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 08:15 Mill 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

Cleaning · four stages

Quality control · two stages

Arrived2

Unloaded, waiting to be sorted

Chapel and schoolroom

Barnsley

11,000 in

Unloaded today 08:15

Stage 11

Sort and stack

Stage 21

Knock off old mortar

Stage 31

Clean by hand

Stage 41

Final clean and band

QC 11

Frost, crack and spall check

QC 21

Size, colour and face grading

On sale about 15:00 today

Graded1

Sorted into lines, waiting for a bay

Into a bay tomorrow 08:00

In stock5

Stacked and on all three stores

3 more stacked since 15 Oct

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.

Lot	Source job and contractor	Stage	Est. in	Good out	Rejects	Yield	Purchase	Haulage	Cleaning	Per good brick	Sells at	Margin
RL-0400	Chapel and schoolroom, Barnsley Brayfield Demolition · bought 10 Nov	Arrived	11,000	8,270	after QC	75%	£3,920	£500	£2,000 129 h × £15.50	£0.78	after QC	after QC
RL-0399	Mill chimney base, Halifax Calder Salvage Co · bought 9 Nov	Arrived	14,000	10,530	after QC	75%	£4,830	£900	£2,558 165 h × £15.50	£0.79	after QC	after QC
RL-0398	Garden walls, Chesterfield Wharncliffe Strip-Out · bought 4 Nov	Cleaning 1 of 4	4,500	2,500	after QC	72%	£1,730	£950	£636 41 h × £15.50	£1.33	£2.60	49%
RL-0397	Farm buildings, Penistone Own salvage team · bought 2 Nov	Cleaning 2 of 4	6,000	3,500	after QC	73%	£1,460	£500	£868 56 h × £15.50	£0.81	£1.75	54%
RL-0396	Terraced street, Mansfield Kirkby Brook Demolition · bought 30 Oct	Cleaning 3 of 4	12,500	7,000	after QC	72%	£1,910	£900	£1,798 116 h × £15.50	£0.66	£1.36	52%
RL-0395	Brewery, Wakefield Moorend Clearance · bought 28 Oct	Cleaning 4 of 4	10,000	6,000	after QC	75%	£1,640	£1,050	£1,395 90 h × £15.50	£0.68	£1.39	51%
RL-0394	Railway arches, Manchester Ashworth and Dyson · bought 26 Oct	QC 2 of 2	9,000	6,000	after QC	78%	£3,310	£600	£1,333 86 h × £15.50	£0.87	£1.63	46%
RL-0393	Warehouse strip-out, Leeds Thornbeck Demolition · bought 26 Oct	QC 1 of 2	11,000	6,500	after QC	75%	£2,730	£400	£1,674 108 h × £15.50	£0.74	£1.41	48%
RL-0392	Cottage row, Walkley, Sheffield Loxley Salvage · bought 23 Oct	In stock	8,600	6,500	936 12%	80.9%	£2,790	£450	£1,550 100 h × £15.50	£0.74	£1.63	55%
RL-0391	Victorian school, Doncaster Thornbeck Demolition · bought 20 Oct	Graded	10,500	7,000	1,452 15%	74.1%	£2,890	£750	£1,566 101 h × £15.50	£0.74	£1.40	47%
RL-0390	Chapel demolition, Barnsley Calder Salvage Co · bought 16 Oct	In stock	8,400	5,250	805 12%	75.5%	£2,250	£600	£1,318 85 h × £15.50	£0.79	£1.67	52%
RL-0389	Farmhouse and barns, Bakewell Own salvage team · bought 9 Oct	In stock	7,800	4,000	957 16%	65.0%	£1,350	£550	£1,147 74 h × £15.50	£0.76	£1.65	54%
RL-0388	Mill demolition, Huddersfield Brayfield Demolition · bought 6 Oct	In stock	12,000	8,000	1,296 12%	77.0%	£2,880	£1,050	£1,845 119 h × £15.50	£0.72	£1.37	48%
RL-0387	Terrace demolition, Rotherham Wharncliffe Strip-Out · bought 2 Oct	In stock	9,500	6,500	1,252 15%	76.0%	£1,830	£750	£1,612 104 h × £15.50	£0.64	£1.33	52%

