brick matching
I am trying to match the brick on the facade of my row house in Cobble Hill. The brick is common in the neighborhood: very crisp consistent dimensions, semi-smooth face, with very narrow mortar joints. Anyone have any good sources? Thanks for any help you can give.
I am trying to match the brick on the facade of my row house in Cobble Hill. The brick is common in the neighborhood: very crisp consistent dimensions, semi-smooth face, with very narrow mortar joints. Anyone have any good sources? Thanks for any help you can give.
We used the closest brick,we searched every single Yard in Bklyn and Newark. At the end we find it, but we had to sand it just to make it look 100 y”s old.
When I had my brick facade repointed we we were missing about 10 bricks and had the same issue. Our contractor, Jahan was able to find some salvage ones to match. I think he got them from a similar house that was doing some demo.
We had the very same challenge when we bought a brick row house with part of the facade down. The brick may have been common in the neighborhood when these houses were built, but they are no longer available. After much, much effort and visits to many different brick suppliers and discussions with several masons we essentially gave up. No brick today will match what was used 100 years ago, and that brick itself looked different — ‘finished’ with a slightly shiny side — when it was new, but that finish has now worn off. Result? We have a slightly mis-matched facade that drives me crazy. But it was the best we could do, and I try to be zen about it and use it as a metaphor for life — it’s imperfect, but it’s as good as it could be.