Types of brick for hearth pad.

[brady buttars]

I believe I selected the wrong type of brick for my hearth pad I'm building. I went to a local brickyard and told the woman at the counter what I was doing and how many SQ. Feet I needed. Now I'm to the point where I need to start laying the brick and it dawned on me. I can't have the brick laying how I want it on the bottom pad. It has 3 holes that will be facing up. I could lay it horizontally but I want to keep the whole design as uniform as I can.

I'm doing some research on types of bricks. I'm coming up with structural ingredients mostly. But I was wondering if someone could help me straighten this all out and make sure I understand it correctly.

Just to clarify I got a couple hundred of these puppies.

 

[Corey]

Looks like you got cored brick and you wanted solid brick. Solid bricks are available (be sure to specify 100% solid as I think the spec for 'solid' actually allows holes as long as they are <25% of the area) though, the specific pattern you have now may or may not be available in sold.

 

[tekguy]

I believe I selected the wrong type of brick for my hearth pad I'm building. I went to a local brickyard and told the woman at the counter what I was doing and how many SQ. Feet I needed. Now I'm to the point where I need to start laying the brick and it dawned on me. I can't have the brick laying how I want it on the bottom pad. It has 3 holes that will be facing up. I could lay it horizontally but I want to keep the whole design as uniform as I can.

I'm doing some research on types of bricks. I'm coming up with structural ingredients mostly. But I was wondering if someone could help me straighten this all out and make sure I understand it correctly.

Just to clarify I got a couple hundred of these puppies. View attachment 117883

you could always go to a stone yard and get some bluestone.. should run about $5/foot and and return the excess brick
a good stone place will have it pre-cut in various sizes and will have standard (thinner) and thermal (heat treated, more uniform thickness and bluer color - twice the price as standard in these parts)

the contrast between brick and stone will look good

 

[Dave A.]

If you want solid brick, I think you have to ask for "pavers".