Lot	Source job	Contractor	Stacked	Graded into	Good bricks	Yield	Total cost	Per good brick	Still in the yard
RL-0384	Cottage row Castleton	Loxley Salvage	10 Nov	Reclaimed 2 1/4 inch Georgian Handmade BrickReclaimed 2 1/2" Cambridge Multi Gault Handmade Bricksand 9 more	9,028	81.6%	£8,141	£0.90	A2B6C8D1+7
RL-0374	Brewery stores Tadcaster	Thornbeck Demolition	9 Nov	Reclaimed 2 1/2 inch Tudor Handmade BricksReclaimed 3" Handmade Imperial Bricksand 3 more	3,750	82.7%	£2,795	£0.75	A3A8S2-3S3-2+1
RL-0383	Shop and house Penistone	Moorend Clearance	6 Nov	Reclaimed 75mm Common Blend Imperial BricksReclaimed 70mm Burton Pressed Brickand 6 more	5,560	84.0%	£2,956	£0.53	C4C5E2E3+4
RL-0372	Chapel schoolroom Holmfirth	Calder Salvage Co	4 Nov	Genuine Reclaimed London Yellow Stock Handmade BricksReclaimed Staffordshire Handmade Bricksand 2 more	3,973	80.9%	£3,586	£0.90	A3A4C5E5
RL-0382	Tannery Leeds	Calder Salvage Co	3 Nov	Reclaimed Chester Handmade BricksReclaimed 3” Yellow Blend Imperial Bricksand 7 more	4,900	81.2%	£5,642	£1.15	A3B7C4E3+5
RL-0376	Farm buildings Wirksworth	Thornbeck Demolition	2 Nov	Reclaimed Welsh 2 1/2" Handmade BrickReclaimed Yellow Multi Handmade Bricksand 8 more	9,384	85.2%	£7,227	£0.77	B3B5C1C2+6
RL-0379	Railway arches Stockport	Loxley Salvage	30 Oct	Reclaimed 2" Handmade BrickReclaimed 3" Handmade Imperial Bricksand 5 more	9,000	82.9%	£7,028	£0.78	A6A8C2C6+5
RL-0386	Rectory stables Southwell	Calder Salvage Co	28 Oct	Reclaimed 75mm Orange Blend Handmade BricksReclaimed Welsh 2 1/2" Handmade Brickand 8 more	13,648	81.8%	£9,222	£0.68	A2B3C4C8+4
RL-0368	Steel works stores Attercliffe	Wharncliffe Strip-Out	27 Oct	Reclaimed 2 1/4 inch Georgian Handmade BrickReclaimed 2" Handmade Brickand 4 more	6,623	87.2%	£5,114	£0.77	A2A6E5S1-3+1
RL-0377	Victorian villa Ilkley	Moorend Clearance	26 Oct	Reclaimed Handmade Farmhouse Imperial BricksReclaimed Sutton Coldfield Handmade Brickand 12 more	5,650	83.3%	£5,886	£1.04	A1B2D2E3+9
RL-0366	Malt kiln Mansfield	Brayfield Demolition	23 Oct	Reclaimed Barn Handmade Imperial BricksReclaimed Chester Handmade Bricksand 6 more	13,746	84.8%	£10,140	£0.74	A3A5B4C1+4
RL-0381	Garden walls and outbuildings Ecclesall	Calder Salvage Co	22 Oct	Genuine Reclaimed London Yellow Stock Handmade BricksReclaimed 80mm Facing Imperial Bricksand 4 more	3,378	85.0%	£3,952	£1.17	A4C5E4S1-2+1
RL-0375	Engine shed Mexborough	Own salvage team	21 Oct	Reclaimed 80mm Facing Imperial BricksReclaimed Clay Paving Bricksand 2 more	3,415	85.5%	£2,368	£0.69	C5E1E3E5
RL-0371	Terrace row Chesterfield	Moorend Clearance	20 Oct	Genuine Reclaimed London Yellow Stock Handmade BricksReclaimed 2 3/8 inch Handmade Grey Bricksand 3 more	4,612	84.7%	£5,654	£1.23	A4B4E5S1-1+1
