Reclaim intake · Wed 11 Nov, 10:42

Reclaim intake

14 lots in six weeks: 2 waiting to be sorted, 4 on the cleaning line, 2 in QC, 1 graded and 5 stacked. RL-0392 came out of QC this morning and put a sold-out line back on all three stores at 10:20.

QC today: RL-0394
Back on sale · today 10:20RL-0392
Reclaimed 3 inch Victorian Handmade Imperial Bricks

Sold out since 2 Nov. Cottage row, Walkley, Sheffield: 6,500 good bricks passed QC at 10:05; 14 packs stacked in A7 at 10:20. All three stores showed them 2.1 seconds later; the first sale came in at 10:36 and 12 packs are left.

Main siteSold out14 packsStore 2Sold out14 packsStore 3Sold out14 packs
Finishing QC todayRL-0394
Railway arches, Manchester

Paul finishes QC 2 about 14:30; back on all three stores about 15:00. Puts 2 sold-out lines back:

  • Reclaimed Smooth Red Wirecut Bricksout 9 days
  • Reclaimed Red Linear Bricksout 33 days
QC 2 · 70%
Just unloadedChapel and schoolroom, BarnsleyRL-0400 · about 11,000 bricks · today 08:15Mill chimney base, HalifaxRL-0399 · about 14,000 bricks · yesterday 14:30

25,000 bricks waiting for the line. At about 85 bricks an hour that is 294 cleaning hours.

Reclaimed in November
18,750
good bricks from 3 lots, 1 to 11 Nov. October: 18,500 from 3.
Average yield
75.2%
good bricks of every brick cleaned, the last 6 finished lots (65% to 81%).
Cost per good brick
£0.73
bought, hauled and cleaned. They sell at £1.49 a brick on the website, ex VAT: 51% margin.
On the line now
63,500
bricks in 7 lots being cleaned, checked or graded; 2 more lots (25,000) waiting.
The line, 10:42

Every lot from the lorry to the bay. Four cleaning stages, two QC stages, then graded into lines and stacked; the stores update the moment it is stacked. Cleaning runs at about 85 bricks an hour.

Cleaning line Marek, Tomasz, LeeQC bench Paul

Lots still on the line show estimates (in grey): the good bricks the grading plan expects and the cleaning hours left at the line's speed. Sells at is the website price ex VAT, per brick.

LotSource job and contractorStageEst. inGood outRejectsYieldPurchaseHaulageCleaningPer good brickSells atMargin
Chapel and schoolroom, Barnsley
Brayfield Demolition · bought 10 Nov
Arrived11,0008,270after QC75%£3,920£500£2,000
129 h × £15.50
£0.78after QCafter QC
Mill chimney base, Halifax
Calder Salvage Co · bought 9 Nov
Arrived14,00010,530after QC75%£4,830£900£2,558
165 h × £15.50
£0.79after QCafter QC
Garden walls, Chesterfield
Wharncliffe Strip-Out · bought 4 Nov
Cleaning 1 of 4
4,5002,500after QC72%£1,730£950£636
41 h × £15.50
£1.33£2.6049%
Farm buildings, Penistone
Own salvage team · bought 2 Nov
Cleaning 2 of 4
6,0003,500after QC73%£1,460£500£868
56 h × £15.50
£0.81£1.7554%
Terraced street, Mansfield
Kirkby Brook Demolition · bought 30 Oct
Cleaning 3 of 4
12,5007,000after QC72%£1,910£900£1,798
116 h × £15.50
£0.66£1.3652%
Brewery, Wakefield
Moorend Clearance · bought 28 Oct
Cleaning 4 of 4
10,0006,000after QC75%£1,640£1,050£1,395
90 h × £15.50
£0.68£1.3951%
Railway arches, Manchester
Ashworth and Dyson · bought 26 Oct
QC 2 of 2
9,0006,000after QC78%£3,310£600£1,333
86 h × £15.50
£0.87£1.6346%
Warehouse strip-out, Leeds
Thornbeck Demolition · bought 26 Oct
QC 1 of 2
11,0006,500after QC75%£2,730£400£1,674
108 h × £15.50
£0.74£1.4148%
Cottage row, Walkley, Sheffield
Loxley Salvage · bought 23 Oct
In stock8,6006,500936
12%
80.9%£2,790£450£1,550
100 h × £15.50
£0.74£1.6355%
Victorian school, Doncaster
Thornbeck Demolition · bought 20 Oct
Graded
10,5007,0001,452
15%
74.1%£2,890£750£1,566
101 h × £15.50
£0.74£1.4047%
Chapel demolition, Barnsley
Calder Salvage Co · bought 16 Oct
In stock8,4005,250805
12%
75.5%£2,250£600£1,318
85 h × £15.50
£0.79£1.6752%
Farmhouse and barns, Bakewell
Own salvage team · bought 9 Oct
In stock7,8004,000957
16%
65.0%£1,350£550£1,147
74 h × £15.50
£0.76£1.6554%
Mill demolition, Huddersfield
Brayfield Demolition · bought 6 Oct
In stock12,0008,0001,296
12%
77.0%£2,880£1,050£1,845
119 h × £15.50
£0.72£1.3748%
Terrace demolition, Rotherham
Wharncliffe Strip-Out · bought 2 Oct
In stock9,5006,5001,252
15%
76.0%£1,830£750£1,612
104 h × £15.50
£0.64£1.3352%