Brick matching

[Brickstressed]

Trying to identify / source these bricks, stamped W*D*C in frog,  size is W 8 3/4 D x 4 H x 2 1/2 inches

 

Any ideas welcome

[tonyshouse]

Try in the loft or garage!

[Mr Punter]

Perhaps visit your local builders merchant.  Did you work out the cause of the crack?

[Brickie]

Have you tried a Brickmatching service if the local merchants draw a blank? 
Btw-are you sure of those measurements? 
Is it possible you measured a brick which has been cut? 
Standard sizes are given in Metric for modern bricks & you would expect 215mmx100x65 or thereabouts. 

[PeterW]

How old is the house ..? They have been cut to work the courses but they look a bit like a Dorchester. Where are you in the UK..?

[tonyshouse]

I think Leicester reds or seven valley reds ‘orange 

 

I would carefully drill out a few bricks from behind/under leadwork or in loft/garage 

 

totally more crucial is going to be getting the mortar colour perfect 

 

also consider adding a movement joint 

[Brickstressed]

On 12/07/2021 at 08:12, PeterW said:

How old is the house ..? They have been cut to work the courses but they look a bit like a Dorchester. Where are you in the UK..?

House is 1955 ish, house located in Essex, thanks

[Brickstressed]

On 11/07/2021 at 15:23, tonyshouse said:

Try in the loft or garage!

No garage, inner wall is built from clay pots, so nothing visible in loft.

[Brickstressed]

On 11/07/2021 at 18:34, Mr Punter said:

Perhaps visit your local builders merchant.  Did you work out the cause of the crack?

 

I tried brick matching services, useless. Structural engineer said the cracking was from the gorilla who had poorly installed the bay window, It was too large for the opening, but still hammered into the opening.

[Brickstressed]

The only place that I have a view of the bricks is from under the floorboards on a internal wall.

[tonyshouse]

Any more there? Cheaper to reuse them and replace them with any others 

[Brickstressed]

On 29/07/2021 at 20:39, tonyshouse said:

Any more there? Cheaper to reuse them and replace them with any others 

 

No that's the only one I can get to.  Thinking of using some bricks from beneath a window and replacing them with a solider course.

[scottishjohn]

off the wall suggestion 

If you can remove them the broken ones would glue together with modern stuff? as a last choice 

[Temp]

Google found ...

 

https://www.brocross.com/Bricks/Penmorfa/Pages/initials.htm

W D C : W D Cornish

 

https://www.brocross.com/Bricks/Penmorfa/Pages/england5b.htm

"W. D. Cornish, Enfield. Middx. started around 1990's along with several other brickworks in the area. His Bush Hill Park works flourished until the price of land increased & his works was the last to close in the Enfield area in 1936. Info by Martyn Fretwell and photographed in a Kent reclamation yard."

 

[Temp]

See if he can remember which yard in Kent it was..

 

https://uknamedbricks.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html

 

you can email me - Martyn Fretwell at
daysnbricks4uATbtinternetDOTcom
Replacing AT with @ & DOT with .
Leaving no spaces as per jpeg image - which you cannot copy & paste from.

 

[Brickstressed]

On 03/08/2021 at 20:17, Temp said:

See if he can remember which yard in Kent it was..

 

https://uknamedbricks.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html

 

 

 

 

Very interesting, thanks for that. I checked that site last year they must of updated it.