RL-0365	Corn mill Worksop	Wharncliffe Strip-Out	19 Oct	Reclaimed 2 1/2" Farmhouse Handmade BricksReclaimed 2 1/2” Yellow Blend Imperial Bricksand 7 more	4,418	84.6%	£3,299	£0.75	A1B7E1E2+4
RL-0370	Board school Barnsley	Loxley Salvage	16 Oct	Reclaimed 2 1/4 inch Georgian Handmade BrickReclaimed 2 1/2 inch Tudor Handmade Bricksand 11 more	13,954	84.5%	£11,773	£0.84	A2A3B3B5+7
RL-0367	Barn range Tideswell	Thornbeck Demolition	15 Oct	Reclaimed Chester Handmade BricksReclaimed 3" Handmade Imperial Bricksand 11 more	7,628	82.1%	£6,816	£0.89	A3A8C8E4+6
RL-0385	Mill offices Elland	Own salvage team	14 Oct	Reclaimed Black York Stone Paving Flag Stones	stone and slate		£36		S1-3
RL-0378	Pumping station Doncaster	Kirkby Brook Demolition	13 Oct	Reclaimed 2" Handmade BrickReclaimed Leicester Handmade Bricksand 7 more	7,118	83.6%	£5,457	£0.77	A1A6C3E2+4
RL-0380	Cottage pair Bradwell	Ashworth and Dyson	12 Oct	Reclaimed Barn Handmade Imperial BricksReclaimed Sutton Coldfield Handmade Brickand 6 more	5,788	84.1%	£4,856	£0.84	A5B2D1E2+4
RL-0369	Coach works Rotherham	Moorend Clearance	9 Oct	Genuine Reclaimed London Yellow Stock Handmade BricksReclaimed Industrial Blend Imperial Bricksand 10 more	14,697	84.1%	£12,640	£0.86	C2C6E3E4+1
RL-0373	Methodist chapel Wombwell	Own salvage team	8 Oct	Reclaimed 2 1/2 inch Tudor Handmade BricksReclaimed 3" Handmade Imperial Bricksand 1 more	3,927	85.7%	£3,837	£0.98	A3A8
RL-0363	Farmhouse Holmesfield	Calder Salvage Co	7 Oct	Reclaimed Red Stacker Brick PaversReclaimed Cream Limestone Walling Stone - Per Bagand 1 more	480	81.5%	£213	£0.44	E2S3-4Gate
RL-0364	Weaving shed Huddersfield	Loxley Salvage	6 Oct	Reclaimed 2 1/4 inch Georgian Handmade BrickReclaimed Welsh 2 1/2" Handmade Brickand 7 more	10,141	81.1%	£7,295	£0.72	A2C3C8D2+3
RL-0362	Back-to-back terrace Sheffield	Own salvage team	2 Oct	Reclaimed Handmade Farmhouse Imperial BricksReclaimed 70mm Burton Pressed Brickand 8 more	6,462	81.3%	£5,935	£0.92	B7C5E5S1-3+4
RL-0361	Rectory Derby	Ashworth and Dyson	17 Aug	Reclaimed Welsh 16” x 10” SlatesReclaimed 24” x 12” Welsh Slate	stone and slate		£2,525		All sold
RL-0360	Brickworks kilns Maltby	Brayfield Demolition	10 Aug	Reclaimed 20” x 10” Welsh SlatesReclaimed Welsh 18” x 10” Roofing Slate	stone and slate		£2,458		S3-5S3-6
RL-0359	Workhouse wing Belper	Own salvage team	6 Aug	Reclaimed Delabole Cornish Roof Slate - Per TonReclaimed Burlington Roof Slate - Per Tonand 1 more	stone and slate		£2,374		S3-3
RL-0358	Quarry buildings Stocksbridge	Own salvage team	3 Aug	Reclamation Chiswick Yellow Stock Imperial BricksReclaimed Westmorland Green Roof Slate	35	81.4%	£36	£1.01	E5S3-4
RL-0357	Dye works Bradford	Own salvage team	23 Jul	Reclaimed Secondary Walling Stone - Per SQMReclaimed Farmhouse Stone Cladding - Per SQM	stone and slate		£2,533		S3-1S3-3
