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Order bricks for delivery in Pimlico

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.

Trades and homeowners in Pimlico can order bricks for delivery by sending a list, a drawing or just the sizes of the job.

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

Delivery facts for Pimlico

Delivery
Standard mainland delivery
Postcode districts
SW1, SW8
Delivering to
Pimlico, Greater London
Daylight
About 7h 50m on the shortest day
Nearby (straight line)
Battersea (1 mi), Chelsea (1 mi), London (1 mi)
How it arrives
Strapped packs, usually crane offload

Bricks we supply in Pimlico

  • Facing bricksWirecut, stock and handmade-style faces in reds, buffs, greys and multis for the outside skin.
  • 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.
  • Concrete bricksConsistent concrete units in standard and coloured finishes, useful for below-ground work.

Before your Pimlico delivery arrives

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

  • Weight limits on bridges or private roads near the site matter for larger lorries, so mention any you know of.
  • Tell us the best drop point, such as a driveway, front garden or the kerb, and whether a lorry can park close to it.
  • If neighbours share the access, it helps to let them know a lorry is coming.

Before you order bricks

Is the wall exposed?

For walls that will get very wet and freeze, such as parapets, copings, below DPC or free-standing garden walls, use a clay brick declared F2 (freeze-thaw resistant) and S2 (low soluble salts).

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.

Quantities: a worked example

Take a garden wall in Pimlico 7 m long and 2.1 m high: 14.7 m². At 60 bricks per square metre plus 5% for cuts that is 927 bricks, roughly 2 packs of 500 depending on the maker, laid in about 0.87 tonnes of building sand and 8 bags of cement at a 1:4 mix. Try the brick calculator

Questions about bricks delivery in Pimlico

Is there a minimum order for delivery to Pimlico?

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.

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.

Do you sell bricks in small quantities?

We price whole packs as standard because that is how bricks leave the works. For small repairs ask anyway: we will tell you honestly whether part packs are possible for the brick you need.

Do you deliver bricks to trades and homeowners in Pimlico?

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

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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