Types of Brick

There are thousands of different types of bricks, but we can be broken down into a handful of basic types. Below is some example:

        i. Handmade Brick

•           Handmade bricks are also made in a mould that made by human hands.
•      The clay isn't pressed as hard into the mould by machine, so brick normally has distinctive creasing known as a 'smile'.
•      This brick is expensive due to it made by human hand and desirable for specialist project.

              

ii. Stock bricks

•           Shaped in a mould.
•           This way the shape is a little more irregular than wire cut.
•           Most of the process to produce stock brick is automated.
•           Slightly more expensive than the wire cut brick.

    iii. Wire Cut Brick

•           Produced in a large numbers.
•           Sliced into shape by a wire, in a similar way to cheese that use the cheese wire to cut.
•           Very cheap because the manufacturing process is highly automated.

        

    iv. Fletton

•           Made from specific clay that only found in the South east of Great Britain.
•           The brick is burns in the furnace so will found small amounts of coal in the clay.
•          Because of this, less fuel is needed and the cost less to produce it and the coal deposits leave characteristic marks on the finished brick.

     v. Engineering Bricks

•           The brick is tough, strong, and hard-wearing.
•           Excellent resistance to frost and water.
•           Functions for groundwork, sewer works and retaining walls.

The video below shows the brick making machine extruder clay bricks