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Building Materials

Bricks for sites in County Armagh

Bricks are fired clay or concrete masonry units; the UK standard size is 215 × 102.5 × 65 mm, which lays at about 60 bricks per square metre of single-skin wall.

SK Trade delivers bricks across County Armagh, including Craigavon, Portadown, Newry and Armagh, priced to your postcode before you order.

Shrink-wrapped pallets of red and buff facing bricks on a building site

County Armagh at a glance

Covering
4 towns across County Armagh
Postcode areas
BT
Delivery
Quoted individually (Northern Ireland)
How it arrives
Strapped packs, usually crane offload
Neighbouring areas
County Down, County Antrim, County Tyrone

Choosing from our bricks range

  • Perforated and frogged bricksHoles or a frog reduce weight and help the mortar key.
  • Engineering bricks, Class A and BDense, low-absorption bricks for below DPC, inspection chambers and retaining walls.
  • Common bricksPlain bricks for internal or hidden walls where looks do not matter.
  • Special shapesBullnose, cant, coping and plinth bricks to finish sills, piers and wall tops.
  • Facing bricksWirecut, stock and handmade-style faces in reds, buffs, greys and multis for the outside skin.

Bricks delivered in County Armagh towns

Sizing your order

Take a garden wall in County Armagh 6 m long and 0.9 m high: 5.4 m². At 60 bricks per square metre plus 5% for cuts that is 341 bricks, roughly 1 pack of 500 depending on the maker, laid in about 0.32 tonnes of building sand and 3 bags of cement at a 1:4 mix. Try the brick calculator

Planning the drop in County Armagh

Bricks come in strapped packs, usually on a pallet, and are lifted off by a lorry-mounted crane where the drop point allows. Deliveries to Northern Ireland include a sea crossing, so we quote each order individually.

  • Mention any overhead cables, low branches or narrow gateways, because they decide whether a crane offload is possible.
  • Keep cement, plaster and boards dry: have a tarpaulin or a garage space ready before they arrive.
  • On busy streets in County Armagh, a parking suspension or a quiet time slot can make offloading safer, so tell us about local restrictions you know of.

Bricks: choosing well

Matching an existing house

Bring us the brick name if you know it, or a clear photo of a cleaned face in daylight with a tape measure for scale. Size matters as much as colour: older imperial bricks are often slightly larger than 65 mm.

Colour consistency

Order everything for one job at the same time so the bricks come from the same production run, then mix from three or four packs as you lay to blend any variation.

In Northern Ireland building work follows the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland), with guidance in the Technical Booklets, and applications go to the council's building control team.

Ordering bricks for County Armagh: FAQs

Do you deliver bricks to County Armagh?

Yes. We deliver across County Armagh, including BT. Deliveries to Northern Ireland include a sea crossing, so we quote each order individually. Send your list or call 0800 088 6341 and we will price it delivered to your postcode.

How much mortar do 1,000 bricks need?

Roughly half a cubic metre of mixed mortar, which is about 1 tonne of building sand and 8 to 9 bags of cement at a 1:4 mix. Our brick calculator works it out for your wall.

Which bricks go below the damp-proof course?

Below DPC you need bricks that cope with constant damp and frost: engineering bricks, or clay facings declared F2 and S2. Concrete bricks are another option for below-ground work.

Is there a minimum order for delivery to County Armagh?

There is no fixed minimum. For very small orders we will tell you honestly if the delivery cost outweighs the materials, so you can decide.

Send your list, get a delivered price

Tell us what you need and where it is going. We check the quantities and come back with a delivered price before you commit.

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