Special bricks are something that might be uncommon to some and more familiar to others. They are, essentially, a specific category of bricks that help improve the functionality and visual appeal of certain aspects of brickwork.
Here at Cawarden Brick & Tile Company Limited, we have a great selection of reclaimed special bricks that can help improve your building project. We use our experience with them to help you understand why you should use them in our latest blog post below.
Form
The visual allure of special bricks are a huge part of the reason they are used in construction projects. There are many different categories of this, such as a curved (bull-nosed) edge to soften the intersects of a home, or intricate patterns to be used as a centrepiece.
Special bricks are commonly found in window surrounds to help accommodate their shape or draw attention to their form. You might also find a particularly special brick above a doorway as a real point of attention.
Function
We touched on this slightly with their application around windows, but special bricks also often pose a truly functional benefit that can be made the most of in construction. For one, their shape can often lend to better durability and protection in certain areas.
Reducing waste on site is something that many contractors are beginning to consider more and more, and special bricks help to achieve this by reducing the amount of hard cutting required on-site. Buildings can be designed with pre-fabricated special bricks in mind that make it much easier to build to specific requirements. What’s more, the initial, increased cost of special bricks is quickly offset by not having the need to have a hard cutting specialist on site at all times.
Great for Many Circumstances
Whether you have experience with them or not, the value of special bricks is undeniable - whether you look it in terms of form, function, or a combination of both. The applications they can be used in are countless and it’s a great idea to design with special bricks in mind if you want your building to stand out from the crowd.
Cawarden Brick & Tile Company Limited
If you’d like to learn more about the special bricks we have in stock here at Cawarden Brick & Tile Company Limited, please take a look at our special bricks page. To enquire further you can call us on 01889 574066 or fill out our simple contact form.