Is it possible normally to find matching bricks? Like these




Friend looking to fill in the space between the windows and similar.

TIA

I went to 3-4 different brick yards in Austin/NB/San Antonio to find ones close enough to match. The fact you know yours are acme will help, but its gonna take a lot of work on your part but it is possible. The people at the brick yards know what they have, what has been laying out there for a lot of time, what is leftover, etc. You just have to walk in and talk with someone. Hard to do over the phone.

In the end, the ones I found are very close and I ended up picking two different types and mixing them up to get them to blend a bit and make it not as noticeable.

This was a patio addition we did to the house...the brick columns on the patio are the bricks I located. The deck is about 4' off the ground so the columns are pretty tall. Since they are apart from the main house, it looks REALLY close. Lucky we found enough to do the job.

On yours you almost need an exact match which will be difficult since they will be right next to the original. Depending on what room that is behind your pic, can the windows go to the ground - bring in a bunch of light?

I think it depends on how much you're ok with "close enough", especially with that color. May consider an accent brick color or stone if they can't find something exact.

Size, and texture can certainly be matched. Color is the issue.

Bricks are made from clay and it depends on the color of the clay coming from the pit. Check with Acme first, but colors run out as the clay changes even if from the same pit. Other brick manufactures may be able to match closer.

Accent color brick, tile or stone may be your best choice, or possibly going to a full height glass.

TGI Vaughn could probably give you some creative solutions also.

I agree with all the above!

Been in your shoes ... was it scratch faced Aggie Maroon brick? Mmmmm - that was impossible after a decade passed.

Akin to what your friend did with a siding "accent" most will change materials and accent that space.
I easily guess they are not impressed with this siding & color curb appeal with no attempt to harmonize with that old brick that used to be SOP.

Any new material now must find some other spots within view to exhibit itself and thus become part of the entire composition, not just a odd spot = look at me distraction ... well, as we were taught by the high-IQ designers.

I see to the left a #7 on what appears to be same siding as under windows, so that's a good start to leave it be.
On the left is a more robust wood fence texture/color that could be employed under windows for better effect.
That said,
SOP has been to use a stone or cult.stone that harmonizes with brick, then find at least one other spot for it (behind the #7?). This is what I would do.

Lacking good stone choices, then a harmonizing brick and it could be laid in one of the many standard patterns that differ from your running bond ... even a herringbone pattern. Google brick patterns.

I used to work for Acme. Go to a local Acme showroom. If they look swamped maybe come back another time to try again. Someone there should be able to help you figure out what plant it came from. Different plants in different regions usually have kind of a distinct look based on the local clays they use. It's been 15 years since I worked there but I'm guessing you'll need one, maybe two straps of brick. Back in the day we'd call someone at the plant with the brick name/code we were looking for and they'd have to check. Today maybe the inventory is better organized.

I'd guess that's from Elgin or maybe Denton.

No references to roadrunners yet, eh?

Customers always thought they were funny asking if Troy Aikman worked in the cubicle next to me.

I think I may have a handful of those in my backyard. Definitely not enough to do much, though.

Depending on how much you need, you could look for other homes in your hood with the same brick and see if they have any left over.

It looks like an older home (i.e. not built within the last 10/15 years) but there's a chance that at the time the builders still left extra unused brick for the home owners.

We had that our last 2 homes but over time we'd eventually reappropriate for filler.

Stick one brick in your car and when you are driving stop at the homes that have the same brick - I know a lot of homeowners have brick sitting in their backyard for years as they do not know what to do with it.

Find the right texture of any color and then paint the whole thing.

Find a house with the same brick. Wait for the owner to go on vacation, remove needed bricks.

Contact local bricklayers near you.
I know a guy near me that would drive around construction sites and pick up loose bricks and leave them out in the sun so he could match houses later when needed. He had a collection from all the local neighborhoods.

Finding a quantity will be hard unless you luck onto an old building being torn down. That brickyard is long gone, but you might check salvage yards around Ferris/Dallas. A few years ago we were able to buy a few pallets of old brick from a building that had collapsed in East TX - they were the old Texas Star ones. There has to be a stash of the Ferris Acme ones somewhere.

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How old are Ferris bricks?

Ferris was incorporated on September 30, 1882. Six brick plants benefited from the area's mineral rich soil, operating by 1914. Ferris thrived during the early post-war years. Four brick plants operated during the 1950s, and the community was known locally as the "Brick Capital of the Nation".

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I'd turn that window into a sliding door / French door.

If you needed only a couple I'd say dig near the house. Since a whole bunch are needed, good luck! I'd go with some kind of finish that compliments the existing brickwork.

Soooooooo MADMAN
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