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Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:10 pm
by mjpdre
My house is built from beautiful but expensive clamp bricks made by Furness Brick, and we have some left over from a recent house extension project. We're currently landscaping our garden and would like to use our leftover clamp bricks as edging for the patio and path. I know standard house bricks arent suitable for paving; but are clamp bricks suitable? and if so how should they be layed? I certainly know they are stronger than most house bricks as we have broken a masonry drill bit trying to install a catflap in the wall!!!
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:31 am
by lutonlagerlout
if they are the bricks i am thinking of they will be fine, they are probably harder than a lot of concrete products.
just lay them as you would a clay paver of edging
see main site for details
LLL
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:47 pm
by Tony McC
There's a lot of variation in 'clamp bricks' across the country. Some would be hard-as-iron, but some would be as soft as sh...err..shale and not suitable for paving. I'm not particularly familiar with the brick you mention, but I'd have thought a call to the manufacturer would procure the definitive answer.