Hello all -
I am doing some work on a house I just bought which was built in the
Any hints on brick reclamation shops, antique brick storehouses I might check? I did find one place on line,
Thanks in advance for any advice you could provide.
If the bricks in question were commonly used in your area you might be able to obtain them from a local architectural salvage business. My 1964 home was built with used oddly-proportioned bricks which seem to have come from post-war (Civil war that is) warehouse buildings. I needed some to replace spalled bricks in a large retaining wall and found reasonable numbers of them pre-cleaned and not too outrageously priced at a local salvage business. I wouldn't want to pay that sort of price for bricks to build a new house but for repairs it wasn't too painful.
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Thank you very much - I have had some luck with out of state salvage firms, now it's a question of whether the combination of price and shipping cost make this a worthwhile exercise.
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