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Greeting all
I need to let you all know about the frustration I am having trying to get the right brick here in NZ. So here we go.. to start with the cost of fire bricks here in NZ is way out of keel with the rest of the world.... $6.50 each with seconds at $4.50 each plus 15% GST..... so I decided to get some clay bricks.... bad choice... posted thee first dry course and had instant response telling me not to use them as they are crap.... so off to get the second batch... was sold as chimney bricks and when they arrived they were made of concrete and not clay.... so then onto clay pavers.... yep this is the next best thing in my budget.... so I purchased some clay pavers from monier, made in Australia, sold here in NZ though under the name Clay Paver... I decided on the Pompeii range seeing I was making a pompeii oven (and visited the ruins a few years ago) so with nostalgia on my side I wait another 5 days for them to arrive and yes I am ready for the first corse.... So I set up the diamond blade and start cutting.... mmmmm very tough clay paver..... now what do I find??? check the photo below...... yep my clay paver is over 90% concrete with a dash of clay around the side.... not happy with that one... so it is back to the drawing board and now I have a brick yard out the back that I need to try and sell (I am taking the latest ones back as they were sold as clay pavers not concrete).
Here's to a change of luck with the whole brick department....
a frustrated Kriso
Life is like a box of chocolates.... you just don't know what you are gonna get.
I need to let you all know about the frustration I am having trying to get the right brick here in NZ. So here we go.. to start with the cost of fire bricks here in NZ is way out of keel with the rest of the world.... $6.50 each with seconds at $4.50 each plus 15% GST..... so I decided to get some clay bricks.... bad choice... posted thee first dry course and had instant response telling me not to use them as they are crap.... so off to get the second batch... was sold as chimney bricks and when they arrived they were made of concrete and not clay.... so then onto clay pavers.... yep this is the next best thing in my budget.... so I purchased some clay pavers from monier, made in Australia, sold here in NZ though under the name Clay Paver... I decided on the Pompeii range seeing I was making a pompeii oven (and visited the ruins a few years ago) so with nostalgia on my side I wait another 5 days for them to arrive and yes I am ready for the first corse.... So I set up the diamond blade and start cutting.... mmmmm very tough clay paver..... now what do I find??? check the photo below...... yep my clay paver is over 90% concrete with a dash of clay around the side.... not happy with that one... so it is back to the drawing board and now I have a brick yard out the back that I need to try and sell (I am taking the latest ones back as they were sold as clay pavers not concrete).
Here's to a change of luck with the whole brick department....
a frustrated Kriso
Life is like a box of chocolates.... you just don't know what you are gonna get.
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