Bricks delivery in Crowborough

Bricks available for Crowborough delivery

• Perforated and frogged bricksHoles or a frog reduce weight and help the mortar key.
• Concrete bricksConsistent concrete units in standard and coloured finishes, useful for below-ground work.
• 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.

Planning the drop in Crowborough

Bricks come in strapped packs, usually on a pallet, and are lifted off by a lorry-mounted crane where the drop point allows. Crowborough is inside our standard mainland delivery area.

• Deliveries are to the kerb, drive or within crane reach; ask if materials need to go further.
• With roughly 7h 54m of daylight in Crowborough around the shortest day, morning deliveries leave more working light for the job.
• In summer Crowborough gets around 16h 33m of daylight, but early deliveries still beat the traffic and give the longest working day.

Choosing bricks

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.

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.

In England, building work is checked against the Approved Documents, for example Part A for structure and Part L for energy efficiency, through your council's building control team or a registered building control approver.

Sizing your order

Take a garden wall in Crowborough 4 m long and 1.8 m high: 7.2 m². At 60 bricks per square metre plus 5% for cuts that is 454 bricks, roughly 1 pack of 500 depending on the maker, laid in about 0.43 tonnes of building sand and 4 bags of cement at a 1:4 mix. Try the brick calculator

Bricks questions

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.

Can you deliver bricks to a site with restricted access in Crowborough?

Usually, yes. Tell us about the access when you ask for a price and we will plan the vehicle and offload, or say if a smaller vehicle is needed.

Do you deliver bricks to trades and homeowners in Crowborough?

Both. Trades can apply for a trade account; homeowners and self-builders can order on a delivered quote.

How many bricks are in a square metre?

With standard 215 × 65 mm bricks and 10 mm mortar joints you need about 60 bricks per square metre for a single-skin (half-brick) wall and about 120 for a one-brick-thick wall. Add around 5 percent for cuts and breakages.