Shortage of bricks

[ayceejay]

Houses are made with a wooden structure here and sometimes bricks as a facade although the facade is more often vinyl. It seems like they only take a couple of weeks to build (the concrete footing takes longer to cure) and, a fireman told me, 4 minutes to burn down.

 

[Archie_tect]

The shortage is a supply and demand issue,brick making had a down time when the building industry was struggling,kilns shut down people laid off hours reduced etc,
Now more traditional new builds springing up and the brick kilns are in full operation again,they just can't keep up and have very little back stock,it's been the case for over a year
Alternatives are! Our main part of the house is made of chalk,Cobb ,dig a well extract the chalk ,shutter and press it in ,damp course is flints,dry line inside and lime render outside over chicken wire,been standing for years now

Wattle and daub.... can't beat mixing cow manure and straw by hand. That's why Conservation Officers love the stuff.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Turning a kiln back on isn't like turning an oven on, it takes a million years to get up to speed. Another reason is that as soon as a shortage gets mentioned all the big builders start over ordering and make it worse, putting deliveries out on stuff they don't actually need.

 

[MacB]

Turning a kiln back on isn't like turning an oven on, it takes a million years to get up to speed. Another reason is that as soon as a shortage gets mentioned all the big builders start over ordering and make it worse, putting deliveries out on stuff they don't actually need.

A million year lead time, that's quite something

 

[TissoT]

Turning a kiln back on isn't like turning an oven on, it takes a million years to get up to speed. Another reason is that as soon as a shortage gets mentioned all the big builders start over ordering and make it worse, putting deliveries out on stuff they don't actually need.

"A million years to get up to speed" Then I think we should start building houses out of Ginger Bread ....

 

[TissoT]

[QUOTE 3335062, member: 259"]Don't go giving Ikea any ideas![/QUOTE]
Ikea all ready sell a kit house (timber Frame) ... not sure though it could be ginger Bread !

 

[Fnaar]

Ikea all ready sell a kit house (timber Frame) ... not sure though it could be ginger Bread !

Is it called something suitably Scandinavian, like Hyyssooer? or Billy?

 

[MacB]

or Billy?

don't diss those bookcases they've been fantastic

 

[threebikesmcginty]

don't diss those bookcases they've been fantastic

I've put up loads of Billy's, I reckon I could win an Olympic gold if they had a flat pack Billy assembly event.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

[QUOTE 3335103, member: 259"]I wouldn't get too cocky, the corner ones are notoriously tricky. [/QUOTE]

Nothing those twisted swedish bastards have come up with yet has beaten me. Sometimes I've had to use extra swearing and I've even had to read the instructions on a couple of occasions.

 

[ColinJ]

Wattle and daub.... can't beat mixing cow manure and straw by hand. That's why Conservation Officers love the stuff.

I watched part 2 of the Ray Mears series about the Wild West last night and he was talking about the 'sod houses' that the settlers built out on the prairies. I had never thought about the lack of wood or other building materials out there.

 

[MacB]

Nothing those twisted swedish bastards have come up with yet has beaten me. Sometimes I've had to use extra swearing and I've even had to read the instructions on a couple of occasions.

do you give yourself the full million years or is this a bit faster?

 

[Tin Pot]

On my travels I met a family living in a house made out of goat poo.

It's always put things in middle class England into perspective for me.

 

[ColinJ]

On my travels I met a family living in a house made out of goat poo.

House made of goat poo ... luxury! When I were a lad, ... (etc.)

 

[MacB]

Now all you need to do is to get a few books

nice deep shelves, accommodate those pop up story books quite nicely