RL-0356	Chapel and manse Wakefield	Loxley Salvage	20 Jul	Reclaimed Mixed Granite Stone Cobble Setts - Per BagReclaimed Grit Stone Cobbles - Per Bagand 1 more	stone and slate		£2,306		S3-1S3-2
RL-0355	Farmhouse and byre Glossop	Wharncliffe Strip-Out	17 Jul	Reclaimed Cream Limestone Walling Stone - Per BagReclaimed Garden Rockery Stone - Bulk Bag	stone and slate		£2,398		S2-6
RL-0354	Town houses York	Wharncliffe Strip-Out	13 Jul	Reclaimed Yorkstone Walling Stone - Per BagReclaimed Dry Stone Walling - Per Bag	stone and slate		£2,468		S2-2
RL-0353	Station buildings Stockport	Brayfield Demolition	3 Jul	Reclaimed Yorkshire Stone Slabs 450mm x 450mm EachReclaimed Pennant Flagstone Paving - Per SQMand 1 more	stone and slate		£2,271		S1-2S1-3
RL-0352	Victorian school Doncaster	Moorend Clearance	30 Jun	Reclaimed Sandstone Paving - Per SQMReclaimed Yorkstone Mill Flag Paving - Per SQM	stone and slate		£2,335		S1-4
RL-0350	Mill flats strip-out Leeds	Brayfield Demolition	23 Jun	Reclaimed Victorian Two Bar Stable PaversReclaimed Staffordshire Blue Four Bar Paversand 1 more	590	79.9%	£850	£1.44	E4E5
RL-0351	Hall and outbuildings Penistone	Ashworth and Dyson	22 Jun	Reclaimed Cathedral Grade Yorkstone Paving - Per SQMReclaimed Grade A Yorkshire Stone Paving - Per SQM	stone and slate		£2,427		S1-1
RL-0348	Maltings Newark	Wharncliffe Strip-Out	15 Jun	Reclaimed Tumbled Stacker Paving BricksReclaimed Yellow Clay Paving Bricks	1,940	62.7%	£1,322	£0.68	E3
RL-0349	Pit-head baths Mansfield	Kirkby Brook Demolition	11 Jun	Reclaimed Staffordshire Blue Victorian Diamond PaverReclaimed Terracotta Victorian Red Paving Brick	1,007	54.7%	£1,360	£1.35	E3
RL-0347	Cutlery works Sheffield	Wharncliffe Strip-Out	2 Jun	Reclaimed White Paving BricksReclaimed Red Stacker Brick Paversand 1 more	4,208	85.1%	£2,628	£0.62	E2
RL-0346	Stables Retford	Thornbeck Demolition	1 Jun	Reclaimed Handmade Clay Paving Brick PaverReclaimed Handmade Grey Paving Brick Paver	4,400	82.2%	£2,801	£0.64	E1
RL-0345	Vicarage Southwell	Wharncliffe Strip-Out	28 May	65mm Reclaimed Pre-War Common Wirecut BricksReclaimed Clay Paving Bricks	5,500	86.1%	£4,084	£0.74	E1
RL-0344	Mill yard Huddersfield	Loxley Salvage	22 May	Reclaimed Orange Wirecut BricksReclaimed Belfast 80mm Wirecut Bricksand 1 more	3,250	69.8%	£2,553	£0.79	All sold
RL-0343	Farm buildings Bakewell	Kirkby Brook Demolition	19 May	Reclaimed Humber Wirecut BricksReclaimed Smooth Red Wirecut Bricks	2,000	80.7%	£1,693	£0.85	All sold
RL-0342	Warehouse Manchester	Kirkby Brook Demolition	13 May	Reclaimed Nottingham Wirecut Imperial BricksReclaimed 2" Orange Wirecut Brick	2,200	83.5%	£1,891	£0.86	D2
