Fire Bricks

[cmjc]

The question uppermost in our minds is...

 

Where to buy Fire Bricks, Oven Bricks, or BBQ Bricks in Chiang Rai?

 

For those unacquainted with Accrington Reds this thread will be of minimal interest.

 

But Englishmen worldwide, will be familiar with the desire to build a structure using bricks, preferably genuine Red Noris, if to hand.

 

Winston Churchill soothed his torrid conscience laying bricks around Chartwell.

 

Others built elaborate follies, to impress mindless tourists and peasants.

 

You and I settle for a practical bread oven, or pizza barbecue.

 

But where in our charming Province can we find "suitable materiel"?

 

The answer is:

 

Ten kilometres North of Maechan, on the main highway, about a kilometre before Huai Krai village.

 

No sign, yet... I asked him to put one up, in English... for you all.

 

It's on the left, a dusty roadside display of tastefully arty terra-cotta, and glazed pottery, home-made tiles, with... hidden seductively around the back... rows and rows of lovingly crafted BRICKs.

 

No Red Noris, no fancy lightweight kiln bricks, though not the tuppence-h'appeny rubbish Thais normally make, but real man-sized well-fired homemade bricks.

 

The Proprietor like you and I, loves bricks, well, who doesn't?

 

And following a delightful half hour chatting about; clay mixtures, rice bran, temperatures, and firing times, you will depart with a stack of trophy bricks perfectly suited to your project... Like I did.

 

Don't hesitate chaps; they are the right stuff, and they work.

 

I leave you in the good hands of:

 

Mr. and Mrs. Jantawan,
Dtaang Dee Shop,
Maerai,
Chiang Rai

Sizzle... sizzle...
 

[Randell]

Thanks CMJC

Great information with built in hilarity thanks for the info. It should benefit many.

[Isan Farang]

Would this guy have or would he take an order for bricks similar to the picture, plan to build a small house next year and was looking at the option of using these bricks.

[cmjc]

Dear Mr. Issan Farang;

 

Superior: Not similar.

 

The bricks I bought would put those 'things' to shame:.. they remind me of processed cheese.

 

It's labelled cheese, sold as cheese, but one bite informs you it certainly is NOT cheese, it is processed chemical pulp, fit only for grouting the lavatory wall.

 

Sir, you should hot-foot to the indicated spot, and you will be able to make your own decision, and place your order. I was offered a discount for batches of 2000. It is a veritable brick heaven.

 

The artificially coloured 'thing's you illustrate, will crumble to dust in an earthquake, not even worthy of the name "brick".

 

The bricks I bought were fired to 900 degrees, and cooled over two weeks.

 

It goes without saying... Take a hammer to test them before you buy.

 

My bricks measure approx: 45mm x 190mm x 95mm (2" x 7" x 3.5") but he also has, ready to build, large quantities of others measuring 9 inches long.

 

He has gently curved ones to build around water wells also.

 

I do not possess a camera, but if you take yours, the Proprietor would gladly show you his own house, which he built himself, from bricks he made. Perhaps you could take pictures to post here, to show the quality of his workmanship.

 

The missus will enjoy the pottery too.

 

Have fun :)

[alan grice]

They dont burn very well, charcoals better.!.


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[ratcatcher]

Yet another topic about Bricks it. 

[cmjc]

58 minutes ago, alan grice said:

They dont burn very well, charcoals better.!.

 

The very thought that prompted Msr. Antoine Lavoisier to invent the La Beau Briquette, which as you are well aware, is highly inflammable and used to light charcoal.

[cmjc]

51 minutes ago, ratcatcher said:

Yet another topic about Bricks it. 

 

Hanoverian bricks are excellent, Italian Pisa bricks rubbish, and Frog-bricks can't even smash a Citroen's windows in.

 

We should never have gone in, they even measure them in millimetres... nuff sed!

[cmjc]

Idle Hands Make...

 

...Things from Bricks:

 

Houses, Garage, Granny Flat, Gardener's Outhouse, Barbecue, Gentleman's Folly, Pool Pump House, Man-Cave, Water- feature, well-surround, Hobbit house, Furnace, workshop, Brick space-heater, Gazebo, zyat etc...

 

About 15km North of Maechan, just before entering Huai Krai on the LEFT side of the Main Highway, I see Mr. Jantawan has put up the sign, and now has stacks of his quality fire bricks by the road-side.

 

Ideal for idle hands :)

 

 

[Isan Farang]

19 minutes ago, cmjc said:

Idle Hands Make...

 

...Things from Bricks:

 

Houses, Garage, Granny Flat, Gardener's Outhouse, Barbecue, Gentleman's Folly, Pool Pump House, Man-Cave, Water- feature, well-surround, Hobbit house, Furnace, workshop, Brick space-heater, Gazebo, zyat etc...

 

About 15km North of Maechan, just before entering Huai Krai on the LEFT side of the Main Highway, I see Mr. Jantawan has put up the sign, and now has stacks of his quality fire bricks by the road-side.

 

Ideal for idle hands ????

 

 

Used some of his items on a recent build

[cmjc]

Apologies for the delay in responding; I had termites in my laptop.

 

Well bricked Sir, that's the spirit!

 

Your hand-built structure will last longer than our flesh, I suspect.

 

It put's my 32 brick oven to shame!

 

How were the bricks to work with?

 

Lovely colours of the tiles and bricks.

 

Which are easier?

 

I watched them tiling a huge floor area of a sala, using large sized tiles, and it was quite a job getting them flat AND level, but worth the effort when rainwater runs off nicely.

 

How did you get the brick load home?

 

I understand Mr. Jantawan delivers by lorry.

 

Btw. Last year, he showed me inside his own brick house with a roaring open fire inside, lovely plain brick towering inside walls. I was surprised it was only single-wall, not double layers for insulation. It does get cold enough in Winter here to warrant cavity-insulation, and it'd save a lot on heating and air conditioning bills.

 

Well done! ????

 

PS. What did you use to get the smooth light-grey finish on the outer wall? 

Edited June 13, 2020 by cmjc
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[cmjc]

Here's the G Map location:

 

6VX4+M8 Mae Rai, Mae Chan District, Chiang Rai

 

https://goo.gl/maps/JP8sLZsgTQoGfov18