Unusual bricks

Green_hopeful

We are looking for a few bricks to repair a hole from where we have removed a pipe. House is 1930s in Peterborough by a local builder, Bernard Stokeley.The bricks are 2 inches by 9 inches. I have tried looking for 2 inch bricks but I cant find anything similar. Any ideas on what these are called or where i can find some. Many thanks.

daveyjp

Search out your local builders merchant that has a  'brick library'.  A good brick librarian will know the exact brick just from that photo.

stuart45

Have a look on Brickhunter UK.

Keep_pedalling

Try your local reclamation yards. 

FreeBear

Keep_pedalling said: Try your local reclamation yards. 

There are a couple in the Peterborough area - Oundle & Wisbech are coming up..

Take a sample with you and don't worry too much about finding an exact size match. As long as they are 9" long.. Anything that is 2 1/4 or 2 1/2 inch thick can be cut down to 2" with an angle grinder. If the reclamation yards can't help then https://www.imperialbricks.co.uk/ or https://www.jmedler.co.uk/ - I've used the latter when I needed a small quantity of soft red imperials. Had to go through half a pallet to pick out ones that were the right colour and without damage (I was being very picky). Also needed to shave 10-12mm off the back (diamond blade on a table saw).

Belenus

If you can't get a decent match, can you remove a few matching bricks from a less conspicuous place and use them, replacing them with a poor match.

That will clearly add extra time and effort but might be worth doing.

Green_hopeful

Thanks all. I will try those. We don’t really have any inconspicuous places because our patio goes right round the house but they must exist because the previous owners filled in a large window in 1996 with the matching bricks. 

stuart45

Is it a cavity or solid wall?

Green_hopeful

It’s cavity. Unusually given the date it was built. We have the builders brochure and our house features in it. 

MikeJXE

Green_hopeful said:

It’s cavity. Unusually given the date it was built. We have the builders brochure and our house features in it. 

There is your answer ask the builder and he may have some 

Keep_pedalling

MikeJXE said:

Green_hopeful said:

It’s cavity. Unusually given the date it was built. We have the builders brochure and our house features in it. 

There is your answer ask the builder and he may have some 

I think they are long dead by now 💀