Reclaimed bricks offer designers and clients a touch of history and uniqueness.
Our brick slip range here at brickslips.co.uk is something that we are inherently proud of. We boast a product portfolio that has undergone rigorous development, research and testing along with extensive market research. All this effort is to ensure that our clients can be confident that the products that they order always make the cut.
This effort and meticulous strife for perfection is magnified even further when we are introducing reclaimed bricks within our brick slip product range.
Brickslips.co.uk always looking to reclaim bricks
Our purchasing team here are passionate about bricks and no product wets their appetite for dusting off the cheque book more than reclaimed bricks.
For us to be able to offer a consistent and trusted product the reclaimed bricks we purchase have to be of outstanding quality and large enough volume.
This is for a number of reasons, one being that their age and history may have compromised the brick making them unable to be cut into brick slips. The size and structure of the reclaim bricks also have to be able to withstand the forces exerted during our manufacture process.
Red brick and engineering brick
Red brick and engineering brick are the most common brick types that fall within our reclaimed brick slip category, their robust build quality and widespread use across the UK throughout the 20th century have meant that when purchased in sufficient quantity they provide our customers with a good solid reclaimed brick slip.
One of our most popular reclaimed brick slip has been the Olde Victorian Red Blend
Olde Victorian reclaimed bricks and The Grand St Leger
Our Olde Victorian Red Blend Brick slips have been one of the most desired brick slip which we have produced. These brick slips were cut from reclaimed bricks that came from the historic Doncaster Blood Stock following its demolition.
The original stables had been home to the World’s most elite and well known race horses and were a part of the Doncaster Race course complex. With over a million bricks having been reclaimed from this historic site we were very fortunate to be able to obtain the entire parcel of bricks.
Once we salvaged the reclaimed bricks a new Blood stock was built within the grounds Doncaster Grand St Ledger Race Course. You can see the Olde Victorian Red blend brick slips featured in this exemplary case study of the Linkedin office
Environmental advantage to using Reclaimed Brick slips
We all live in world where environmental impact and carbon footprints are taken very seriously and it is in every human beings best interest to try and do their bit. Manufacturing brick slips does make a mark, but by using reclaimed bricks where we can helps to combat this, giving us the perfect opportunity to reduce our carbon emissions.
Conclusion
The fact brickslips.co.uk can take a used and derelict material and give it a new lease of life is empowering.
Character, colour and age that are manufactured by history itself, reclaimed brick offers our brick slip range a deep authenticity, alongside environmental benefits and superior aesthetics.
When you look to choose a product for your feature wall then take a moment to think about what story you want the brick to tell.
If you want your feature wall to read as a best seller then choosing a reclaimed brick slip will give you an age old classic.
