There are many bricks which can be used to face your new home, you will no doubt have a vision of what you want your home to look like, all you have to do is look at the many different brick samples that you will find at the builders merchant. There are not only many different colours, there are several different finishes as well. Reclaimed bricks in Stockport are a fabulous choice when you want to duplicate the old world charm that usually comes from reclaimed bricks from older buildings.
You will need to really search for the ideal facing brick because it sets the entire exterior theme of your home, and it will be there until the building is finally torn down, hopefully many years in the future. The facing bricks have different patterns, colours, and even sizes. With all these options chances are excellent that you will get the effect you want.
Bricks are used in the construction of the building, they are often used where structural support is not needed. When the structure is being built, columns are raised, floors are cast and cross beams are installed. These elements constitute the load bearing components of the building. In the openings between these elements, bricks are normally laid. These bricks however are not facing bricks, they are eventually covered on the inside by plaster and on the outside by the facing bricks, and it is here where reclaimed bricks in Stockport are often found.
Architects often want a newly constructed building to take on a worn and weathered appearance, this is often the case with high street boutiques who favour salvaged floors and cabinets for their interiors and reclaimed brick for the exterior. Some towns and cities that have tasteful heritage “centres” actually demand that any new construction appear as if it was as old as the historic buildings. These reclaimed bricks come from old buildings which were dismantled prior to razing to the ground. The uniqueness of reclaimed bricks in Stockport is what gives them their charm; chipped corners, worn edges and perhaps layers of faded and peeling paint give an antique appearance to the building that they are reused on.
Reclaimed bricks were often handmade and the sizes are not to any standard, this allows the architect additional leeway with his exterior veneer. Alternate course of different size bricks add a certain charm that even the historic building that they came from did not possess.
Facing bricks are rarely used as a component of the structural integrity of the building, they are strictly used to give visual appeal and a unique personality to the building. Many supply yards and builders merchants have a supply of reclaimed bricks.
