Building - Brick Information | Northern House Clearance

Jamie Murray

Quality fast and reliable service with a cracking bunch of lads definitely recommended

Bill Mitchell

Contracted this company to clear the flat of my deceased mother. Two young guys cleared EVERYTHING out of the rented property, including furniture, carpets, ornaments, white goods and food/household products, politely, efficiently, and respectfully. Excellent service.

Charles winter

The guys from Northern House Clearance have just cleared a house for me in Scotland. The house was packed not only with a lifetimes worth of memories, but all the clutter that goes with it. Within 2 days it was emptied down to the floorboards. A great job from a good team of lads. Highly recommended.

Graeme hatton

An excellent 5 star service. Firstly the compassion shown due to the circumstances which resulted in having to use their services, not just on the phone but by the team who arrived, on time, to perform the job. Above all a friendly attitude goes a long way in stressful times. Professional from the start to the end of the day and due to the amount of clutter a second day was needed. I could not believe how much was cleared in just one day, it was as if the clutter had it's own clutter to clear. Hope that I never need to use them again, but if I have to clear another property they will be the only people that I call. Highly recommend them. G.Hatton. Cheshire.

Lorna Hamilton

Fantastic service. Highly recommend. The team was so helpful.

Richard Foster

The guys from Northern house clearing cleared my deceased brothers house which was in a state. They were very discrete and great guys very understanding at such a sad time. Great job guys thank you.

Xiu Yun Chen

This is a good company would highly recommend these guys. Very efficent and helpful.

Laura

Highly recommended. From my initial enquiry I found them to be efficient and professional and was given an immediate quote. On the day the guys arrived promptly and were friendly, helpful and thorough. I would not hesitate to use this company again and I would recommend to others. I felt in good hands and I, m very happy with the service I received.

Ruth Lawrence

The team arrived bang on time and began work immediately. They continued for five solid days and completed the entire clearance of my late uncles house, which was a case of extreme hoarding over many decades. They even removed carpets, curtains and swept up so the house was ready for sale. They were exeptionally hard working, polite and charged a reasonable price for this incredibly difficult job. Terrific service, absolutely recommended.

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Timber framing has become more common, but bricks haven’t lost their popularity as a building material. There are a multitude of brick types. Most often they are made of clay, but also calcium silicate, and of course, plastic if you include lego. The size of a standard brick is approximately 220x105x65mm.

Manufacturers give details on dimensions and qualities of their bricks. Including the mortar joint, the working size is about 230mm long and 75mm high.

The quality of bricks is denoted by their frost resistance, which is either zero, moderate or frost resistant. Moderate are for general purposes, zero should only be used internally. Frost resistant bricks are more suitable for below ground and the top course exposed to severe weather.

Engineering bricks are very strong and resistant to water penetration, but they are not frost rated. Strength is measured by Newtons per unit area. That probably doesn’t mean anything to you, but to give you some idea, gravity exerts a force of 10 Newtons per Kilogram, if I remember what they taught me in Physics at school correctly.

There are different colours and texture finishes. Common bricks can vary in colour, faced bricks have a distinct face side or even all sides as face sides. It is possible to dye bricks a different colour after they have been installed, therefore allowing you alter bricks which don’t match with other parts of the building. Some bricks have a depression on the top or bottom, known as a frog. Lay these bricks frog side up. To give a finished look to the final course, you can lay the frogged side down.