Why Reclaimed Bricks?

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Why Reclaimed Bricks?
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• We are all beginning to realise that we need to
  tread a little more lightly on the Earth. We are
  all learning the importance of recycling, reusing
  and repurposing things rather than throwing them
  away. When we do this we not only reduce the
  amount of waste that goes to landfill, we are
  saving the energy, resources and pollution that
  would be involved in making new things.

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• That is why so many of us recycle our glass, our
  metal cans, our waste paper and our plastic. It
  is all part of reducing the footprint we leave
  behind. So can we bring this tread lightly
  philosophy to our construction projects. After
  all, the processes involved in making bricks are
  very energy intensive, as is the process of
  quarrying natural stone.

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• Are there ways in which we can reduce the impact
  our building work has on the environment without
  compromising on quality?
• We are pleased to say that the answer is yes
  at least up to a point. Obviously there will
  always be a need for new bricks and newly
  quarried stone.

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• That has been the case for as long as people have
  been building things and will remain the case for
  as people need to build things. But people have
  always reused materials too.
• By way of example travel to the border land
  between Scotland and England and take a look at
  Hadrians Wall.

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• What remains is only a fraction of the structure
  that the Roman legions constructed. What
  happened to the stone blocks that are no longer a
  part of the wall? Take a look at some of the
  older local buildings the stone that built a
  lot of boarder farmhouses used to be part of the
  wall.

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• Truly there are very few new ideas and recycling
  building materials is certainly not one of them.
  People have using old buildings to make new
  buildings for millennia.
• So the answer to the question why reclaimed
  bricks? must surely be why not? There is no
  reason not to re-use limestone paving, for
  example.

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• If you lift the slabs carefully to avoid breaking
  them it is a simple matter to build a new patio
  out of an old one. That is one of the selling
  points of limestone slabs the rock they are
  made of is already billions of years old, so you
  can expected them to have an effectively infinite
  useful lifespan.

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• The same logic applies to bricks. Reclaimed
  engineering bricks in particular are ideal for
  salvage and re-use because they are so robust.

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• Some effort is required to remove the mortar that
  will most likely be clinging to them, and some
  judgement is needed to ensure that bricks that
  are reclaimed are sound and undamaged, but that
  is work you do not need to worry about when you
  buy reclaimed engineering bricks from us.

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• Because the do require some processing and
  cleaning up reclaimed engineering bricks are not
  free. But they are less expensive than new
  engineering bricks which means that they can
  dramatically reduce the cost of your construction
  project.

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• And of course every time you re-use a brick you
  are saving an awful lot of water and energy that
  does not need to be used to create a new brick,
  which can significantly reduce the environmental
  impact of your build.

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• So when you plan your next project why not think
  about whether you can use reclaimed materials for
  some or all of your build? Not only could you
  save some money you might just be playing a part
  in saving the world!

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