Greetings,

I am digging up information regard suppliers for brick fundraisers. I was wonder if you folks have any reputable suppliers you'd like to recommend.

God Bless,
Gerald Kopiasz
Heartland Railroad Historical Society

hrrhs@aol.com

> Greetings,

> I am digging up information regard suppliers
> for brick fundraisers. I was wonder if you
> folks have any reputable suppliers you'd
> like to recommend.

> God Bless,
> Gerald Kopiasz
> Heartland Railroad Historical Society

I think I know what you are striving for here, but why not go for old brick instead of new. I mean instead of getting stamped new brick made or whatever else you were going to do, why not find some old bricks from a recently demolished railroad related building. Then the sale of the bricks might really hit home. You can say that the fundraiser of buying these bricks from a demolished(name here) will help you BUILD things, and prevent demolishing older sites. Well, you get the idea.
Greg Scholl



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Greetings,

That's a good idea. Good sales point: buy these otherwise this building will end up with the same fate. One problem would be upfront costs (i.e., having to acquire the demolished structure upfront). Anybody know of any railroad related buildings that would function as a good source without precipitating its demolition.

God Bless,
Gerald Kopiasz, President
Heartland Railroad Historical Society

> I think I know what you are striving for
> here, but why not go for old brick instead
> of new. I mean instead of getting stamped
> new brick made or whatever else you were
> going to do, why not find some old bricks
> from a recently demolished railroad related
> building. Then the sale of the bricks might
> really hit home. You can say that the
> fundraiser of buying these bricks from a
> demolished(name here) will help you BUILD
> things, and prevent demolishing older sites.
> Well, you get the idea.
> Greg Scholl


hrrhs@aol.com

> Greetings,

> That's a good idea. Good sales point: buy
> these otherwise this building will end up
> with the same fate. One problem would be
> upfront costs (i.e., having to acquire the
> demolished structure upfront). Anybody know
> of any railroad related buildings that would
> function as a good source without
> precipitating its demolition.

> God Bless,
> Gerald Kopiasz, President
> Heartland Railroad Historical Society

My idea was based on the fact that every day I pass the remains of the Batavia depot, and only a few foundation bricks remain. If you could get wind of any upcoming demolitions along the RR nearest you, then arrange for members to haul pick-up truck loads of demolished bricks that would be the answer, and might save you some money on top of it. If the building was indeed something like a depot, you could say what it was and that it was historic at one time. Of course you might want to try to save the building in that case :) The point is stuff gets torn down beyond our control so why not see about recycling somewhat. Good luck.
GS

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There has been some talk about the remains of the Pennsy's Crestline, Ohio, roundhouse being in a state of disrepair, and still heavy with steam artifacts. Save some of those bricks. For two bucks, somebody can save a brick for a new roundhouse.


glueck@saturn.caps.maine.edu

If you are going to select old bricks from demolition projects, make sure you select the right ones. In the old days, the kilns produced three different kinds: 1. face brick ...hardest burn, frost resistant. 2.interior brick ... second hardest burn, dubious frost resistance.
3. fill brick ... softest brick, not frost resistant.
If you are brick picking the three types are easy to spot #1 being the smallest, darkest with a slight "glaze" to the surface, while the fill brick is larger with a "spongy" appearance. The fill brick will be water absorbant and is a poor choice for outside work as they will flake away.



lamontdc@adelphia.net

Contact the D-Day Museum folks in New Orleans. They have a successful donor program using inscribed bricks.

denmeg_hogan@msn.com

Never used these folks but a quick web search turned up:
http://www.northshoremonuments.com/engrbricks.htm
http://www.donorbricks.com/engraved-bricks-dirf5.htm
http://www.leaveyourmark.com/

etc. etc. I suspect as with most heavy materials you are going to want to find the closest supplier to minimize shipping.

Bill

heisler1607@earthlink.net

Good points.. also, if you can, find bricks from a building old enough to have been laid with sand/lime mortar, it's MUCH easier to clean off than portland cement mortar. Many of our buildings at the Savannah Shops were built with a distinctive locally produced brick that is no longer available, so we have had to buy the brick and clean them for re-use. With sand/lime, just take two bricks, and rub them together, with portand, it's time to get out the air powered chipping hammer.

> Contact the D-Day Museum folks in New
> Orleans. They have a successful donor
> program using inscribed bricks.

I do business with them. My contact is Louise Fletcher.

The National D-Day Museum Store
945 Magazine Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
504-527-6012 ext. 244
504-527-6088 (fax)



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