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How does brick stack up?


Brickwork costs less than competing cladding materials – and that’s official*  

An investigation by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) found that, against a line-up of popular finishes for the external skin, installed brickwork beat just about all of them on price.

For more information please visit www.brick.org.uk/thinklowcost





                  low cost brick
The BRE Green Guide rates external walls using brickwork A+ – you can’t get better than that*

The BRE’s latest Green Guide to Specification assigned the highest possible accreditation A+ to every external wall it rated that contained brickwork.

For more information please visit www.brick.org.uk/thinka

sustainable brick
A recent survey found that brick structures have a
lifespan of 500 years or more – not many materials can say that*


Bricks blend easily with their environment, go comfortably with other building materials and will not rot, rust, erode, decay or ignite. They add structural stability, thermal mass and durability to an external wall.

For more information please visit www.brick.org.uk/think500years








                  durable brick





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