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Identifying a modern brick

Hi,
a few years ago an extension was built. Builder left a pallet with a few layers of unused bricks.

im planning some garden walling and wanted to match to house brickwork.

is there any way of identifying a modern brick? These are red and solid with no holes. There is no writing on them. They feel heavy for normal bricks.

advice welcome. 

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  • grumbler
    grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
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    If you don't know, then it's not something exotic. Take a brick to local building suppliers.
  • stuart45
    stuart45 Posts: 5,181 Forumite
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    Could be an engineering brick.
  • vw100
    vw100 Posts: 306 Forumite
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    if the bricks are all even and square edges, it would be a modern brick.
  • Hasbeen
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    tired_dad said:
    Hi,
    a few years ago an extension was built. Builder left a pallet with a few layers of unused bricks.

    im planning some garden walling and wanted to match to house brickwork.

    is there any way of identifying a modern brick? These are red and solid with no holes. There is no writing on them. They feel heavy for normal bricks.

    advice welcome. 
    A picture might help?
    The world is not ruined by the wickedness of the wicked, but by the weakness of the good. Napoleon
  • daveyjp
    daveyjp Posts: 14,099 Forumite
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    Online brick library here.
    https://brickhunter.com/bricks
  • EssexExile
    EssexExile Posts: 6,589 Forumite
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    Good builders' merchants have brick libraries.
    Tall, dark & handsome. Well two out of three ain't bad.
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