Brick sizes: Approved Plans said "Proposed wall to be faced with brick to match existing" Existing bricks are hundred year old imperial sizes, Can I use modern metric bricks of a similar colour and texture? There will be a half a brick step between new and old walls
Or might the planning department make me pull the wall down and rebuild?
the new wall wont be visible from street, but will be visible by 7 neighbours from their carpark and houses.
I emailed the planners; [ in my kitchen extension 211682/FH - Can I use modern metric bricks of a similar colour? Do I have to show you samples first? ]
They replied: [ Condition 2 states that the development must be undertaken in accordance with the plans as approved and the materials indicated thereon. You do not need to submit any details. ]
I feel that means they wouldnt be pleased if metric but wouldnt make me demolish it, but i dont know, i have no experience of planners
Recycled Imperial bricks seem to be twice the price of new metric ones
I see a lot of non material amendments that do say that they have changed due to unavailability of whatever it happens to be, and I guess you can only do the best you can. It seems that they put in another planning application for this sort of thing, at least around here. You would think might make fake old fashioned brick facieas for new builds. Brian
Reclaimed bricks are twice the price of new ones. approx £6000 to £3000
The extension is at the back of my house, and stepped back from the existing mixture of old bricks, so I dont think it matters that much, I'd rather spend the money on triple glazing etc
My guess is that it's less a matter of demand and more to do with the relative costs of producing usable bricks.
Making them from scratch in large volulmes in a brickworks is bound to cost less per brick than dismantling the old structure, transporting the retrieved bricks to the reckamation yard, and then cleaning them up to make them re-usable.
There's a thing called "slips", which are basically tiles that look like bricks. If the objective is to make something cosmetically compliant, then that's possibly an easier solution than sourcing whole structural bricks the correct size and colour.
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