Calling all brickies, builders or brick lovers - whats this?

[andyfromotley]

Hi Guys


any ideas what this type of brick is called? i need some on the hurry up and cant find it on the internet, its concrete with a 'stone effect' face, oh and its a kind of soft grey colour. (classy i know)

Thanks andy

 

[atbman]

Take photo to builders' merchants
Show to BMs
They will tell you

If not, take to another BM
Repeat until info found

Buy from BM who can tell you

 

[andyfromotley]

Take photo to builders' merchants
Show to BMs
They will tell you

If not, take to another BM
Repeat until info found

Buy from BM who can tell you

thanks it may well come to that but i'm at work all week and untill the planner 'suggested' today that the extension really should be matching i didnt realise i would need any. (The plans clearly showed it was to be rendered!!!)

 

[MontyVeda]

you could always take some from the back of the house where nobody will notice

 

[dellzeqq]

Andy - e-mail me on simon_legg at yahoo.co.uk

I keep on trying to post something on this thread, but it's not working

Simon

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I'd start all over again. With new bricks

 

[Aperitif]

Nip down to Coronation St and pinch some from Jack Duckworth's front elevation?

 

[steve52]

it looks like clading to me

 

[Smokin Joe]

it looks like clading to me

+1

 

[Over The Hill]

If it is a fairly recent build (which I guess it is) the name of the materials will probably be in the building regs or planning docs for the house.
I matched some bricks up and got exact matches.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Which one? .............there's hundreds of them.........................IGMC

 

[sheddy]

Not a brick, not uniform size - as said before, it can only be (sad) cladding

 

[aberal]

Who makes it will depend on which part of the country you are in. They tend to be manufactured to approximate to the local stone from ye olde dayes, so you will be looking for a relatively local company. A nationwide company who offer something similar is Forticrete which might give you some idea of the type of block. What it most definitely is not...is brick. That's a different material altogether. As has already been said - your best bet is to take the photo to a builders merchant OR find out who built your house, and ask them.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

it looks like clading to me

It looks like cladding to me too.

 

[aberal]

It looks like cladding to me too.

It isn't.