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This large, shallow dumpster full of old bricks, appeared in a Fairview alley off 16th Avenue, near Granville Street. Nothing near it was being demolished. Today I talked to two workers bringing wheelbarrows full of brick rubble to the dumpster; it took two of them to lift, and empty each wheelbarrow into the dumpster.
While one worker, Marco, was occupied with not having his face photographed, the other worker explained, there was no demolition. The building adjacent to the dumpster was merely being renovated -- the entire brick cladding was being removed -- merely renovated indeed! He didn't say what was replacing it. He also didn't say exactly what would happen with all that old brick, because he didn't know.
I use to think old bricks were stronger than new ones because they'd been subjected to years of compression, and were thus sought after for new construction, but I can find no evidence of this on the Internet. Bricks can, I read, be recycled in two ways. If they are intact, they can be reused. Their distinctive, aged look, suits them for heritage restoration, or the appearance of heritage in a new construction. Otherwise, apparently, old bricks are crushed and used as aggregate for concrete, and road construction. Click on a image for a gallery view.
This large, shallow dumpster full of old bricks, appeared in a Fairview alley off 16th Avenue, near Granville Street. Nothing near it was being demolished. Today I talked to two workers bringing wheelbarrows full of brick rubble to the dumpster; it took two of them to lift, and empty each wheelbarrow into the dumpster.
While one worker, Marco, was occupied with not having his face photographed, the other worker explained, there was no demolition. The building adjacent to the dumpster was merely being renovated -- the entire brick cladding was being removed -- merely renovated indeed! He didn't say what was replacing it. He also didn't say exactly what would happen with all that old brick, because he didn't know.
I use to think old bricks were stronger than new ones because they'd been subjected to years of compression, and were thus sought after for new construction, but I can find no evidence of this on the Internet. Bricks can, I read, be recycled in two ways. If they are intact, they can be reused. Their distinctive, aged look, suits them for heritage restoration, or the appearance of heritage in a new construction. Otherwise, apparently, old bricks are crushed and used as aggregate for concrete, and road construction. Click on a image for a gallery view.
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