowel and put it on a wall

 

[User6179]

When a building site is held to ransom, it's hard to stay impartial.

Well they could take workers on the books and pay holiday pay etc

 

[threebikesmcginty]

In the 80s some brick manufacturers were on up to 6 months delivery, even crap stuff like LBC.

 

[Accy cyclist]

The surge in demand has led to the re-opening of Accrington Nori.http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.u..._Accrington_brickworks_set_to_reopen/?ref=mac

 

[gavgav]

The Site Manager on the development, where I have purchased, mentioned this in our meeting last week, as a possible factor that could delay the build. Hoping that isn't the case!!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I don't give a daffodil. I've got my house and I don't want anyone building near me. The fewer bricks there are the better.

That's nice, I hear they're building a new sewage works next door to you, you probably won't notice though.