Brick Matching
- Thread starter mdj1
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hi mark i tried to brick match in the past with the websites like hanson, butterley bricks etc you just go online and look through their catalogue or google builders merchants, check their ads and visit them with a sample or photo and ask to speak to the man that orders bricks, ive found the guys really helpful. in the west midlands near walsall Darleston builders merchants have two walls of samples, about 6 or 7 hundred bricks.your brick is a rough faced one,
oh buy the way hansons and the others send samples out to you FOC.,a panel of 8 bricks on a card about half an inch thick. really good service
good luck with it. i couldnt get a match for mine cos the house is 1950s and the bricks came from a local colliery and well there all gone now
oh buy the way hansons and the others send samples out to you FOC.,a panel of 8 bricks on a card about half an inch thick. really good service
good luck with it. i couldnt get a match for mine cos the house is 1950s and the bricks came from a local colliery and well there all gone now
Difficult to tell from a small photo, but they have the same texture and colour as the old Kempston Hardwick L.B.C. common called Windsor, from the Regency Series. If they are not, would say they would be your nearest match. Visit a couple decent brick libraries.
old un.
old un.
Look to me like a possible LBC as Oldun says Brecken Grey perhaps ? You may struggle to get a perfect match but as said before there are professionals that make a living matching bricks and the service is normally free
http://www.bricksaver.co.uk/lbcwindsor.aspx
http://www.huwsgray.co.uk/bricks/bricklibrary/viewbrick/BR210130/Hanson-Lbc-Brecken-Grey-Brick-65mm
Dont think they are a perfect match though
http://www.huwsgray.co.uk/bricks/bricklibrary/viewbrick/BR210130/Hanson-Lbc-Brecken-Grey-Brick-65mm
Dont think they are a perfect match though
mdj1,
The LBC Brecken Greys look quite close to me. You have to remember with bricks that different batches of the same type can often look slightly different. Bricks can also change slightly in appearance as they mature in the wall.
The LBC Brecken Greys look quite close to me. You have to remember with bricks that different batches of the same type can often look slightly different. Bricks can also change slightly in appearance as they mature in the wall.
Mark, looks like Mikric has turned up the right site for you.
Kempston Hardwick was the name of the yard they came out of. In the Regency series there were four. Brecken Grey, Iron Stone, Milton Buff and Windsor.
Hansons took over LBC in 1984 and they are now part of the |Hanson brick group. All four had the same fleck running diagonally across the face.
Two reasons why I say Windsor. The Brecken never used to be nowhere near as grey as shown in the sample picture, it was more fawn, could be confused with a Milton, although I will confess that the Windsor is a lot more redder in the picture than I remember. The Windsor used to be more the colour of a Georgian. It is the chipped brick, that makes me think Windsor. It just stinks Windsor to me.
old un.
Kempston Hardwick was the name of the yard they came out of. In the Regency series there were four. Brecken Grey, Iron Stone, Milton Buff and Windsor.
Hansons took over LBC in 1984 and they are now part of the |Hanson brick group. All four had the same fleck running diagonally across the face.
Two reasons why I say Windsor. The Brecken never used to be nowhere near as grey as shown in the sample picture, it was more fawn, could be confused with a Milton, although I will confess that the Windsor is a lot more redder in the picture than I remember. The Windsor used to be more the colour of a Georgian. It is the chipped brick, that makes me think Windsor. It just stinks Windsor to me.
old un.
Yeh that chip screamed typical LBC to me and the make up of the brick inside. 
Horrible things I dont miss working with them in the slightest and I hear they are quite pricey at the moment 
Horrible things I dont miss working with them in the slightest and I hear they are quite pricey at the moment I quite liked using them on site, as they were easy to cut.
Not if you were paying for them and 50% of them were chipped etc, never had to buy commons though as always had loads of reject LBCs at the end of a job 
Thanks guys.
I've uploaded a couple more photos to give a better look.
I did email hansons but it bounced back
Recipient: [SMTP:[email protected]]
Reason: Remote SMTP Server Returned: 550 No such user - psmtp
I may have had a little result, the next door neighbour is knocking down his wall of the exact same brick, I just dont know if hes going to do it in time!
I've uploaded a couple more photos to give a better look.
I did email hansons but it bounced back
Recipient: [SMTP:[email protected]]
Reason: Remote SMTP Server Returned: 550 No such user - psmtp
I may have had a little result, the next door neighbour is knocking down his wall of the exact same brick, I just dont know if hes going to do it in time!
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