RL-0341	Church hall Chesterfield	Own salvage team	4 May	Reclaimed Imperial Scotch Common BrickReclaimed Cheshire Wirecut Imperial Bricksand 1 more	4,250	81.7%	£3,134	£0.74	D1
RL-0340	Terraced street Barnsley	Wharncliffe Strip-Out	30 Apr	Reclaimed 80mm Facing Imperial BricksReclaimed Baldwin Pressed Bricks	2,000	82.9%	£1,762	£0.88	All sold
RL-0339	Coach house Buxton	Ashworth and Dyson	27 Apr	Reclaimed 73mm Yellow Pressed Bricks - Job Lot of 58Reclaimed Staffordshire Blue Engineering Brick	1,232	79.4%	£1,535	£1.25	All sold
RL-0338	Mill Halifax	Wharncliffe Strip-Out	22 Apr	Reclaimed 2 1/2” Yellow Blend Imperial BricksReclaimed 75mm Imperial Staffordshire Blue Engineering Brickand 1 more	1,257	48.9%	£1,541	£1.23	All sold
RL-0337	Cottage row Hathersage	Wharncliffe Strip-Out	20 Apr	Reclaimed White Linear BricksReclaimed 3” Yellow Blend Imperial Bricks	2,200	84.5%	£1,519	£0.69	All sold
RL-0336	Steelworks offices Rotherham	Wharncliffe Strip-Out	13 Apr	Reclaimed Giscol Common BricksReclaimed 65mm Common Blend Bricks	2,000	81.8%	£1,481	£0.74	All sold
RL-0335	Garden walls Dore	Loxley Salvage	8 Apr	Reclaimed 65mm Scotch Common BrickReclaimed 80mm Common Blend Brickand 1 more	2,500	85.0%	£1,924	£0.77	C2
RL-0333	Brewery Tadcaster	Loxley Salvage	1 Apr	Reclaimed Staffordshire Handmade BricksReclaimed Industrial Blend Imperial Bricks	2,000	75.3%	£1,746	£0.87	A3
RL-0334	Schoolhouse Worksop	Calder Salvage Co	1 Apr	Reclaimed 75mm Common Blend Imperial BricksReclaimed 70mm Burton Pressed Brick	9,250	73.1%	£6,571	£0.71	C3C5
RL-0331	Railway goods shed Wath upon Dearne	Brayfield Demolition	23 Mar	Reclaimed 2 1/2" Cambridge Multi Gault Handmade BricksReclaimed Sutton Coldfield Handmade Brick	2,500	84.9%	£2,528	£1.01	B2
RL-0332	Barn conversion strip-out Matlock	Kirkby Brook Demolition	23 Mar	Reclaimed Welsh 2 1/2" Handmade BrickReclaimed 2 3/8 inch Handmade Grey Bricksand 1 more	5,500	80.8%	£4,418	£0.80	B4B5
RL-0330	Victorian villa Harrogate	Kirkby Brook Demolition	11 Mar	Reclaimed Chester Handmade BricksReclaimed 3" Handmade Imperial Bricks	1,750	80.2%	£1,632	£0.93	All sold
RL-0329	Chapel Holmfirth	Brayfield Demolition	9 Mar	Reclaimed 3 inch Victorian Handmade Imperial BricksReclaimed Leicester Handmade Bricksand 1 more	2,500	85.3%	£1,889	£0.76	All sold
RL-0328	Farmhouse Hope Valley	Own salvage team	2 Mar	Reclaimed 2 1/2" Farmhouse Handmade BricksReclaimed 2" Handmade Brick	2,850	70.5%	£3,034	£1.06	A1
RL-0327	Cotton mill Oldham	Kirkby Brook Demolition	23 Feb	Genuine Reclaimed London Yellow Stock Handmade BricksReclaimed Barn Handmade Imperial Bricks	2,250	83.9%	£2,205	£0.98	All sold
RL-0326	Terrace demolition Sheffield	Calder Salvage Co	19 Feb	Reclaimed Handmade Farmhouse Imperial BricksReclaimed 2 1/4 inch Georgian Handmade Brickand 1 more	5,350	81.3%	£3,555	£0.66	A2